Article of the Year Award

Purpose
The Article of the Year Award recognizes a research paper or case study that offers exceptional insight for information and management systems professionals.

Eligibility
To be eligible for the Article of the Year Award, an article must have been published within a 12-month period for that award and be an original work that appeared in the Journal of Healthcare Information Management ® (JHIM). Current eligibility would be articles published in the Summer 2004 thru the Spring 2005 issues.

Award Frequency and Timing
The Article of the Year Award is given every year at the Annual Awards Dinner at the Annual Conference and Exhibition

Criteria
Criteria for the selection of the Article of the Year Award includes:
Relevance of subject and content

• Relevance to a broad range of industry professionals
• Appropriateness and timeliness of article content to the theme of the issue of JHIM in which it was published

Contribution to the Field

• Content provides new, unique, or alternative thoughts and understanding of the topic
• Content is provocative and likely to motivate application of the concepts and ideas or promote further thought on the subject
• Content is substantiated by data, appropriate references, and/or logical thought processes

Quality

• Content is easy to-read and catches and maintains the reader's attention
• Content is organized and presented in a manner that allows the reader to recognize key thoughts or findings
• Tables, graphs, and other figures are used appropriately and with sufficient explanation to enhance the understanding or detailed knowledge of the reader

The Nomination Process
Nominations for Article of the Year Award may come from any of the following sources:

• Individual HIMSS members and students, including self-nomination
• JHIM Editorial Review Board members
• Editors and other professionals from other industry publications

The Article of the Year Award consists of:

• Symbol of Recognition
• Publication of information in the HIMSS Insider
• Invitation to the Annual Awards Dinner

Past Recipients
1993 “The Relationship Between Innovation and Continuous Improvement,” by Bob Strickland and Tim Coan

1994 “How a Regional Health Provider is Using Information Technology to Meet its Strategic Objectives,” by Larry Grandia, FHIMSS

1995 “Rethinking Health Care Reform,” by Justin A. Myrick, PhD, FHIMSS

1996 NO AWARD GIVEN

1997 “Provider-Sponsored Coordinated Care Organizations Designing Systems for Patient-Centered Care,” by Roy E. Gilbreath, MC, FACP

1998 “Security and Confidentiality in an Electronic Medical Record” by Lee Olson, Steve Peters, Jane Stewart

1999 “A pragmatic framework for understanding clinical decision support” by Leslie Perreault and Jane Metzger (Summer JHIM)

1999 “Computer-based medical records can accelerate software component commerce” by Stephen Veazie (Winter 1998 JHIM)

2000 “Putting the Web to Work at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia” by Brian Pomeroy and Evan Crawford (JHIM)

2001 “Road Map for the Development of an E-Healthcare Strategy” by Rene Gilbert, Edward S. Johnson, DDS, MBA and Catherine Szenczy (JHIM Spring 2001)

2002 “Using BCMA Software to Improve Patient Safety and Care in Veterans Administration Medical Centers,” by Russell A. Carlson, RN, BSN; Connie L. Johnson; Chris L. Tucker, RPh; Candice Willette (JHIM, vol. 16 no. 1/Winter 2002)

2003 “Finding Value from Information Technology Investments: Exploring the Elusive ROI in Healthcare” by Lynn H. Vogel, PhD, FHIMSS (JHIM, vol. 17, no. 4)

2004 “Alamance Regional Medical Center Improves Patient Safety with CPOE” by Marie DiFrancesco, RN, MBA, and Terri Andrews, RN, MBA (JHIM, vol. 18, no. 1)

For more information, please contact Nancy Vitucci at 312-915-9238 or nvitucci@himss.org