Grace Award
Ninety years ago, AHIMA’s founder, Grace Whiting Myers, was a catalyst for change. She began this association on the conviction that advancements in the collection and organization of health information (HI) will invariably help medical professionals improve public health.
Today, the responsible collection, protection, and analysis of HI allows practitioners to provide effective care, innovative economic engines to run, researchers to make life-saving discoveries, and individuals to maintain good health.
Due to Myers’ prescient vision, AHIMA’s annual HI award bears her name: The Grace Award. The Grace Award honors healthcare delivery organizations that demonstrate industry-leading approaches to health information by connecting people, systems and ideas.
2020 Grace Award
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Recognized as the 2020 Grace Award Recipient
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) congratulates Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as the winner of the 2020 Grace Award. The award, which is named for AHIMA’s founder, Grace Whiting Myers, honors healthcare delivery organizations for their innovative and novel approaches to using health information to deliver high-quality care to patients. AHIMA will present the hospital with this honor at the AHIMA20 Virtual Conference on October 15.
Grace Award Winners
Past winners that regularly demonstrated transformative journeys toward new and innovative HI practices that generate better patient outcomes.
- Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) - Eastern Wisconsin Division (2019)
- Hennepin Healthcare (2019 Honorable Mention)
- Yale New Haven Health (2018)
- University of Kansas Health System (2018 Honorable Mention)
- SCL Health (2017)
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (2017 Honorable Mention)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (2016)
- Texas Health Resources (2016 Honorable Mention)
- Allina Health of Minneapolis (2015)
- Texas Health Resources (2015 Honorable Mention)
- Children’s Medical Center of Dallas (2014)
- Truman Medical Centers (2013)
- University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic (2012)