We are pleased to announce that a new AMA member, Mike Hartnett and his team at GBMC were recently honored with six awards from the Maryland Society for Health Care Strategy and Market Development. Please join us in sharing a big congratulations for the GBMC team! 

The full release is included below.

BALTIMORE, Md. —  Greater Baltimore Medical Center Marketing Department has been recognized with six 2009 Alfred Knight Awards from the Maryland Society for Health Care Strategy and Market Development (MSHSMD), Maryland’s premier organization for professionals working in health care strategy and market development.

Named in honor of former MSHSMD president Alfred J. Knight, Jr., the Alfred Knight Awards recognize outstanding work in health care strategy and market development. Awards honor initiatives that have had a measurable impact on the organizations and people they serve.

The GBMC awards include:

Internal Communications Campaign – Award of Excellence – GBMC’s Sunflower Campaign

Media Placement – Award of Excellence – “A Better Way” Gilchrist Hospice Care/GBMC

Newsletter – Internal – Award of Merit – Greater Connections

Newsletter – Professional – Award of Merit – Greater Oncology Today

Newsletter – Professional – Award of Merit – M.D. Today

Website – Award of Merit - www.gbmc.org

“We are honored and privileged to receive these awards and for our staff’s work to be recognized by peers,” said Mike Hartnett, GBMC’s director of marketing. “We strive every day to ensure our marketing communications materials are the best they can be to help support the hospital’s mission.”

MSHSMD is an affiliate of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development headquartered in Chicago, and provides educational programs, professional recognition and scholarships to advance the careers and expertise of those in healthcare marketing, public relations, strategic planning and business development.

About GBMC

GBMC HealthCare includes Greater Baltimore Medical Center, a 300-bed acute care not-for-profit hospital which opened in 1965 and provides Health, Healing and Hope; Greater Baltimore Medical Associates, a group of more than 40 multi-specialty physician practices on the hospital’s Towson campus and in satellite locations across the region; Gilchrist Hospice Care, Maryland’s largest hospice organization offering both in-home care as well as a 24-bed inpatient unit; and the GBMC Foundation, which raises funds to support the organization’s mission. For more information, visit www.gbmc.org