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Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award Winners

The AHA Equity of Care award is named in honor of Carolyn Boone Lewis, the first African American and first hospital trustee to chair the AHA board, who was a tireless advocate for equity of care. “Hospitals and health systems that participate in the Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award process demonstrate a commitment to improving health for all people,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. “Their work is not only a moral imperative but it’s also the way in which hospitals will be positioned to succeed under population health and value-based care.”

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2023 Equity of Care Award Winners

Transforming Winner

Emerging Winner

Small/Rural Hospital Excellence Winner

2022 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winner

Honorees

  • Novant Health, Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Health, Philadelphia

2021 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winner

Honorees

  • Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
  • ChristianaCare, Newark, Del.

2020 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winner

Honorees

  • Chatham Hospital, Siler City, N.C.
  • Henry Ford Health System, Detroit

2019 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winner

Honorees

  • Atrium Health, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
  • Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, N.Y.
  • Sutter Health Sacramento, Calif.

2018 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winner

  • Navicent Health, Macon, Ga.

Honorees

  • Atrium Health, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
  • Regional Health, Rapid City, S.D.
  • Cone Health, Greensboro, N.C.

2017 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winner

  • Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.

Honorees

  • Cone Health, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Rush University, Chicago
  • Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Fla.
  • Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, Ill.

2016 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winner

  • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland

Honorees

  • The MetroHealth System, Cleveland
  • Navicent Health, Macon, Ga.
  • CHRISTUS Health, Irving, Texas
  • West Tennessee Healthcare, Jackson, Tenn.

2015 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winners

  • Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J.

Honorees

  • AnMed Health, Anderson, S.C.
  • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

2014 Equity of Care Award Winners

Winner

Honorees

  • University Hospitals
  • Henry Ford Health System
  • Lutheran Healthcare

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