Awards & Innovations

Awards

HPN WorldWide, our clients and partners have been the recipients of a growing number of prestigious awards, some of which are listed below:

Item Recognitions Given to
Health Improvement Benefit Plan with Integrated PHM Honorable Mention 2010 C. Everett Koop National Health Award AFSCME Council 31
Health Risk Management Strategy
2003 Gold Award from WELCOA Elkay Companies
Sneak Attack —Early Detection Strategies for Life® Booklet National Health Information Award HPN WorldWide
Stacking The Deck™ Video National Health Information Award HPN WorldWide
Making Ends Meet and Dreams Come True® book and training video —financial education resources National Health Information Award HPN WorldWide
Healthwise® Handbook National Health Information Award Healthwise
Healthwise® For Life Handbook National Health Information Award Healthwise
La Salud En Casa (Spanish Healthwise Handbook) National Health Information Award Healthwise
Healthwise® Knowledgebase Medicine on the Net Web Excellence Award,
World Wide Web Health Award
Healthwise

Innovations

Over the past 30 years, major innovations and contributions to the field have come from HPN WorldWide, some of which are summarized below:

  1. Mass and cluster risk management model — with applications for employers, health plans, providers and communities
  2. Integrated health risk management systems — since 1986, with targeted cross-cutting and risk-specific components, funded on a capitated basis
  3. Disease management benefit plan designs for self-funded groups — since 1986
  4. Self-care implementation methods consistently generating 15:1 or greater ROIs per year for 5 consecutive years
  5. Over 15 core competency training programs, videos, DVDs and resources — e.g. medical self-care, early detection, prevention, patient safety, risk management, money management
  6. Benchmark planning surveys — since 1985, for determining population baselines, desired support and delivery preferences
  7. Impact/outcome surveys — for faster and more cost-effective assessment of strategy results
  8. Health Power Profile HRA — since 1998, paperless, next generation health risk assessment done with palm/PDA technology, online and paper-based options
  9. Customized online medical decision support systems — since 1997, for employers, health plans, providers and other groups
  10. Money management training resources used by U.S. military and Fortune 500 companies - since 1991
  11. Award-winning early detection training resources
  12. Founding member of the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO)