PROVIDENCE – Nominations are being accepted for the Karen Rosene Montella, M.D., Spark Award for Innovation in Women’s Health in Rhode Island. The distinction recognizes innovative services, processes or programs that improve medical, behavioral and/or social health for Rhode Island women of all ages.
Named for Montella, senior vice president of women’s services and clinical integration at Lifespan and professor and vice chair of medicine and director of obstetric medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, the award focuses on health and socioeconomic disparities in the community. It acknowledges a provider’s efforts to remove barriers to care or broaden the reach of existing care centers, link providers in care delivery and coordination and engage patients and the community. Montella, who helped found the Women’s Health Council of RI, served as chair since its inception in 2008.
“We have no shortage in Rhode Island of compassionate providers working hard every day to ensure a broad spectrum of women receive high-quality, comprehensive care,” said Dr. Peg Miller, director of Lifespan’s Women’s Medicine Collaborative and co-chair of the Women’s Health Council of RI, which works to to bring more cost-effective, evidence-based improvements for women’s health care into integrated practice through research, education, clinical care, policy and advocacy. “Through this award, we’d like to call attention to those committed providers for their valued contributions to raising the bar on women’s health in our state.”
Any provider or provider organization caring for the social, medical and behavioral health of women and/or girls in Rhode Island is eligible for the award, including direct caregivers, payers or policy makers who work in institutions or the community such as educators, public health professionals or social service providers. Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Completed nomination forms should be emailed to Krystal Branco at kbranco@lifespan.org. The deadline is Aug. 1.
For more information, visit www.womenshealthcouncil.org or contact Branco via email or at (401) 793-7382.
