May 09, 2014

National Hospital Week is a chance to celebrate the commitment and passion all TriHealth team members bring to TriHealth's mission of improving the health status of the people we serve. Your dedication to working as part of a unified health care system has allowed us to deliver our patients the best care available every day. Because of this, TriHealth has been honored with a number of awards for clinical expertise and an exceptional work environment. Among these prestigious recognitions you've achieved over the past year:

• Enquirer Media Top Work Places
• Top Ten Nonprofit Companies for Executive Women
• Cincinnati's Healthiest Employer
• Working Mother 100 Best Companies
• Most Wired Health System
• Environmental Leadership and "Green" efforts
• And multiple quality awards, including being among the top hospitals in the country for heart care, orthopedics, emergency care and other areas.

This recognition is because of your focus on patient care and delivering quality with passion every day. Thank you for making TriHealth a tremendously successful system for team members and patients.

Did you know…

• The first National Hospital Day was held on Florence Nightingale's birthday on May 12, 1921.
• National Hospital Day was originally conceived by a Chicago magazine editor as a public healthcare event that encouraged trust in the city's hospitals in the wake of the 'Spanish flu' outbreak of 1918, which killed more than 600,000 Americans.
• The event expanded to an entire week in 1953.