Press Release
Alexandria,Virginia
March 2, 2010

R. Vincent Parr, President of the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers, announced the winners of the Hospital of the Choice Award for the winter quarter. Each year AAHCP evaluates approximately 400 hospitals for consideration of this Award. One hundred hospitals each year are recognized for a period of one year and posted on the website www.choicehospitals.com. The Hospital of Choice Award is designed to find America's most customer-friendly hospitals based either on an extensive application process, or by a secret review of a facility's public communication and staff interaction with customers. The application process requires a review of six principal areas of consideration including Standards of Conduct, Performance Management and Improvement, Staff Development and Training, Systems of Communication, Good Citizenship, and Educational and Promotional Material available to consumers.

AAHCP recognized the first hospitals with the Hospital of Choice Award in 2002. The next application deadline is April 5, 2010. For further information, please contact Sara Suliman, Choice Awards Coordinator, or Ken Carson, Choice Awards Manager, at (703) 655-1381, or by email at choicehospitals@aol.com. The list of this year's ten winter quarter winners are listed below in alphabetical order.

1. Fairfax Inova Hospital, Fairfax, VA
2. Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
3. Health Central, Ocoee, FL
4. Hialeah Hospital, Hialeah, FL
5. Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
6. Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD
7. The Ohio State University Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, Columbus, OH
8. Twin Cities Hospital, Niceville, FL
9. Union Hospital Health Group, Terre Haute, IN
10. Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA