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Health Care & Innovation Summit Awards
Individuals working in District of Columbia hospitals strive every day to deliver compassionate, quality and safe patient care. DCHA is honored to highlight the incredible work of our member hospitals and their champions.
DCHA will present awards to two individuals: one clinical professional and one non-clinical professional. This award is to recognize the contribution of individuals within our member hospitals to advance health care delivery and operations. This individual should also exemplify:
- A dedication to continued delivery of essential services
- A commitment to patient safety and following safety protocols
- Unwavering efforts to delivering quality patient care
Award submissions must showcase how individuals go above and beyond normal daily work to manage and support hospital staff, patients, caregivers and the community. Awards will be presented during the Health Care & Innovation Summit on October 22, 2025. Nomination deadline is June 27, 2025.
Nomination Information
Submissions must showcase an individual’s invaluable dedication, commitment and unwavering efforts in managing and supporting hospital staff, patients, caregivers and community.
Clinical Category: $250
Individuals who provide credentialed or non-credentialed direct patient care. Examples include, but not limited to, nurse (all levels), physician (all levels), patient care technician, hospitalist, social worker, care coordinator, psychologist, dietitian, etc.
Non-Clinical Category: $250
Individuals who provide support services to staff, patients and caregivers in the hospital setting. Examples include, but not limited to, environmental health services, security, food service, volunteer services, patient transport, administration, human resources, IT, device reprocessing, and administrative assistants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be an employee of a DCHA member hospital.
- Help DCHA promote your award by taking and sending photos for use in communication channels due to any virtual limitations that may arise.
Selection Process
- DCHA will collect the submissions for screening and evaluation by applying the award criteria. Submissions will be rated and reduced to two individual award winners.
- Judging will be performed by an anonymous committee appointed by the DCHA leadership. DCHA will send confirmation letters to winners. All decisions are final.
Recognition
- Award winners will be honored and recognized during the Health Care & Innovation Summit, October 22, 2025.
- Photo and profile will be highlighted on the DCHA website, newsletter and other DCHA communications.
- Award winners and stories will be sent to local media.
- Awardees will receive a cash prize – see award criteria.
- DCHA will send letters to the hospital leadership describing the individual achievement.
