HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System's Marketing and Business Development team won several awards at the Kansas Association of Health Care Communicators meeting in Hays.
Five were emerald awards. Those were for Richard Shank's Hutch News column, Chris Steen for the new website for Hutchinson Regional and for the COVID Update Board. The hospital also received an award for a COVID memorial within the hospital and the full department received recognition for its efforts to introduce new oncologist Dr. Shirley Butler following her hire.
Certificates of Merit were awarded to Terry Weathers for an internal publication called the Central Line newsletter, for his work on a video shown at the Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner and for a video called Keeping You Safe.
Shank was awarded for his coordination of the interviews with KWBW, authorship of the weekly ICARE message to healthcare system employees, and for a news release about implementation of the Impella Heart Pump.