PruittHealth Senior Vice President of Program Development Honored with GHCA Leadership Innovation Award
Fifth Annual Leadership Awards Honor Long-Term Care Professionals
NORCROSS, Ga., June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Health Care Association honored several professionals for their efforts to help Georgians receive better long-term and post-acute health care, awarding distinguished individuals the association's Leadership Excellence Awards. The fifth annual GHCA Leadership Excellence Awards were presented today at the association's summer convention in Amelia Island.
"This is not a job, this is a calling," said Chuck Brown, Senior Vice President of Program Development at PruittHealth, upon receiving the GHCA Leadership Innovation Award. This award recognizes an individual who has been a leader in developing programs and services that stand out as innovative and unique in their contribution to long-term care. As an advocate for growth and change in the long-term care community, Brown was elected as Vice Chair in 2014 to the GHCA Board of Directors and is known for his extensive efforts to help those less fortunate in the community. Brown consistently finds new ways to improve the lives and well-being of others as a champion of leadership and quality care.
"I am so pleased that Chuck was honored by GHCA with this distinguished award, as he continues to represent the PruittHealth family of providers on its pursuit of excellence. His hard work and dedication contributes to the high-quality care delivered by PruittHealth each day to more than 24,000 patients throughout the Southeast, and I am delighted that his commitment to caring has received statewide recognition," said Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., Chairman and CEO of PruittHealth.
About the Georgia Health Care Association
Founded in 1953, the Georgia Health Care Association is a not-for-profit organization representing long-term and post-acute care providers located throughout the state of Georgia. The association is dedicated to enhancing the ability of providers to provide competent and compassionate care and advocates for quality care and services for frail, elderly and disabled Georgians. GHCA's more than 360 members serve more than 73,000 individuals annually. For more information visit www.GHCA.info or www.Facebook.com/GHCA.info.
About PruittHealth
Since 1969, PruittHealth has been a family-owned organization committed to the care of patients in our communities. We provide a seamless network of post-acute care services and resources, offering skilled nursing care, home health care, end-of-life hospice care, rehabilitation, and pharmacy/infusion services across the Southeast. Our organization is well known for its holistic model of care, as well as its proactive performance improvement programs, and its continuous commitment to caring and to quality. We serve communities across more than 170 provider locations throughout Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and one center in Florida. The PruittHealth seamless care network ensures that on any given day, our 24,000 patients are cared for by PruittHealth's 16,000 employed partners. Our highly-trained staff and commitment to providing each patient and their family with the level of care and dignity we would expect for our own loved ones are why PruittHealth has remained a leader in healthcare for more than 45 years. For more information please visit: www.PruittHealth.com.
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