Recognition and Awards
Collaboration is key to improving community health. And if you鈥檙e looking for inspiration to excel in this area, look no further than this year鈥檚 AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award winners.
The AHA Quest for Quality Prize celebrates hospitals and health systems that are committed to providing exceptional quality, safe and patient- and family-centered care. Use the sample tweets and social media images to reach and encourage hospitals and health systems to apply for the 2025 Prize.
The AHA announced June 5 that Main Line Health in Radnor, Pa., Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., and AnMed in Anderson, S.C., are the three honorees for this year鈥檚 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, which will be presented during the 2024 AHA Leadership Summit July 21-23 in San Diego.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 30 announced Augusta Health as a recipient of its 2024 CMS Health Equity Award for its efforts to reduce disparities in health care access, quality and outcomes.
Applications are open through July 24 for AHA鈥檚 2025 Circle of Life Award, which recognizes hospitals and health systems that advance end-of-life and hospice care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective and equitable
Robyn Begley, AHA鈥檚 chief nursing officer and CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, plans to retire at the end of this year, the associations announced May 23.
The application deadline is May 22 for AHA's 2025 Foster G. McGaw Prize. The annual award celebrates organizations that improve health through community investments and co-designed tactics and programs.
AHA is now accepting applications through Aug. 31 for the 2024 Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award, which honors a team that has displayed outstanding leadership and responsiveness to their community鈥檚 health needs and demonstrated a collaborative community process that led to measurable outcomes.
The Coalition to Strengthen America鈥檚 Healthcare March 17 was announced as the recipient of the Ohio Hospital Association's Dr. Eli Crew Community Service Excellence Award, which recognizes an individual鈥檚 or organization鈥檚 support of the health care industry.
More than 1,000 people gathered May 7 for the AHA Accelerating Health Equity Conference in Kansas City, Mo. During this afternoon鈥檚 opening session, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 chair of the AHA Board of Trustees, called out the 鈥減ower of partnership鈥 鈥斺