AHA NOVA Award winners announced
Five hospital-led partnerships to improve community health will receive 2015 AHA NOVA Awards July 25 at the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco. The winning programs are: the Mayor’s Healthy City Initiative in Baton Rouge, LA; the Bithlo Transformation Project in Orlando, FL; Activate Whittier in Whittier, CA; Community Health: Healthy Eating in Albuquerque, NM; and the Blood Pressure Advocate Program in Rochester, NY. “The AHA NOVA award recognizes hospitals and collaborative efforts that show how caring and compassion can improve health and wellness,” said AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock. “The hospitals leading these programs are truly inspirational examples of how the power of collaboration can make our communities healthier, safer and better places to live.” For more on the programs and hospital participants, see the AHA news release.