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Professor receives Ƶ Hospital Association Chairman’s Award

WILLIAMS-0393CONWAY—Barbara G. Williams, department chairperson of the University of Central Ƶ Department of Nursing will receive the 2014 Ƶ Hospital Association (AHA) Chairman’s Award during the AHA’s annual Awards Dinner on October 9 at the Little Rock Marriott.

“I am honored by this award. Hospitals are vital for the health and economic vitality of our communities. Being able to serve on the Ƶ Hospital Association’s board with hospital leaders and the AHA staff as they address the health needs of our citizens has been a privilege, and for me, an educator, seeing healthcare from this view, has been a learning experience,” said Dr. Williams.

She will complete both her term as president of the Ƶ Association of Hospital Trustees (AAHT) and as trustee delegate to the AHA board in October. During her two-year tenure, Dr. Williams has been a mentor for hospital trustees in the state and has represented trustees both in Ƶ and nationally at regional policy board meetings of the American Hospital Association in discussions about important healthcare issues and the value of governance education.

Dr. Williams is a member of Conway Regional Health System’s Board of Trustees. As AAHT chairman, she was instrumental in helping design and administer a 2014 survey aimed both at trustees and at CEOs to determine exactly what trustees expected and needed from the AHA and AAHT. The survey results will play a large role in how the organization advocates for and educates hospital trustees in coming years.

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