title: The AHA's NOVA awards. Making collaboration work.
abstract: What do communities as diverse as Akron, OH, Colville, WA, Laconia, NH, Denver and Philadelphia have in common? They all have health care organizations involved in collaborative activities among providers and between providers and community groups. And for their achievements, those organizations are recipients of the AHA's NOVA Award.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lumsdon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States