Texas Health Resources, a nonprofit, faith-based health system serving North Texas, will receive the $100,000 Foster G. McGaw Prize April 26 at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting for its exemplary commitment to establishing and facilitating programs that improve the overall health and well-being of its community. 

“Every single day Texas Health Resources, in collaboration with numerous partners, advances the health and well-being of its communities,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. “Despite unprecedented challenges brought on by COVID-19, Texas Health Resources delivered hope and healing to patients, comforted families and protected communities.”

Three 2022 finalists also will receive $10,000 each: Adena Health System in Chillicothe, Ohio; MUSC Health in Charleston, S.C.; and UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. Read more about the prize recipients and their initiatives here.

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