IIH2011 - Nomination Forms

Innovations In HealthcareSM
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13th Annual Awards Event | September 28, 2011
Radisson Hotel - Newport Beach, CA


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call for 2011 Nominations

Submit a "Nomination Application Packet" for the 2011 Innovations in Healthcare^sm ABBY Awards
Please note that this nomination packet must be filled out by someone from WITHIN the nominated company, as this packet requires several requests for "internal information only" type documentation.

Printable Preview of 2011 Nomination Application Packet

Submit a "Recommendation Nomination" for the 2011 Innovations in Healthcare^sm ABBY Awards
Please note that filling out this form does not complete the nomination process. All "recommended nominees" will need to fill out the "2011 Nomination Application Packet" to complete the nomination process. We will follow up with each of the nominated suggestions, but we recommend you alert your suggested nominee (the Executive and their Business Development and/or PR Department) of your submittal as well, as only they will be able to complete the Nomination Application Packet.

Nomination & Voting Rules

1. All nominations must be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday, June 22, 2011!

2. The company CEO or Division Head responsible for the Innovation, must approve the content of the Nomination Application Packet, and if selected as a 2011 Finalist, agreed to either record a 5-minute "Finalist Innovations Presentation Video" and have it submitted to the ABL Organization (via DVD and to be presented live at the ABBY Awards) -- OR -- agreed to create and submit a PowerPoint Presentation to be presented live at the ABBY Awards Event no later than August 15, 2011 at 5:00pm. (Finalists will be determined mid-July 2011.)

In addition, the nominee/Finalist (or top-level executive from the company) must be available to attend the Awards Event on Wednesday, September 28, 2011, in Newport Beach at the Radisson Hotel, to accept their Finalist Award, the ABBY Award should they win and have their picture taken with other ABBY Finalists and Sponsors.

3. All nominated Companies or their nominated Divisions must have an innovative product, service or application of technology that is already in the marketplace, or an approach to the delivery of healthcare with "success metrics" that prove it is contributing to lowering the cost of quality healthcare.

4. Previously nominated firms/divisions are encouraged to resubmit their nomination for a product, service or approach as long as it is substantially different from an entry that has previously won an ABBY or was a Finalist in 2009 or 2010.
(Please review the "Finalists" and "Past Finalists" Tab at the top of this page.)

5. All qualified nominations will be reviewed in mid July 2011 by ABL's Innovations in Healthcare^sm Finalist Selection Committee. Of these, nine will be chosen as Finalists (three in each of the three categories); each Finalist will be asked to accept their "Finalist Award" (and ABBY Award, should they win) at the Awards Event.

6. ABBY Award winners will be determined by secret ballots cast at the Innovations in Healthcare^sm Awards Event on September 28, 2011, by all ABL Members who have seen ALL of the Finalists' pre-recorded video presentations in each category.

7. All Finalists agree to allow the ABL Organization to use their "Innovations Finalist Presentation Video" for the marketing and promotion of the ABL Innovations in Healthcare^sm ABBY Awards Event.

8. All secret ballots will be counted and tabulated at the Awards Event, who alone will know the ABBY Award Winners, prior to their announcement at the September 28th Innovations in Healthcare^sm Awards Event.