ASHE Chapters Recognized at 2024 Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference

The American Society for Health Care Engineering, a professional membership group of the American Hospital Association, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Chapter Awards. These chapters are celebrated for their exceptional contributions to optimizing the health care physical environment in partnership with ASHE.

Chapter Awards are given annually to chapters at the platinum, gold, silver and bronze levels for meeting criteria that signify the chapters’ outstanding work supporting ASHE’s strategic objectives. Chapters at each award tier may also attain an “elite” award by verifying participation in ASHE’s Energy to Care Chapter Challenge.

These chapters will be recognized at the first annual Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference, July 21-24 in Anaheim, California:

Platinum Elite

• Arkansas Association for Healthcare Engineers
• California Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Chesapeake Area Society of Healthcare Engineering (Md.)
• Colorado Association of Healthcare Engineers and Directors
• Georgia Association for Healthcare Facility Managers
• Georgia Society for Healthcare Engineers
• Healthcare Engineers Society of Northern Illinois
• Indiana Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers
• North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association
• Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management
• Wisconsin Healthcare Engineering Association

Platinum

• Alabama Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Central Arizona Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Florida Healthcare Engineering Association
• Genesee Valley Regional Association for Healthcare Engineers (N.Y.)
• Healthcare Engineers Association of Southern New Jersey
• Healthcare Facilities Management Society of New Jersey
• Healthcare Facilities Managers Association of Delaware Valley
• Hospital Engineering Society of Greater New York
• Idaho Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Kansas City Area Healthcare Engineers
• Kansas Healthcare Engineers Association
• Louisiana Society for Healthcare Facilities Management
• Michigan Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Minnesota Healthcare Engineers Association
• Mississippi Hospital Association Society for Healthcare Engineers and Facility Managers
• Missouri Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Nebraska Society of Healthcare Engineers
• New England Healthcare Engineers Society
• Oregon Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Pennsylvania Society for Health Facility Engineering
• Southeastern Michigan Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Tennessee Healthcare Engineering Association
• Tri-State Society of Healthcare Engineers Inc. (Ind., Ky., Ohio)
• Washington State Society for Healthcare Engineering

Gold Elite

• Utah Society for Healthcare Engineering

Gold

• Hawaii Society for Healthcare Engineering

Silver

• Northern Ohio Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Southern Illinois Chapter for Healthcare Engineering

Bronze

• Central Illinois Chapter of Healthcare Engineers
• Iowa Society of Healthcare Engineering
• Oklahoma Association of Healthcare Engineers
• South Carolina Society for Hospital Engineers
• West Virginia Society for Healthcare Engineering

ASHE previously announced the winners of the Energy to Care Chapter Challenge. A feature of ASHE’s sustainability programming, the Energy to Care Chapter Challenge engages ASHE Chapters in a friendly competition to demonstrate the highest reductions in energy consumption. In 2024, 14 ASHE Chapters participated in the Chapter Challenge. The two winning chapters, who each won for the second year in a row, will also be recognized at ASHE’s 2024 Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference:

• Large Category Winner: Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management
• Small Category Winner: Arkansas Association for Healthcare Engineering

View all the winners at ashe.org/chapters/chapterawards.