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AMDA Foundation Announces New QI Awards Program PDF Print E-mail

AMDA Foundation Announces New QI Awards Program
For Immediate Release, September 28, 2011

CONTACT: Lorraine Tarnove, Executive Director, AMDA Foundation, 410-992-3134

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September 28, 2011
Columbia, MD — In an effort to promote quality care and quality improvement (QI) programs and models that have produced positive results in long term care facilities, the AMDA Foundation launched its first quality improvement (QI) awards program over 10 years ago. Now the Foundation introduces a new honor, the Quality Improvement & Health Outcome Awards that continues this strong tradition of focusing on QI and best practices in quality care. This award was designed to honor innovative programs implemented by nursing homes to improve resident care and quality of life.

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AMDA Foundation Recants Press Release By PositiveID Corporation PDF Print E-mail

AMDA Foundation Recants Press Release By PositiveID Corporation
For Immediate Release, October 24, 2011

CONTACT: AMDA Foundation, 410-992-3134

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September 28, 2011
Columbia, MD — AMDA Foundation denies a press release sent out by PositiveID Corporation claiming they will participate in a study by the AMDA Foundation supported by sanofi-aventis.

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AMDA Foundation Announces 2011 Foundation/Evercare® Awards PDF Print E-mail
Facilities Awarded for Improving Members’ Quality of Life
For Immediate Release, March 31, 2011

CONTACTS: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , AMDA Foundation, 410-992-3134 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , MD, CMD, Evercare, 952-936-6856

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March 31, 2011
Columbia, MD — The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Foundation and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) announced the winners of the 2011 AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Award for Improving the Quality of Life for Persons Living in Nursing Homes. The awards, presented at Long Term Care Medicine-2011, AMDA’s annual symposium held in Tampa, Fla., last month, recognize nursing homes that develop programs to bring innovative ideas and efforts to maximize quality long-term care.

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AMDA Foundation & UnitedHealth Group's Evercare Business Recognize Top Nursing Homes PDF Print E-mail
Facilities Awarded for Improving Members’ Quality of Life
For Immediate Release, March 6, 2009

CONTACTS:  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , AMDA Foundation, 410-992-3134 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , UnitedHealth Group, 952-931-5491
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March 6, 2009
Charlotte, NC and Columbia, MD — The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Foundation and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) today announced the winners of the 2009 AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Award for Improving the Quality of Life for Persons Living in Nursing Homes. The awards, presented at AMDA’s 2009 Annual Symposium, recognize nursing homes that develop programs to bring innovative ideas and efforts to maximize quality long-term care.
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AMDA Foundation Recognizes Research and Quality Care Innovators with Annual Awards PDF Print E-mail
For Immediate Release, March 21, 2008
CONTACT: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , AMDA Foundation, 410-992-3134
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March 21, 2008
During the American Medical Directors Association’s (AMDA) 2008 Annual Symposium, March 6-9 in Salt Lake City, UT, the AMDA Foundation recognized innovative ideas and efforts to maximize quality long term care with the 2008 AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards and AMDA Foundation/Pfizer Quality Improvement awards.
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AMDA Foundation, Evercare Launch Award Program PDF Print E-mail
For Immediate Release, September 26, 2007
CONTACT: Peter Ashkenaz, Evercare, 202-383-6415 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , AMDA Foundation, 410-992-3134
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September 26, 2007
Minneapolis, MN and Columbia, MD — AMDA Foundation and Evercare launched the first award program for innovative programs in nursing homes that improve the quality of life for their residents. Nominations are now being accepted for the first Annual AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards.
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AMDA Foundation Names Dr. Stefan Gravenstein as Research Network Director PDF Print E-mail

For Immediate Release, April 23, 2007
CONTACT: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it at 410-992-3134
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April 23, 2007
Columbia, MD — The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Foundation recently announced the appointment of Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH, CMD, FACP as Director of the organization's Long Term Care Research Network. Dr. Gravenstein began his position on April 1, 2007.
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