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Honored for excellence in advertising in the 2011 Aster Awards, Amery Regional Medical Center received two Gold recognitions in this year’s competition. ARMC was named a national winner for the following:
- GOLD award – internal newsletter, ARMchair
- GOLD award – newspaper advertisement, Wound Healing Center: We Healed
The Aster Awards, one of the largest national competitions of its kind, is hosted by Marketing Healthcare Today Magazine and Creative Images, Inc.. This elite program recognizes outstanding healthcare professionals for excellence in their advertising/marketing efforts for the calendar year 2010.
The 2011 Aster Awards received approximately 3,000 entries from across the United States as well as Canada and South America. Participant’s entries competed against similar-sized organizations in their category.
Entries must score at least in the top 16% to receive an award. Judging criteria includes creativity, layout and design, functionality, message effectiveness, production quality and overall appeal.
“It was an honor to have Amery Regional Medical Center along with a large number of other healthcare organizations and agencies participate in the 2011 Aster Awards Competition. The Medical Center placed in the top 5% of the nation. The quality of this year’s entries went well beyond the judges’ expectations,” said Melinda R. Lucas, Aster Awards Program Coordinator.
All winners are posted on the Aster Awards website (www.AsterAwards.com), as well as published in Marketing Healthcare Today, a national healthcare marketing magazine.
Winners were also announced in the Twenty-Eighth Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards, sponsored by Healthcare Marketing Report, the leading publication covering all aspects of healthcare marketing, advertising and strategic business development. Nearly 4,000 entries were received in this year’s competition, making the awards the largest healthcare advertising awards competition.
A national panel of judges was engaged in reviewing all entries based on creativity, quality, message effectiveness, consumer appeal, graphic design and overall impact. The judges recognized Amery Regional medical Center with a MERIT award for the “ARMchair” newsletter. |