ACHE grants the Edgar C. Hayhow Award annually to the author(s) of an article judged the best from among those published in the Journal of Healthcare Management, ACHE's official journal. Named in honor of ACHE's 14th Chairman, the Edgar C. Hayhow Award was established in 1960 to recognize outstanding contributions to healthcare management literature. Award winners are selected by ACHE's Article of the Year Awards Committee.

The 2011 winners have been selected: Eric J. Gertner, MD (lead author), Judith N. Sabino, Erica Mahady, Lynn M. Deitrick, RN, PhD, Jarret R. Patton, MD, FAAP, Mary Kay Grim, James F. Geiger, FACHE, and Debbie Salas-Lopez, MD, for their article “Developing a Culturally Competent Health Network: A Planning Framework and Guide.” The article appeared in the May/June 2010 issue of Journal of Healthcare Management.

Recommended Reading
The Article of the Year Awards Committee recommends two additional articles: “Is the Relationship Between Your Hospital and Your Medical Staff Sustainable?” by Greg Carlson and Hugh Greeley, from the May/June 2010 issue, and “How Patient Reactions to Hospital Care Attributes Affect the Evaluation of Overall Quality of Care, Willingness to Recommend, and Willingness to Return,” by Koichiro Otani, Brian Waterman, Kelly M. Faulkner, Sarah Boslaugh, and W. Claiborne Dunagan, from the January/February 2010 issue.

View Edgar C. Hayhow Award winners.

For additional information, please contact Gerard J. Berish, CAE, regional director, Division of Regional Services, at (312) 424-9323 or gberish@ache.org.