Recognition and Awards
Mercyhealth operates an emergency shelter in southern Wisconsin that also offers outpatient, behavioral health and other support services.
As we seek innovative ways to improve the health of our communities, it is more important than ever for hospitals and health systems to partner with others.
In this AHA Stat blog, Robyn Begley, AHA senior vice president and CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, discusses how hiring and empowering nurses who reflect the communities they serve can improve quality and the patient experience.
The AHA is accepting nominations through Nov. 25 for its 2020 Dick Davidson NOVA Award, which recognizes outstanding collaboration by hospitals and health systems for healthier communities.
The University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, a 2019 Circle of Life honoree, uses music and art therapy, along with spiritual care, to reduce pain and anxiety and improve quality of life for patients and families in its palliative care program.
Often quietly and out of the public eye, the vital work of advancing health in America happens on many fronts.
Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, a 2019 Circle of Life honoree, revitalized its palliative care program four years ago and welcomes innovations in their adult, pediatric and fetal programs while also delivering education in multiple formats. Read more [LINK]. The deadline for…
Organizations that provide palliative or end-of-life care may apply through Aug. 16 for the 2020 Circle of Life Awards.
Named the 2019 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award winner, Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md., continues to make its hospital an open and diverse environment for staff, patients and the community.
As a 2019 Circle of Life honoree and one of the nation’s first community-based palliative care programs, Hospice of the Western Reserve Navigator Program in Cleveland, Ohio, uses teams to follow patients and families through all settings of care, offers guidance 24/7 and utilizes a robust group of…