13 Jeanette Bair Writer’s Award Stephanie Tsai, OTD, OTR/L USC Chan Division of OS/OT Los Angeles, CA Elyse Peterson, OTD, OTR/L, CCRP USC Chan Division of OS/OT Los Angeles, CA Tsai, S., & Peterson, E. (2019). Championing high-quality care: Integrating assess- ments into occupational therapy acute care practice. OT Practice, 24(4), 12–15. Despite dedicating more than $3.2 trillion annually to health care, the United States continues to perform poorly on quality outcomes compared with other countries that spend significantly less. As a solution, U.S. health systems are shifting away from traditional payment methods that reward volume of services provided, with a relative lack of accountability for pharmaceuticals prescribed and services provided, to a system where payment is given to those who produce high-quality outcomes. With this change, it is crucial that occupational therapy practitioners link their distinct contribution to the delivery of high-quality care. This article looks at one of the most effective ways to demonstrate value, that of using standardized assessments and outcome measures to provide evidence capturing the distinct role and significance of occupational therapy services. SIS Quarterly Excellence in Writing Award Lauren Little, PhD, OTR/L Rush University Chicago, Illinois Anna Wallisch, PhD, OTR/L University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, Kansas Little, L. M., & Wallisch, A. (2019). Telehealth in early intervention: A case example in the measure- ment of outcomes. SIS Quarterly Practice Connections, 4(2), 2–4. Telehealth continues to emerge as an innovative service delivery model for occupational therapy, and various states are implementing telehealth as part of early intervention systems. This article outlines how various assessment methods may be used in the context of telehealth occupational therapy for young children and their families in early intervention. According to the authors, one of the advantages of telehealth is that occupational therapists can “be” in the child’s natural environments at various times of the day. In a case example, the occupational therapist used a telehealth platform for a family with a child with autism spectrum disorder. The family lived in a rural area, and the child was on a waitlist for occupational therapy. The therapist used assessments to evaluate the family and help them work on the child’s goals.

14 Choosing Wisely ® Champion Recognition Award Amy Jennings, OTD, OTR/L Confluence Health Wenatchee, Washington What You’ve Learned Has to Be Shared Dr. Amy Jennings currently works as a practitioner for Confluence Health in Wenatchee, Washington, providing hospital-based outpatient neurorehabilitation services. She also serves as the Team Lead for the inpatient and outpatient OT groups. Dr. Jennings provides fall prevention lectures, is LSVT BIG certified, runs a driving safety assessment program, coordinates CarFit events, manages a bi-monthly wheelchair clinic, and serves on a spinal cord injury task force. Dr. Jennings earned her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from Regis University in 2008 and her Occupational Therapy Doctorate from Creighton University in 2012. She serves on AOTA’s Roster of Accreditation Evaluators and on the Washington Occupational Therapy Association’s (WOTA) Membership Committee. Dr. Jennings is honored to accept the Choosing Wisely ® Champion Recogni- tion. She presented on this topic at the WOTA Annual Conference in October 2019 focusing on the use of purposeful activity and generation of intervention ideas in addition, she strives to achieve purposeful, meaningful, client-centered treatment interventions in her daily practice. Cindy Kief, ND, COTA/L, ROH Cincinnati State Technical & Community College Cincinnati, Ohio Choosing Wisely Champion at Heart Ms. Cindy Kief is a COTA and Roster of Honor recipient who has been working in occupational therapy for 45 years and teaching for 31 years. Ms. Kief has been a champion of Choosing Wisely ® since AOTA announced its intent to join the initiative. She attended the first discussions at AOTA with Glen Gillen and waited patiently for the final announcement of AOTA’s acceptance with its identified recommendations. When the recommendations came out she immediately began teaching this to anyone who would listen, including her students and fieldwork educators. Ms. Kief has developed a form for students to use while on fieldwork to determine how closely the facility adheres to the Choosing Wisely ® Recommen- dations. This has led discussion towards encouraging all occupational therapy practitioners to practice at the top of their license. The form will be shared at the Annual Fieldwork Educators Workshop this year to further the discussion and encourage implementation of the recommendations.