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Awards & Recognition


The Center for Health Design sponsors several award programs that recognize outstanding projects, products, and individuals that have contributed to the evidence-based design field, helped advance the healthcare design industry, or demonstrated exemplary facility design.  

Award Programs

 

The Touchstone Awards

Presented by The Center for Health Design - Recognizing Achievement In Evidence-Based Design
 

Healthcare Environment Awards

Presented by The Center for Health Design in partnership with Healthcare Design magazine, the Healthcare Environment Awards recognize excellence in new or renovated healthcare facility design since 1989.
 

Joseph G. Sprague New Investigator Award  

The Center for Health Design’s Research Coalition is responsible for the Joseph G. Sprague New Investigator Award. Its purpose is to support high quality research studies by new investigators whose research is likely to fill critical gaps in the field of evidence-based healthcare facility design. The goal of the award is to support new researchers.
 

Nightingale Product Design Award 

Sponsored by The Center for Health Design in conjunction with Healthcare Design magazine and Healthcare Design Conference + Expo, the Nightingale Awards recognize the best new products exhibited at the annual Healthcare Design Conference + Expo.
 

Changemaker Award 

Given annually during a plenary session at the PDC Summit by The Center for Health Design Board of Directors and recognized in a special print supplement of Health Facilities Management Magazine, the award honors individuals or organizations that have demonstrated exceptional ability to change the way healthcare facilities are designed and built, and whose work has broad impact on the advancement of healthcare design.
 

The Russ Coile Lifetime Achievement Award 

Established in 2007 in honor of the late Russ Coile, who served on The Center for Health Design’s founding board of directors, this award recognizes individuals who, like Russ, have dedicated their careers to the advancement of the healthcare design field.

Recognition Programs