AHA NOVA Award

AHA NOVA Awards® honor effective, collaborative programs focused on improving community health status.

An application for the 2011 AHA NOVA Award is available here.  

  ACHI is an educational affiliate of the AHA NOVA Award.

2010 AHA NOVA Award

Story on the 2010 AHA NOVA Award winners  

  • Community-based Alternatives to the Emergency Room: Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, FL
  • Health-e-Access Telemedicine-Healthcare for Children When and Where They Need It: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
  • Healthy Futures: Munson Healthcare System, Traverse City, MI
  • Healthy San Francisco: San Francisco General Hospital, University of California Medical Center, Chinese Hospital, California Pacific Medical Center, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
  • Pediatric Asthma Program: Sinai Health System, Chicago, IL

2009 AHA NOVA Award Recipients

Story on the 2009 AHA NOVA Award Winners

  • Student Success Jobs Program: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 
  • Really Awesome Health (RAH) and Wholesome Routines: Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh, NC
  • Taos First Steps Program: Holy Cross Hospital, Taos, NM
  • Project BRIEF: Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx, NY
  • Lighten Up 4 Life: Mission Health System, Asheville, NC

2008 AHA NOVA Award Recipients 

Story on the 2008 AHA NOVA Award Winners

  • Every Child Succeeds:  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
  • Partnership for Community Health:  California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
  • Nutrition Center of Maine:  Saint Mary’s Health System, Lewiston, ME
  • ENERGIZE!:  WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, NC
  • Memorial Hermann Health Centers for Schools:  Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX

2007 AHA NOVA Award Recipients

Story on the 2007 AHA NOVA Award Winners
 
  • Medical-Legal Partnership for Children: Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • NOW (Nutritional Options for Wellness) Program: Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Richland Care: Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC
  • Trauma Nurses Talk Tough: Legacy Health System, Portland, OR
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center Healthy Youth Development Initiative: UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA
  • Youth Health Partnership-Patee Market Youth Dental Clinic: Heartland Health, St. Joseph, MO 

2006 AHA NOVA Award Recipients

Story on the 2006 AHA NOVA Award Winners

  • Healthy Learners: Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals, Columbia, SC; Allendale County Hospital, Fairfax, SC; McLeod Medical Center, Dillon, SC; and Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, SC
  • Primary Care Access Network (PCAN): Health Central, Ocoee, FL; Florida Hospital, Winter Park, FL; and Orlando Regional Healthcare, Orlando, FL
  • ProHealth Care Community Health Outreach Initiative: ProHealth Care, Waukesha, WI
  • Saint Joseph Mobile Health Services: Saint Joseph Healthcare Inc., Lexington, KY
  • Yonkers Childhood Health Initiative: St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY

2005 AHA NOVA Award Recipients

Story on the 2005 AHA NOVA Award Winners

  • Children's Health Initiative: McKay-Dee Hospital Center, Ogden, UT
  • Palmetto Health's Vision Health Initiative: Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC
  • Project Dulce, Whittier Institute for Diabetes: Scripps Health, San Diego, CA
  • Toledo/Lucas County CareNet: Mercy Health Partners, ProMedica Health System, and Medical University of Ohio, all of Toledo, OH, and St. Luke's Hospital, Maumee, OH
  • Volunteer Health Advisor Program: Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA

See 1994-2004 AHA NOVA Award Recipients