Farmington’s Cardium Health Wins a Gold Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Innovation Prize

Cardium Health in Farmington, CT, recognized for the numerical results of its DM TrackSM proprietary software application—an electronic medical record that provides medically appropriate guidelines, coordinates interventions, develops custom care plans, and continuously tracks health, as well as generates customer specific outcome reports, will receive a gold Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Innovation Prize plaque at CQIA's upcoming 17th Annual Conference on Quality and Innovation on October 13.

This year the CQIA Partnership, the State’s leader for creating and recognizing Performance Excellence in Connecticut organizations, received 111 CQIA Innovation Prize applications from 67 Connecticut organizations including manufacturers, service companies, schools, universities, hospitals, and not-for-profit organizations as well as local and state government.

CQIA Innovation Prize award winners embody the critical intellect that is the foundation of Connecticut’s long-term growth, said Sheila Carmine, Founder and Executive Director of the 17-year old Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership. “By applying this Connecticut Intellect, each of the prize winners is focused on helping humanity and improving our lives with novel and superior products and services. They are creating better health services, improving resource use, widening communications, enhancing education, and increasing safety for us all.”

Carmine continued, “The ingenuity of these award winners attracts more talented people to Connecticut, multiplying the business possibilities, and further strengthening the reputation of the Connecticut Intellect.”

All 111 CIP applications were judged by 15 Baldrige trained CQIA examiners who read, ranked and met for consensus before determining the platinum, gold and silver winning levels.

The entry level CQIA Innovation Prize is broadly based on the Malcolm Baldrige National quality Award for Performance Excellence’s three principles of Approach, Deployment and Results which are translated into CIP’s criteria of Opportunity, Innovation and Numerical Results. The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership’s higher level awards are the mid-level Connecticut Breakthrough Quality Award which uses just 27 questions from the Baldrige Criteria and the highest level Connecticut Leadership Award which uses the entire current Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence.

At the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership’s 17th Annual Conference on Quality and Innovation on October 13 at Waters Edge Resort in Westbrook, CT, the Partnership will highlight methods that Connecticut organizations can use to drive creativity and growth, with an emphasis on continuing quality improvement. Speakers at the conference will include executives from both the 2003 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence Small Business recipient and from CQIA winning organizations.

Contact
Jennifer Kaduk
marketing@cardiumhealth.com
860.677.8900

About Cardium Health: Cardium Health is a national health improvement and disease management company. As one of the leading providers of disease management programs to large, self-insured employers, the company’s core focus is on reducing healthcare costs by providing medical support and educational interventions to those individuals with chronic conditions. The Company’s people-centered disease management programs are based on proven clinical and economic best-practice protocols. They include such conditions as heart disease, diabetes, asthma, COPD, back pain and smoking, and easily integrate into employers' back-to-work and wellness initiatives. For more information about Cardium Health and its programs, visit www.cardiumhealth.com, email cardium@cardiumhealth.com, or call 860.677.8900.