AHA presents 2023 awards

The American Hospital Association this week presented its 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award to Meritus Health in Hagerstown, Md.; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.; and Rapid City (S.D.) Hospital (Monument Health) for their efforts to advance diversity, inclusion and health equity. AHA presented 2023 Circle of Life Awards to Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore and the Center for Hospice Care in Mishawaka, Ind., for their innovative efforts in palliative and end-of-life care. Main Line Health in Bryn Mawr, Pa., received the 2023 AHA Quest for Quality Prize for its system-wide approach to quality, safety and equity. (AHA News article, 7/17/23)