Maj. Melanie Prince

Maj. Prince named case manager of the year

The Case Management Society of America's National Case Manager of the Year award was presented to civilian consultant, educator, and military subject-matter expert, Maj. Melanie Prince. The award was presented during the CMSA's 14th annual conference and expo in Nashville.

Each year, CMSA recognizes members whose case management careers elevate professional standards, enhance individual performance, and exemplify merit and distinction. Prince was nominated by her case manager colleagues as a representative possessing these characteristics.
 
A CMSA member since 2000, Maj. Prince is a project manager for the U.S. Air Force 1st Medical Group at Langley Air Force Base, VA, as well as a consultant for Maryland's Anne Arundel County Department of Aging for case and diabetes disease management. An active member of the National Capital Area Chapter, Prince served as Vice President in 2003.

Handpicked to lead Department of Defense efforts to revamp military case management, Maj. Prince is an influential military leader deeply committed to bringing case management to the forefront of military leadership.  An enthusiastic and intellectually challenging teaching style has made her a sought-after instructor in various venues, including workshops, seminars, and structured courses at the state and national level. According to her award citation, Maj. Prince's legacy is her remarkable gift of visionary communication that has resulted in a fusion of civilian and military case management practice for a world-class military healthcare delivery system in all 50 states.

Maj. (Dr.) Steve Durning

Maj. Durning receives new ACP award

Maj. (Dr.) Steve Durning was recently selected to receive one of the most prestigious awards offered by the American College of Physicians, the Herbert S. Waxman award.

The new award is designed to provide national recognition to an outstanding medical educator.

Dr. Durning is a general internist currently assigned to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as an associate professor of medicine. Dr. Durning directs the Introduction to Clinical Reasoning Course for second-year medical students and developed a variety of innovative measures that significantly improved medical student performance on both standardized tests and clinical practicums.

According to the citation, as the inaugural awardee, Dr. Durning's accomplishments in the realm of medical education reflects great credit on the Air Force Medical Service and on military medicine overall. Dr. Durning will receive his award during a special ceremony at the ACP's next annual session,  April 13-17, 2005.

P2R2 Virtual Analyst website receives national recognition

The Air Force Medical Service's website, "P2R2 Virtual Analyst", recently won the 2004 World Wide Web Health Award, Bronze.

The WWWH awards are organized by the Health Information Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer health information programs and materials. The web-based health awards are an extension of the HIRC's 11-year old National Health Information Awards, the largest program of its kind in the United States. There were more than 1,100 entries in the 2004 National Health Information Awards from hundreds of organizations.

The purpose of the awards provided by the organization is to promote great websites for all types of healthcare organizations -- including both consumer-used and -related, and internal/professional-use websites.

According to its web site, the WWWH awards is a program that recognizes the best health-related web sites for consumers and professionals. The program is held twice a year with the goal of providing a "seal of quality" for electronic health information.

In addition to winning the award, the virtual analyst website is permitted to use the awards program winner's logo on their web sites and in their promotional materials.

You can view the P2R2 virtual analyst website at http://p2r2va.hq.af.mil.