2024 ASHRM Awards

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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