Cosine Health Strategies is proud to announce that our founder & CEO, Donn Kropp, has been chosen as an honoree for The REAL Awards. You may be asking yourself what a REAL Award is. Tara Fisher from Save the Children Foundation summarizes it aptly, “The REAL Awards is a first-of-its kind awards platform designed to develop greater respect for and appreciation of the life-saving care provided by health workers around the world.” Donn Kropp and the team at Cosine Health Strategies congratulates all of the winners and the millions of health workers around the globe who give of themselves to help save lives. Read the formal press release from Save the Children Federation, below.
“LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2013) – Sixty miles southeast of Hollywood, the inaugural class of The REAL Awards health worker honorees was announced last night at the Inaugural Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit hosted by the Masimo Foundation, and attended by former president Bill Clinton. The nine winners—who represent a variety of sectors, from newborn and mother care to emergency, hospice and at-home care—were recognized for their extraordinary service in healthcare. Two of the honorees were there in person to accept REAL Awards on behalf of the first-year winners at 7 p.m. on January 14.
“During Hollywood’s awards season, our attention tends to focus on honoring entertainers,” said Mary Beth Powers, chief of the newborn and child survival campaign at Save the Children. “This awards program puts a new twist on this phenomenon. It gives Americans a chance to celebrate something deeply honorable—the lifesaving work of countless men and women on the frontlines of healthcare.”
The nine U.S.-based honorees include: Kathryn M. Tschiegg (General health care); Dr. Beth Dupree (Chronic disease care); Dr. William Novick and Dr. Robert Clifford (Pediatric care); Carri Butcher (Hospice care); Melissa Courtney and Dr. Joseph Tate (Newborn and mother care); Donn Kropp (Emergency care); and Rhonda Dixon (At-home care). The global winners, revealed in September 2012, include midwives, nurses and community health workers from Africa and Asia.
“Masimo Foundation is delighted to honor the work of dedicated health professionals globally, and here in the United States,” said Joe Kiani, Chairman and Chief Executive Office of Masimo Corporation, one of the awards’ presenting sponsors. “Oftentimes, they do not receive the level of recognition they deserve and yet they continue to dutifully serve millions of communities and families around the world.”
“From southern India to northern Kenya, the life-saving work of these unsung heroes often goes unrecognized,” added Jacob A. Gayle, Executive Director of the Medtronic Foundation, another presenting sponsor. “Medtronic Foundation supports The REAL Awards initiative because we believe those health workers who serve on the frontlines are key to ensuring that our most underserved communities can be linked to existing health care systems and thereby seek the services they need.” Frontline health workers are a main focus of Medtronic Foundation’s work in underserved regions of the world.
“Merck Foundation applauds the honorees for their steadfast commitment to improving access to needed health services, particularly for women and children in vulnerable communities,” said Brian Grill, Executive Vice President of the Merck Foundation. “We are proud to be a founding supporter of this program to honor frontline health workers who are the back-bone of primary care for so many in need.”
The REAL Awards, created by Save the Children in partnership with the Frontline Health Workers Coalition, is a first-of-its-kind global awards program designed to develop greater respect and appreciation for health workers and the lifesaving care they provide globally, as well as in the United States. The REAL Awards is made possible by the support of presenting sponsors Medtronic Foundation, Merck Foundation, and Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation and Competition in Healthcare.
The public can read the inspirational stories of the international and domestic REAL Awards honorees at www.theREALawards.com.“