AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., Feb. 17 presented the AHA Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center for its outstanding leadership and responsiveness to its community’s health needs.

The award recognizes small or rural hospital leaders who guide their hospitals and communities through transformational change on the road to health care reform.

See the AHA news release for more on the winner and finalists.

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