Background Information

Selection Criteria for the Gustav O. Lienhard Award

Each year a selection committee appointed by the Institute of Medicine considers the following criteria when determining the recipient of the Lienhard Award.

Principal selection criteria: 

• Achievement in the area of personal health services;
• Innovative, creative, and pioneering achievement; and
• Achievement of national scope. 

Additional selection criteria:

• Unique contributions by the nominee to that achievement;
• Positive change over a sustained period – not simply the potential for such change – through the nominee's achievement;
• A qualitative and quantitative impact;
• Success in overcoming barriers, based on resources available.

Finally, the recipient must attend the ceremony to receive the award, which will be held during the IOM's Annual Meeting on October 11, 2010 in Washington, D.C.  

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