Gulfshore Business Healthcare Heroes Awards

Nomination deadline: November 19th

Winners will be recognized in the April 2022 issue of Gulfshore Business

Criteria

• The individual or company is in the healthcare industry in one of the categories listed above.
• Health Care Heroes Award recipients must be individuals or organizations operating or based in Southwest Florida (Collier, Lee and Charlotte Counties)
• We will normally not honor more than one recipient per company in different categories.
• Winners are chosen through an independent judging process and not by quantity of nomination.

Category Definition:

Physician – Recognizes a physician who has positively impacted his/her organization and/or patients.

Nurse – Recognizes a nurse who has positively impacted his/her organization and/or patients.

Innovation (Individual Award) – Recognizes an individual who has made a positive advancement in medical care or medical science.

Innovation (Organization Award) – Recognizes an organization that has made a positive advancement in medical care or medical science.

Volunteer – Recognizes a non-paid volunteer in the healthcare industry.

Health Care Staff – Recognizes a healthcare staff (including C-Suite and non C-Suite personnel, but not doctors or nurses) who have positively impacted their organizations and/or patients.

Healthcare Prevention – Recognizes the efforts of an individual, staff or organization to advance preventative patient care.

Mental Health Care Provider of the Year – Recognizes a mental healthcare provider who has positively impacted his/her organization and/or patients.

Urgent Care Operator of the Year – Recognizes an urgent care operator who has positively impacted his/her organization and/or patients.

Skilled and Assisted Living Facility of the Year- Recognizes the top skilled nursing and assisted living facility in Southwest Florida.

First Responder- Recognizes a first responder.