Recognition and Awards

AHA is now accepting applications through Aug. 31 for the 2024 Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award, which honors a team that has displayed outstanding leadership and responsiveness to their community鈥檚 health needs and demonstrated a collaborative community process that led to measurable outcomes.
The Coalition to Strengthen America鈥檚 Healthcare March 17 was announced as the recipient of the Ohio Hospital Association's Dr. Eli Crew Community Service Excellence Award, which recognizes an individual鈥檚 or organization鈥檚 support of the health care industry.
More than 1,000 people gathered May 7 for the AHA Accelerating Health Equity Conference in Kansas City, Mo. During this afternoon鈥檚 opening session, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 chair of the AHA Board of Trustees, called out the 鈥減ower of partnership鈥 鈥斺
The AHA May 1 announced five winners of the AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award for their hospital-led collaborative efforts to improve community health.
The International Hospital Federation has extended the nomination deadline to May 3 for its 2024 awards honoring excellence in hospitals and health care organizations around the world.
A call for nominations is issued in November to the Surgeons General of the Armed Forces (Air Force, Army, Navy and Coast Guard), the Undersecretary for Health at the Veterans Administration, the Defense Health Agency, and the Director of the Indian Health Service.
At its Annual Membership Meeting this week in Washington, D.C., AHA presented two federal hospital leaders with 2023 awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.
During its Annual Membership Meeting April 14 in Washington, D.C., the AHA honored 2024 Board Chair Joanne Conroy, M.D., president and CEO of Dartmouth Health.鈥淲e must ensure that all types of hospitals and health systems of all sizes are financially secure so we can continue providing world-class鈥
Christina Campos, CEO of Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa, N.M., and Steven Summer, former president of the Colorado and West Virginia Hospital Associations, will receive 2024 AHA Board of Trustees Awards April 15 at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., for their鈥
On April 15 at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., AHA will present its 2024 Award of Honor to Ken Kaufman 鈥 founder, managing director and chair of Kaufman Hall.