title: Highlighting 2002 award-winning initiatives.
abstract: This issue takes an instructive look at four organization--SSM Health Care (based in St. Louis), Children's Hospital and Health Center of San Diego, Concord (NH) Hospital, and McLeod (SC) Regional Medical Center--that received top honors this past year for their ongoing efforts to provide quality healthcare.
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States