CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System has received a silver award for its System-wide Tobacco Free campaign and a bronze award for its Physician newsletter in this year’s 2010 Aster Awards competition.
“As one of America ’s 50 Best Hospitals for two consecutive years and a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence for seven years running, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System is committed to quality and our marketing team continually works to communicate our commitment to excellence to all audiences. I am very pleased to see their work recognized among the best in the industry,” said Patrick Carrier, President and CEO, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System.
The Aster Awards, one of the largest national competitions of its kind, is hosted by Marketing Healthcare Today Magazine and Creative Images, Inc. This elite program recognizes outstanding health care professionals for excellence in their advertising/marketing efforts for the calendar year 2009.
The 2010 Aster Awards received approximately 3,000 entries from across the United States as well as Canada and South America . Participant’s entries competed against similar-sized organizations in their category. Entries must have a score at least in the top 85 percent to receive an award. Judging criteria included creativity, layout and design, functionality, message effectiveness, production quality, and overall appeal.
“It was an honor to have CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System participate in the 2010 Aster Awards Competition. They placed in the top 12 percent of the nation. The quality of this year’s entries went well beyond the judges’ expectations,” said Melinda R. Lucas, Aster Awards Program Coordinator.
All winners are posted on the Aster Awards website (www.AsterAwards.com), as well as published in Marketing Healthcare Today, a national healthcare marketing magazine.
About CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System:
Founded in 1869 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is a Catholic faith-based, non-profit health and wellness ministry dedicated to extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and providing the highest quality medical care and services available. As one of the top health care organizations in South Texas, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa has four hospital campuses, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital City Centre located in downtown San Antonio, in the South Texas Medical Center, in New Braunfels, and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, San Antonio’s first children’s hospital, an academic teaching facility affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In July 2009, we extended our ministry to the fast-growing Westover Hills community with the opening of the area’s first full-service hospital. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System also owns a majority interest in CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Centers – San Antonio , LLC, a joint venture physician partnership which is comprised of four outpatient surgery facilities in San Antonio including Alamo Heights , Stone Oak, and in the Medical Center area. Additionally, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System owns a majority interest in the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center in New Braunfels joint venture physician partnership. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is one of only three hospitals in Texas and the only one in San Antonio to receive the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ seven years in a row and to be named one of America ’s 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades® for two consecutive years. It is also the preferred health system of the San Antonio SPURS. For additional information on CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, visit www.christussantarosa.org. |
