2009 Governor's Award of Excellence Recipient

In July, 2009, Sacred Heart Hospital received the 2009 Governor’s Forward Award of Excellence, the highest achievement level possible under the Wisconsin Forward Award. Wisconsin Forward Award, the state’s premier organization for the promotion and recognition of high-performance management principals, recognized the hospital for many strengths and best practices, including:

• A commitment to serve the sick, the aged, the poor, and the terminally ill with a  primary concern of each patient’s spiritual, physical, psychological, and social well being.
• A focus on meeting the needs and expectations of both current and future customers as well as anticipating the future needs of patients, evidenced by an increase in market share.
• Role-model status in the areas of environmental protection, resource conservation, and waste reduction and has recently been recognized for its environmental leadership at the Global Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Health Care.