Awards and Recognition

• Banner Health
• Arizona
• Alaska

• Colorado
• Nebraska
• Wyoming

• Individual and team achievements

Banner Health

• 2009 recipient of the Gallup Great Workplace Award
• Named as One of the Best Places to Work for two consecutive years.
• Nationally recognized for patient safety efforts.
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Banner Alzheimer's Institute 

• Pierre Tariot MD, of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, published in the The New England Journal of Medicine on  possible Alzheimer’s medications.
• Eric Reiman, MD, of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, published in Science.  on genes and memory.
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Banner Baywood Medical Center

Banner Desert Medical Center 

• Named to the 2009 Community Value Index® Five-Star hospitals list.
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Banner Estrella Medical Center

Banner Gateway Medical Center

• Received the RED Award Best Medical Project, February 2008,  AZRE Magazine
• Won an Award of Excellence for Healthcare Design from Modern Healthcare magazine
• Named 2008 Employer of Choice -- Gilbert Chamber of Commerce 
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Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center

• Received Magnet™ status from American Nurses Association.
• Named one of America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in Heart Care and Surgery, Gynecology and Kidney Disease.
• Received Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center
• Named one of the Top 100 Hospitals to Work For by Nursing Professionals magazine.
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Banner Heart Hospital

• Named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® for cardiovascular care by Thomson Reuters for three years in a row.
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Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

• Received 2008 WestMarc
  award for for Level III NICU
• Received the United Blood Services Hero Award – Valentine for Life Award
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Page Hospital

• Expansion and remodel received RED -Real Estate and Development award 
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McKee Medical Center  

• Received the national Premier Award for Quality for outstanding patient care and setting the standard in clinical excellence nationwide.
• Received Banner's Best award in 2009.
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North Colorado Medical Center  

• Received Magnet Status from the American Nurses Association.
• Received National Bariatric Center of Excellence Designation from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
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East Morgan County Hospital

• Named Business of the Year by the Brush Area Chamber of Commerce.
• Earned the state’s highest ranking in Colorado HCAHPS
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Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

• Received the 2007 Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Care Achievement Award
• Received the 2008 Vista Award for its new outpatient imaging center.
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Ogallala Community Hospital

• Received the Recognition of Quality Award from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska for 2007 and 2008.
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Community Hospital

• Received the Commitment to Quality Award from the Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Care Foundation.
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Platte County Memorial Hospital

• Received the Quality Achievement Award from the Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Care Foundation.
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Individual Achievements 

• Ron Bunnell, Banner CFO and Executive Vice President,  named CFO of the year.
• Dave Dexter, CEO of Laboratory Sciences of Arizona/Sonora Quest, was recognized with Arizona Corporate Excellence Award.
• Banner's employee Web site received a Silver Award from ehealthcare Strategy and Trends.