HBJ unveils 2019 Health Care Heroes

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Health care is a loaded term these days with many meanings.

But we often forget the “caring” aspect of keeping people healthy.

The reality is, practicing medicine is more than just about making a diagnosis or prescribing medication. Good medical practitioners must actually show that they care about their patients or the people they are trying to help.

Often that requires doctors, nurses and other care providers to go above and beyond the call of duty.

Hartford Business Journal’s 2019 Health Care Heroes exemplify what it means to truly care about people, whether they be individuals suffering from a debilitating disease or grieving after a mass tragedy.

Our winners this year run the gamut from a physician who walks elderly patients to their car when they need help, to a nursing supervisor who comes in late at night on her day off to help her colleagues cope with a patient’s death.

Our winners also include an advocate who has spent her career fighting healthcare inequities, a doctor who has brought life-saving heart treatments to community hospitals, a physician who has significantly improved pediatric care and a team that has developed a life-saving early detection system to help prevent opioid overdoses.

Collectively, their efforts are doing a lot to improve the health and patient experience for many people in our community.

The winners this year were chosen by HBJ’s editorial staff, which used standard criteria to judge nominees in eight different categories ranging from nurses, physicians and healthcare staff to industry leaders and organizations that made advancements in healthcare prevention and innovation.

We will honor our 2019 Health Care Heroes during a Dec. 12 luncheon at the Hartford Marriott.

Our heroes were nominated by those who know their work the best — co-workers, clients, etc. They share a common passion for the services they provide and for the life-changing impacts they have on the lives of others.

We hope you join us in congratulating them. And remember, it’s not too early to start thinking about who you’d like to nominate for next year’s class of Health Care Heroes.

— Greg Bordonaro, Editor