The Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. (DFMC) Hospital Trustee Award honors a hospital trustee whose leadership has inspired the hospital to continuously achieve the highest levels of patient care by aspiring to deliver services that meet the Institute of Medicine's six aims for improvement - health care that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

Award Criteria

The trustee must be a Board member for a hospital in Maryland (District of Columbia board members can download the criteria here). The trustee must have contributed significantly to quality improvement leadership, documented in one or more of the following ways:

Support for institutional commitment of resources for health care quality improvement activities.
Concrete action to ensure that quality improvement and patient safety activities are a focal point at Board meetings.
Leadership for integration of the Institute of Medicine's six aims into the organization's mission, strategy, and operations.
Evidence of exceptional personal involvement in driving quality improvement and patient safety activities.