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Community Health Improvement Award

This award recognizes member hospitals and health systems for their collaborative initiatives to improve the health and well-being of their communities.

Congratulations to our 2025 winner, Northwell Health! Partnering with Long Island Coalition for the Homeless, their Street Medicine Program delivers essential healthcare services to community members, wherever they are. Learn more about this innovative program.

Submission criteria and process

CHIA recognizes programs that target specific community health needs while emphasizing the importance of health equity, demonstrate leadership and collaboration with diverse community partners in the community and achieve quantifiable results.

CHIA initiatives:

  • are community-focused to identify and address the health needs of the community;
  • use a collaborative approach, working with partners within the community;
  • are preventive, not part of acute care and usually take place outside of a clinic or hospital; and
  • are related to the New York State Prevention Agenda that aims to improve the health and well-being of all New Yorkers and promote health equity.

CHIA initiatives are not:

  • quality improvement, patient safety or care transition initiatives; or
  • inpatient-focused.

HANYS member hospitals and continuing care providers may submit one nomination per year.

Winner selection

Submissions are judged by an external panel of experts on the following criteria:

  • background and Prevention Agenda priority: 15 points
  • approach and collaboration: 30 points
  • results and impact on the community: 35 points
  • conclusions and sustainability: 20 points

The submission scoring the highest will be awarded.

Check back later this year for information on our 2026 submission process.

Questions?

Please contact Kristen Phillips, director, community health policy, at kphillip@hanys.org or 518.431.7713.