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Blair Sadler Awards

From 2002 - 2008, the Society for the Arts in Healthcare's Blair L. Sadler International Healing Arts Awards recognized individuals or teams of individuals – including both professionals and students – for their exemplary literary, visual, performing, multidisciplinary or media arts projects having a measurable impact on the quality of the healthcare experience for patients, families or caregivers. In so doing, this awards program promoted the dissemination of research-based ”best practice” programs throughout the world.

Background

Competition sponsor Blair L. Sadler served as President and CEO of Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego from 1980 to 2006. Under his direction, Rady Children's Hospital received numerous awards for commitment to the arts and positive impact on healing. Annette Ridenour, President of Aesthetics, Inc., an internationally recognized design firm promoting the arts in healthcare, was a co-founder of the Blair Sadler Awards. Find out more about the projects that were awarded in 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005.

Competition Goals

To recognize individuals or teams (professionals and students) for exemplary arts projects that measurably improve the quality of the healthcare experience for patients, families, or caregivers.
To demonstrate how the arts can measurably improve quality and safety of care in healthcare organizations through their impact on patients, families or caregivers.
To encourage and promote partnerships between artists, educators and healthcare providers that measurably improve the quality of the healthcare experience.

Recognition/Awards

Awards were given to both students and professionals in the following art forms:

Literary Arts
Media Arts
Multidisciplinary Arts
Performing Arts
Visual Arts

Judging Criteria

Excellence and innovation in using the arts to measurably improve the quality of healthcare settings for patients, families or caregivers
Documented evidence of improvements in healthcare delivery by evaluation/research methods and results, including patient or staff satisfaction (preference will be given to projects that have published their results)
Clear evidence of effective collaboration between artists and their healthcare partners

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