ASHRM Awards and Recognition Program
Celebrating Excellence in the Health Care Risk Profession
The American Society for Health Care Risk Management is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of individuals and organizations that advance ASHRM’s mission of promoting safe and trusted health care.
Call for Award Nominations – 2025
- Opens: May 7, 2025
- Closes: June 18, 2025
Eligible Nomination Types
- Self-nominations accepted for:
- Rising Star Award
- Innovation Award
- Health Care Risk Professional of the Year Award
- Nominations of others accepted for:
- Rising Star Award
- Innovation Award
- Health Care Risk Professional of the Year Award
- Distinguished Service Award
ASHRM Rising Star Award
This award celebrates emerging leaders who are making a powerful impact early in their risk management careers.
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ASHRM Distinguished Service Award
ASHRM’s highest individual honor, the Distinguished Service Award recognizes a single outstanding achievement or a lifetime of contributions to the field.
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ASHRM Health Care Risk Professional of the Year Award
This award honors an individual who demonstrates exceptional leadership, innovation, and service in health care risk management.
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ASHRM Innovation Award
The ASHRM Innovation Award recognizes organizational excellence in patient safety and celebrates the efforts of risk management professionals in promoting safety across the health care enterprise.
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ASHRM Presidential Citation
Awarded directly by the ASHRM President, this citation honors outstanding, lifelong service to the field of health care risk management.
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Emeritus Faculty Designation
The ASHRM Emeritus Faculty Designation recognizes long-term volunteer service and educational contributions to the health care risk management field.
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John C. West Writing Excellence Award
This award honors authors who published an outstanding article in the most recent volume of the Journal of Health Care Risk Management.
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