SEATTLE (March 1, 2013) — Seattle Business magazine honored 25 of Washington state’s health care innovators, CEOs, hospitals and other organizations at the fifth Leaders in Health Care Awards dinner Thursday (February 28, 2013). Sponsored by Seattle University’s Albers School of Business & Economics Health Leadership Executive MBA program, Comcast Business Class, Group Health, Philips Healthcare and Salal Credit Union, the event attracted an audience of 300 to the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle.

Keynote speaker and Lifetime Achievement honoree Margaret Stanley, chair of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange, shared her top five wishes for the future of health care in Washington state:

1. Successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act and bringing health care coverage to the uninsured.
2. Providing completely transparent information on the cost and quality of health care.
3. Picking up the pace of change, particularly in implementing sensible ways to control costs.
4. Improving attention to seriously ill patients so their goals for quality of life and end of life care are honored.
5. Continuing the spirit of collaboration to improve the health care system in the future.

Leslie Helm, editor of Seattle Business magazine, called the choice of Stanley for a Lifetime Achievement honor a brilliant decision by the independent panel of five judges who determined the recipients of this year’s awards. “If there is a theme to Margaret Stanley’s career,” he said, “it would be how to make our health care system function more efficiently and more compassionately. She is an outstanding standard bearer for this year’s stellar class of honorees in the Leaders in Health Care Awards.”

The top award winners of the night were:

Lifetime Achievement

Margaret Stanley, Washington Health Benefit Exchange | Seattle

MEDICAL RESEARCH

Winner: Dr. Rainer Storb, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance | Seattle

Silver Award: Dr. William Catterall, UW Medicine | Seattle

Silver Award: Dr. Paul O’Donnell, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance | Seattle

INNOVATION IN MEDICAL DEVICES

Winner: Mobisante Inc. | Redmond

Silver Award: Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation | Kennewick

Silver Award: Impel NeuroPharma | Seattle

INNOVATION IN BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

Winner: Alder Biopharmaceuticals | Bothell

Silver Award: OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals | Bothell

Silver Award: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | Seattle

GLOBAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS

Winner: Infectious Disease Research Institute | Seattle

Silver Award: SIGN Fracture Care International | Richland

Silver Award: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington | Seattle

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Winner: Pioneer Square Clinic, a component of Harborview Medical Center | Seattle

Silver Award: YMCA of Greater Seattle | Seattle

Silver Award: Asian Counseling and Referral Service | Seattle

OUTSTANDING WELLNESS PROGRAM

Winner: King County | Seattle

Silver Award: Western Washington University Faculty & Staff Wellness Program | Bellingham

Silver Award: Swedish Wellness Works | Seattle

OUTSTANDING HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER

Winner: Dr. Robert Thompson, Valley Medical Center and Renton RotaCare Clinic | Renton

Silver Award: Dr. Jane Dimer, Group Health Cooperative | Seattle

Silver Award: Dr. Anthony Back, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle

OUTSTANDING HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVE

Winner: Mark Secord, Neighborcare Health | Seattle

Silver Award: Scott Bosch, Harrison Medical Center | Bremerton

Silver Award: Norm Hubbard, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance | Seattle

2013 Leaders in Health Care Awards judging panel:

Leo Greenawalt | Retired President of the Washington State Hospital Association

Mary McWilliams | Executive Director of the Puget Sound Health Alliance

Joseph Phillips | Dean of the Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University

Chris Rivera | President of the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association

Dr. Roger Stark | Health Care Policy Analyst at the Washington Policy Center

Find complete coverage of the 2013 Leaders in Health Care Awards in the March issue of Seattle Business magazine and at seattlebusinessmag.com.

ABOUT SEATTLE BUSINESS: Seattle Business is a monthly magazine read by more than 100,000 business executives across the state. Annual events tied to its editorial coverage include the Executive Excellence Awards, Leaders in Health Care, the Washington Manufacturing Awards, Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, the Green Washington Awards, Tech Impact Awards and Washington's Family Business Awards. Seattle Business is owned by Minneapolis-based Tiger Oak Media, which also publishes Seattle magazine, Seattle Bride magazine and more than 20 other leading regional magazines.

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