Boston hospital to receive 2024 Foster G. McGaw Prize 

Boston Medical Center, a private, not-for-profit, equity-led academic medical center, is the winner of AHA’s 2024 Foster G. McGaw Prize for its leadership and initiatives to improve care quality, care access and health equity in its surrounding community. BMC will be awarded $100,000 and will receive the prize at the AHA Leadership Summit July 22 in San Diego. 

“Boston Medical Center is a national leader in going outside the four walls of the hospital and into the community to advance health care access and outcomes, especially for the most underserved,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. “By working diligently with a wide range of community partners — including nontraditional ones — Boston Medical Center serves as a model to the hospital field in efforts to reduce health and social inequities.” 

Englewood Health in Englewood, N.J. and NewYork-Presbyterian in New York City were also recognized as finalists and will receive $10,000 each. Read more about the prize recipients and their initiatives here. The Foster G. McGaw Prize is sponsored by the Baxter International Foundation, the AHA and AHA’s non-profit affiliate Health Research & Educational Trust.