AHA presents awards for improving quality, community health and health equity 

Jul 23, 2024 - 03:28 PM
AHA Chair Joanne Conroy, M.D. presented the 2024 Foster G. McGaw

AHA Chair Joanne Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, N.H., July 22 presented the 2024 Foster G. McGaw prize to Boston Medical Center for its leadership and initiatives to improve care quality, care access and health equity in its surrounding community. Englewood Health in Englewood, N.J. and NewYork-Presbyterian in New York City were also recognized as finalists. 

WellSpan Health in York, Pa., July 22 received the 2024 AHA Quest for Quality prize for its systemwide approach to quality, safety and equity. Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va., Jefferson Health in Philadelphia and MUSC Health in Charleston, S.C., also were named finalists. Hospitals and health systems are invited to apply for the 2025 award through Sept. 12. 

The AHA honored Main Line Health in Radnor, Pa., Augusta Health in Fisherville, Va., and AnMed in Anderson, S.C., with this year’s Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award. The award recognizes hospitals and health systems for working to reduce health disparities and other inequities in their communities. “This year’s honorees have shown exemplary commitment to understanding and improving the lives of their patients, communities and employees and serve as important models to the entire hospital field,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.

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