Recognition and Awards
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) in Bennington, Vt., as the 2020 recipient of the Rural Hospital Leadership Award. The award recognizes small or rural hospital leaders who guide their hospital and community through transformational…
The International Code Council has named Jonathan Flannery, senior associate director of advocacy for the AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering, to a three-year term on the International Fire Code Development Committee, which evaluates and recommends proposed changes to the IFC fire…
Ninfa Saunders to receive 2020 AHA Board of Tustees Award
Nicholas Tejeda to receive 2020 AHA Board of Trustees Award
The AHA is accepting applications through Dec. 8 for its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, which recognizes hospital efforts to reduce health disparities and advance diversity and inclusion.
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering presented its 2020 Excellence in Health Care Facility Management Award to Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health for implementing process, software and data changes that allow its maintenance technicians and leadership to view enterprise-wide data on…
Marna Borgstom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health and a member of AHA’s Board of Trustees, received the 2020 Charles S. Lauer National Healthcare Award from B’nai B’rith International for her “dedication to community service, excellence in leadership and outstanding philanthropic commitment in the…
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering Oct. 7 awarded its 2020 Energy Champion Award for outstanding leadership in energy efficiency to The Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, N.C.
The AHA’s Association for the Health Care Environment recently presented its Environmental Services Department of the Year Award to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., and University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased attention to the issue of health care disparities. And it’s clear we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us to close the gaps.