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Partners Community HealthCare, Inc. (PCHI) awarded BWH and the Brigham and Women’s Physician Organization with a Nesson Award for Excellence in recognition of the “Plan and Promise” program. The program aims to reduce preventable hospitalizations for patients with chronic disease by emphasizing individualized patient education and improving patients’ access to timely care. The program helps patients self-manage their care by emphasizing the importance of calling their physicians in a timely manner when not feeling well.
The Nesson Awards are named for H. Richard Nesson, MD, PCHI’s founder and the former president of Partners HealthCare. The awards are bestowed annually to PCHI physicians and groups who exemplify his commitment to improving care. “PCHI was founded with a commitment to improve both the quality and efficiency of patient care,” PCHI CEO Thomas Lee, MD, said. “The leadership at both Brigham and Women’s
Hospital and its physician organization, through programs like this one to reduce preventable admissions, is helping to make that vision a reality.”