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AHA podcast — Boston Medical Center: Leading the Way Toward Health Equity and Justice

Boston Medical Center is the winner of the AHA’s 2024 Foster G. McGaw Prize, which recognizes the efforts of hospitals and health systems to improve the health and well-being of their communities.

2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: AnMed

AnMed’s excellence in implementing language services and community engagement strategies to eliminate health care disparities and improve patient quality outcomes has earned the organization the AHA’s 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Small/Rural Hospital Excellence category.

2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Main Line Health

Main Line Health’s strategic collection and utilization of data, as well as its targeted interventions to eliminate disparities within its community, have earned the not-for-profit health system the AHA’s 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Transforming category.

2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Augusta Health

Augusta Health was awarded the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Emerging category. Hospitals in the Emerging category are recognized for leveraging AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap to dismantle structural barriers in the communities they serve. Augusta Health is dedicated to providing high-quality health care services to its communities, with a strong emphasis on culturally responsive care and eliminating health disparities.

Case study: A look at Equity of Care Award winner AnMed’s community engagement strategies 

AnMed’s dedication to implementing language services and community engagement strategies to eliminate health care disparities and improve patient quality outcomes led to the organization earning the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Small/Rural Hospital Excellence category.

Application deadline extended to Oct. 15 for 2025 Equity of Care Awards 

The AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has extended until Oct. 15 the deadline to apply for the 2025 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Awards, which recognize the efforts of member hospitals and health systems in advancing health equity, diversity and inclusion across three categories.

Deadline extended: Apply by Nov. 7 for next year’s Equity of Care Awards 

The AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has extended until Nov. 7 the deadline to apply for the 2025 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Awards, which recognize the efforts of member hospitals and health systems in advancing health equity, diversity and inclusion across three categories: Transforming, Emerging and Small/Rural.
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Foster G. McGaw Prize Finalist Cedars-Sinai on Its Commitment to Community Health and Health Equity

The AHA’s prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize honors health delivery organizations that have demonstrated a strategic approach to community health and health equity.

Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Meritus Health

Meritus Health’s commitment to eliminating disparities and inequities within the community it serves has earned the health system national recognition, being awarded with AHA's 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Transforming category.

AHA names winners of 2024 Equity of Care Award

The AHA announced June 5 that Main Line Health in Radnor, Pa., Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., and AnMed in Anderson, S.C., are the three honorees for this year’s Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, which will be presented during the 2024 AHA Leadership Summit July 21-23 in San Diego.