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The Elevate Award: Recognizing Our People

The “Elevate Award” is a Vail Health Patient Experience award program that provides ongoing, meaningful staff recognition, acknowledging the skill and compassion our team members provide to patients and their families. This award directly aligns with our organizational Mission of elevating the health of our mountain communities.
Patient and family members are encouraged to nominate staff who made a meaningful difference in their health care experience. Nominees can work in any area of our healthcare system—from admissions to the lab, to our surgery centers, Howard Head Sports Medicine, Shaw Cancer Center, Colorado Mountain Medical, Eagle Valley Behavioral Health and more. To nominate a staff member, fill out the form below or pick up a printed form in one of our facilities.
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Vail Health Receives Two Press Ganey Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Awards for 2024
Vail Health has been nationally recognized by Press Ganey with the prestigious Guardian of Excellence Award® in two separate patient care categories for incredible dedication and commitment to providing excellent care every day and embracing continuous improvement in their patient experience work.
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Why Nutrition Is Important with Dr. Susan Vickerman
Why is nutrition important? It is the foundation of our overall health and wellbeing. There are constantly new recommendations on nutrition coming out through social media, podcast, friends, which makes it hard to know "WHAT should I do?"
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Food as Medicine with Lilia Brown
Inflammation isn’t always bad. It’s your body’s natural defense system to heal wounds and fight infections. Many common symptoms—like fatigue and weight gain—are actually signs of chronic inflammation which can lead to heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, and even dementia.