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AHA Awards Nominations Open

Nominations are open for the 2001 Arkansas Hospital Association awards program. The A. Allen Weintraub Memorial Award, Distinguished Service Award, and Statesmanship Award will be presented during the Association's 71st Annual Meeting in October. Arkansas' Young Executive of the Year will be recognized by the Arkansas Healthcare Executives Association. The Diamond Awards, co-sponsored by the Arkansas Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations (ASHMPR), will be presented at the same time.

The A. Allen Weintraub Memorial Award, named for Allen Weintraub, long-time administrator of St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock, is the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the AHA. Those nominated for this honor should be hospital administrators/CEOs who are contributing to their hospitals and communities in much the same manner as did Weintraub.

The AHA's Distinguished Service Award is presented to individuals who, while not necessarily AHA members, have promoted a cause of the healthcare industry, thereby becoming entitled to special recognition. Examples of those eligible for this award are physicians, nurses, trustees, auxilians, and other deserving individuals.

The Statesmanship Award is presented to a legislator or congressman who has worked diligently on healthcare issues and is, therefore, entitled to special recognition.

The 2001 recipients of the Weintraub, Distinguished Service, and Statesmanship Awards will be chosen by the AHA Board of Directors from those nominated at its August 10 meeting. Nominations, accompanied by documentation of the nominees' accomplishments, must arrive at AHA headquarters no later than August 3, 2001. A list of previous award recipients and award requirements is available by calling the AHA.

The 2001 Diamond Awards will honor outstanding achievement in healthcare public relations and marketing, and will be presented in several categories, such as advertising, annual report, Internet Web site, publications, special video production, and writing. Two Diamond Awards (for hospitals of 175 beds or less, and those of more than 175 beds) will be presented in each category at the AHA Annual Meeting Awards Dinner Monday, October 8, in Little Rock. Award recipients will be chosen from entries received no later than Friday, August 3.

Detailed nomination information and forms have been mailed to all hospitals. Additional copies are available from the AHA.

"Reaffirming Our Commitment to Caring" AHA Annual Meeting and Trade Show, October 7-9, 2001

The Arkansas Hospital Association will host its 71st Annual Meeting and Trade Show October 7-9 in Little Rock's newly remodeled and enlarged Statehouse Convention Center. The Arkansas Hospital Auxiliary Association's annual convention will be held at the same time in the Excelsior Hotel, which is undergoing renovations to become the Peabody Hotel-Little Rock.

To accommodate increasing demands on the time of hospital executives and their administrative team, the AHA's annual meeting has been streamlined and shortened in length. The Sunday through Tuesday schedule will feature a golf tournament, learning sessions with prominent speakers, dedicated time to visit exhibits, a dinner honoring past AHA chairmen, and the annual awards dinner which will also include presentation of the 2001 Diamond Awards.

Speakers scheduled to appear include keynoter Ken Schmidt, former director of communications for Harley-Davidson Motor Company who tells a fascinating story of building an entirely new corporate culture, of rekindling relationships with customers, and reaching out to new ones in completely untraditional ways; Terry Andrus, president of East Alabama Medical Center, who steered his hospital towards becoming one of Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For"; and political strategist Mark Allen who returns from last year's meeting to discuss President Bush's first year in office.

Attorney Lynda Johnson will present "Mr. Smith's Incredible Journey," an entertaining story that describes how HIPAA will affect each patient as he journeys from hospital admission to discharge; air safety analyst John Nance will discuss comparisons between airline safety and patient safety; and author James Bradley (Flags of Our Fathers) will close the annual meeting with a motivational message, "Doing the Impossible." ACHE members will also have the opportunity to attend a post-annual meeting three-hour Category I workshop on creative management techniques.

Mark your calendar now for October 7-9, and watch your mail for updates and registration information.