ASHRM John C. West Writing Excellence Award

Past Recipients

2024: "Performance Improvement, Telemedicine, Patient Engagement, and Comparative No-Show Rates"
Rawan Narwal-Kasmani, MD, FACP, Associate Program Director, Mercy Health
Tamara J. Vaughan, Mercy Health
Charla A. Ulrich, DNP, MOD, CPHQ, CPPS, CIC, Quality Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health
Julie M. Stausmire, MSN, APRN, CNS-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult Health

2023: "A Failure in the Medication Delivery System—How Disclosure and Systems Investigation Improve Patient Safety"
Scott R. Lucas, PhD, PE, Principal Biomedical Engineer, Jensen Hughes
Ed Pollak, MD, FASA, CPPS, Chief Quality Officer and Chief Medical Officer–Associate, Henry Ford Health System
Charles Makowski, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Drug Information/Medication Safety, Henry Ford Health

2022: "Implementing a Human Factors Approach to RCA²: Tools, Processes, and Strategies"
Douglas A. Wiegmann, PhD | Laura J. Wood, PhD | Demetrius B. Solomon, MS | Scott A. Shappell, PhD

2021: "The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Risk Management Practice: A Report from the Epicenter of the Epicenter in New York City"
Victorio R. Tolentino, JD, MPH, NP | Louise Derevlany, Esq. | Cassandra DeLaMothe, Esq., CPHRM | Suzanne Vick, RN, BSN | Luba Chalyavski, RN, MSN

2020: "Harnessing the Power of Medical Malpractice Data to Improve Patient Care"
Dana Siegal, RN, CPHRM, CPPS | John Swift, MBA | Janell Forget, RN, BSN, JD | Tim Slowick, MBA

2019: "Sustaining and Spreading Quality Improvement: Decreasing Intrapartum Malpractice Risk"
Palmira Santos, PhD | Anju Joglekar, PhD | Kristen Faughnan, MPA | Jennifer Darden, BSN, RNC | Lisa Masters, RN, CPHRM | Ann Hendrich, RN, PhD, FAAN | Christine Kocot McCoy, JD

2018: "A Framework for Operationalizing Risk: A Practical Approach to Patient Safety"
Simon C. Mathews, MD | Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, PhD | Margaret R. Garrett, Esq. | Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD | Lori Paine, DrPH, MS, RN

2017: "Implementing an Error Disclosure Coaching Model: A Multicenter Case Study"
Andrew A. White, MD | Douglas M. Brock, PhD | Patricia I. McCotter, RN, JD, CPHRM, CPC | Sarah E. Shannon, PhD | Thomas H. Gallagher, MD

2016: "From *To Err Is Human* to *Improving Diagnosis in Health Care*: The Risk Management Perspective"
Robert F. Bunting Jr., PhD, MHA, DFASHRM, CPHRM, CPHQ, MT(ASCP) | Daniel P. Groszkruger, JD, MPH, DFASHRM, CPHRM

2015: "EMTALA Obligation for Psychiatric Patients"
John C. West, JD, MHA, DFASHRM, CPHRM

2014: "Improved Obstetric Safety Through Programmatic Collaboration"
Dena Goffman, MD, FACOG | Michael Brodman, MD | Arnold J. Friedman, MD | Howard Minkoff, MD, FACOG

2013: "Communicate, Don’t Litigate: The Schwartz Center Connections Program"
Beth A. Lown, MD | Karen Gareis, PhD | William Kormos, MD | Gila Kriegel, MD | Daniel Leffler, MD, MS | Jim Richter, MD

2009: Robert Bunting Jr., Joyce Benton, Donald Morgan

2003: Robin Kroll and Scott Kroll

2002: Grena Porto

2001: Kathleen Rice Simpson

2000: Mary Marta

1999: Robert Bunting Jr., Joyce Benton, Donald Morgan

1998: Kathleen Shostek

1997: Marshall Kapp

1996: Edward Bartlett

1995: Corbette Doyle

1994: Ronni Solomon