Saint Francis Hospital wins ad awards

Saint Francis Hospital has won many awards for its exceptional clinical care, and now it’s winning awards for its marketing and advertising programs. The Level I Trauma Center in Evanston today announced that it has been awarded three prestigious advertising designations for it communication programs.

The prestigious Healthcare Advertising Awards, now in its 25th year, designated Saint Francis Hospital’s Cardiac Care Ad Campaign with a “Merit” designation for the “Advertising Series” category. Only seven award designations were named in that category, out of thousands of entries. The program is the largest healthcare advertising awards competition in the nation.

The hospital was also awarded a “Silver” designation for its Chest Pain direct mail campaign, mailed to thousands of local households last January, and a Bronze designation for its employee newsletter from the Aster Awards, a nationwide competition that recognizes the most talented health care marketing professionals for excellence in advertising. Both award-winning pieces were designed by Oak Brook-based Moveo Integrated Design. The Aster Awards receives thousands of entries each year.

“We’re known as a heart hospital, so we are thrilled that two of our three awards would be for our cardiac campaigns,” said Margo Schafer, director of public relations at Saint Francis Hospital, “It’s quite an honor for us, and for our agency.”

The employee newsletter that won an award was primarily focused on the hospital’s award-winning Breast Center, which was designated a Center of Excellence this year by the American College of Radiology. Only 1% of the hospitals in Illinois hold this designation.

Saint Francis Hospital, a leader in cardiac medicine on Chicago’s north shore, was the first hospital in the entire Chicagoland area to offer cardiac bypass surgery. The hospital is a Level I Trauma Center and is home to the first and only accredited chest pain center in Illinois.

Saint Francis Hospital is a part of Resurrection Health Care, a family of health care services providing advanced medical care and exceptional customer service with compassion and hope. Our hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities, home health services, behavioral health programs and other services are conveniently located in many Chicagoland neighborhoods. Resurrection Health Care is a not-for-profit Catholic organization sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and the Sisters of the Resurrection.