DRISCOLL EARNS TWO NATIONAL AWARDS
FOR HEALTHCARE MARKETING EXCELLENCE

(Corpus Christi, TX) Driscoll Children's Hospital and its Marketing & Public Relations Department were recently honored in the 2006 Aster Awards, a program recognizing the best in the nation for healthcare and medical marketing. The hospital and two different projects were recognized with Gold Aster Awards, the program’s highest honors. The announcement was made by CEO and President Rick Merrill.

Driscoll competed against nearly 1,000 other entries from across the nation. The following entries were recognized as among the nation’s best:

• Gold Aster Award – 2006 Project Artwork Holiday Catalog
For design and implementation of a catalog including holiday cards featuring artwork by young patients and other hospital related gifts.
• Gold Aster Award – 2007 Healing Humor Calendar
For design and implementation of the hospital’s annual calendar featuring young patients, their physicians, and their stories.

The entries were judged based on creativity, layout, design, typography, production, knowledge transfer, and the overall quality of the entry is examined. “All winners exhibited a high level of marketing excellence in the field of healthcare,” stated Aster Awards officials.

About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

www.driscollchildrens.org

# # #

Home | Terms of Use | Privacy Policies | Legal Statement | Statement of Compliance
Voted Best Place to Work in 2006 and 2007 | Ways to Give | Contact Us
Copyright © Driscoll Children's Hospital 2008
Corpus Christi, Texas

Live website tracking by Visistat