June 6, 2024- The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) announced that Main Line Health in Radnor, Pa., Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., and AnMed in Anderson, S.C., will receive the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care (EOC) Award. The awards will be presented during the AHA’s Leadership Summit in San Diego, July 21-23.
The Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award is an annual recognition of outstanding efforts among hospitals and health systems to advance equity of care to all patients and to spread lessons learned and progress toward diversity, inclusion and health equity. Lewis was the first African-American and first hospital trustee to chair the AHA Board.
Main Line Health’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is embodied in workforce representation and community collaborations, Augusta Health was selected as the Equity of Care Award, Emerging winner for key culturally sensitive care initiatives such as the Mobile Medical Clinic and Culturally Competent Care Education. The Mobile Medical Clinic utilizes geospatial analysis to identify underserved areas and provide tailored primary care services, and AnMed was selected as the Equity of Care, Small/Rural Hospital Excellence Award winner for improving the language services and communications offerings for patients who have limited English proficiency. This effort, which includes both in-person and digital-interpretation options for multiple languages, has guaranteed precision and uniformity in delivering language services, ultimately leading to increased satisfaction among diverse patient groups.