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Martin Diamond, president and CEO of Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, believes a hospital has an obligation to provide community service. His hospital's commitment to service and his success in coordinating community, social, and health efforts helped Mt. Zion win the 1990 Foster G. McGaw Prize. The award is given by the Baxter Foundation and the AHA.
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The recent award of a Nobel Prize to Sydney Brenner crowns an astonishingly distinguished scientific career. He must have come very close to winning it several times in the past. A colleague described him as 'a visionary who sees further into the future than anyone'. This is borne out by his decision--made 40 years ago--to study a one-millimetre long worm in detail to define the biochemical and genetic control of its development and differentiation. The impact of these studies has been so profound, with a significant bearing on human physiology and disease, that over 400 laboratories worldwide have now adopted the worm as a research tool. In this article, a brief outline is given of his work on the worm and of some of the highlights of his brilliant career.
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, is named winner of the prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize for excellence in community service. The organization received 100,000 dollars from the sponsors, the American Hospital Association, The Baxter International Foundation and the Cardinal Health Foundation.
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About 70% of the human body consists of salt water. The Nobel Prize 2003 in Chemistry rewards Peter Agre for the discovery of water channels and Roderick MacKinnon for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels. Their studies have demonstrated how ions and water are transported through cell membranes. This transport is essential for the regulation of size and osmotic pressure in cells and organelles and it plays a major role in salt and water homoeostasis and in the generation of electrical signals in nerve cells. Agre succeeded in isolating a membrane protein which later studies revealed to be a long-postulated water channel, MacKinnon succeeded in determining the spatial structure of a potassium channel.
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Once a year, the prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service is presented to a hospital. This year's award, presented Aug. 21 at the American Hospital Association's 1995 convention in San Francisco, was awarded to Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J. Camden, N.J., is a city awash in negative statistics. It is considered the most economically depressed city of its size in the United States. A Rand Corp. study considers it one of the three worst areas in the country (placed in the "disaster" class). Not surprisingly, the problems extend to healthcare indicators as well. In the middle of Camden and in the middle of the statistics in Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center. Their efforts and their commitment to the community is driven by its mission and vision, which states that working collaboratively, Lourdes "...will be both a catalyst and major participant in the revitalization of the city...in community benefit programs and community activities that give meaning, dignity and hope to all." Our cover story this issue examines the many and varied programs that enabled Our Lady of Lourdes to win the coveted prize, awarded "to a healthcare organization that demonstrates commitment to community service through a range of innovative programs that expand access to healthcare." And if your healthcare organization plans to enter the competition next year, we've included a bonus: Some helpful hints from this year's winner on putting the application together.
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