Open AccessThe Hearst Health Prize: The First Five Years
Author(s) -
Alexa Waters,
Alexis Skoufalos,
Emily Frelick,
Gregory Dorn,
David B. Nash
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
population health management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1942-7905
pISSN - 1942-7891
DOI - 10.1089/pop.2021.0174
Subject(s) - population health , excellence , population , work (physics) , public relations , health policy , political science , best practice , health care , medicine , environmental health , engineering , law , mechanical engineering
The Hearst Health Prize is the first national annual award for excellence in population health. The prize was established "to discover, support, and showcase the work of an individual, group, organization, or institution that has successfully implemented a population health program or intervention that has made a measurable difference" in health outcomes. Now, 5 years since the award's inception, this article reflects on how submissions for the prize collectively mirror - and may even predict - changes within the field of population health. It examines how the most successful programs demonstrated genuine, measurable improvements in health outcomes and/or health behaviors. In exploring the work of these outstanding programs, the aim of this article is to help disseminate best practices, advance the mission of the prize, and inspire improvements in population health practices.