Adventist Health System Receives Gallup Great Workplace Award 2011

Winter Park, FL– Adventist Health System (AHS), which is comprised of 43 hospital campuses including Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center, has received the Gallup Great Workplace Award, recognizing the organization as having one of the best-performing workforces in the world. AHS was presented the award during the Gallup Summit May 10-12, 2011, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center, Lake Placid, and Wauchula's more than 1300 employees are dedicated to restoring and promoting health in our community. As part of the nearly 55,000 other AHS employees across the country, they work each day to offer health, hope and healing to our patients. This award shows that our employees have a deep connection with the work they do.  

The Gallup Great Workplace Award is based on the most rigorous workplace research ever conducted. A panel of workplace experts evaluated the award-winning organizations. AHS is among the 29 winning companies because its employee engagement results demonstrate one of the most productive and engaged workforces in the world.

During the Gallup Summit, Great Workplace Award winners presented the best practices they applied to their workplace and the improved business results they achieved through building an engaged workforce.

“The winners of this award have established a new global standard for engaging people,” said Tom Rath, who leads Gallup’s Workplace and Leadership Consulting practice. “When compared to the millions of workgroups we have studied around the world, the awardees have worked tirelessly to ensure that each employee has an emotional connection to the company’s mission and growth.”

“We place a tremendous value on our employees; they are our most important asset,” said Donald L. Jernigan, President and CEO of Adventist Health System. “We will continue to focus on creating and maintaining an environment where employees are engaged, fulfilled and focused on our mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. As a result, our patients and communities benefit from their dedication and commitment to excellence.”

About Adventist Health System

Adventist Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization that emphasizes Christ at the center of care. Founded in 1973, Adventist Health System has grown to become the largest not-for-profit Protestant health care provider in the nation. Today, Adventist Health System supports 43 campuses and employs 55,000 individuals. Adventist Health System hospitals are comprised of more than 7,700 licensed beds, providing care for 4 million patients each year in inpatient, outpatient and emergency room visits.

About the Gallup Great Workplace Award

The Gallup Great Workplace Award recognizes the best-performing workforces in the world. Applicants’ results are compared across a workplace research database composed of millions of work teams in more than 100 countries. A panel of workplace experts assesses the applicants’ results to select the winners.