Circle of Life Awards: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
08/27/2021
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The deadline for applications has been extended! Applications will be accepted until Friday, Aug. 27, 11:59 p.m.

The Circle of Life Awards: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care are presented annually to recognize programs that care for patients with serious or life-limiting illness. In 2022, the Circle of Life Awards seek to honor innovative programs and organizations of any size, location and affiliation that provide best practices and models for the field.

Organizations making progress in one or more of the following areas should apply:

  • Ensuring equitable access to care
  • Partnering with payers, other providers, community groups and faith communities
  • Developing meaningful measures and metrics to track progress
  • Implementing nontraditional models of care delivery and payment
  • Fully integrating palliative care into a system of care or a community
  • Making palliative care financially sustainable

Up to three Circle of Life Awards will be presented annually; the awards committee also may present Citations of Honor to other noteworthy programs.

PLEASE NOTE: The application does not needed to be completed all at once. Applicants can save their progress, log out and return to the application later. The application is editable until you click SUBMIT. No edits can be made to the application after it has been submitted. Applications are due Monday, Aug. 16, 2021.

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This is the complete 2022 Circle of Life Awards application for reference only. Please note that all applications must be submitted through this portal.

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All organizations or groups in the United States that provide care for patients with serious or life-limiting illness are eligible for the award.

The application has three sections. To be considered for a site visit, all three sections must be fully completed per the instructions. Site visits will be made to up to eight programs being considered for the awards. Each selected program will be expected to identify key members/leaders who are instrumental to the program’s success and willing to work with AHA, the award sponsors, and the selection committee to move the field forward. Honorees are expected to participate in outreach and education to the field in conjunction with programs offered by sponsoring organizations and other groups.

PLEASE NOTE: The application does not needed to be completed all at once. Applicants can save their progress, log out and return to the application later. The application is editable until you click SUBMIT. No edits can be made to the application after it has been submitted. Applications are due Monday, Aug. 16, 2021.