GCH Receives Prestigious Awards from KHA Convention

Geary Community Hospital took awards from the 2015 Kansas Hospital Association Convention, Sept. 10-11 in Wichita.

Gary Drake, GCH Board of Trustees Chairman, was named as one of the top Hospital Board Members of the Year. Only six board members out of the entire state of Kansas received that award.

Karl DeArmond, Director of Information Services, graduated from the 2015 KHA Leadership Institute Class. Karl was one of 30 classmates across the state, and the only student in the Information Systems field.

And, the GCH Auxiliary group received the Gold Award of Excellence, given by the Hospital Auxiliaries of Kansas. That award is the state’s highest honor for hospital auxiliaries that have demonstrated service and commitment to their hospitals and communities.

( l-r ) Joe Stratton, CEO, GCH; Karl DeArmond, Director, Information Systems; and Gary Drake, Chairman, GCH Board of Trustees

( l-r ) Rose Stroud, State President, HAK, Jeanette Butler, Third District Coordinator; Liz Sites, President GCH Auxiliary; Joe Stratton, CEO, GCH; and Mark Miller, President, KHA.