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 winner 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 is held in October at the IOM's Annual Meeting.

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