Here are the awards and winners.
1. Innovation Award: Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Ortho NorthEast created an interactive single display combining the multiple rules and information screens needed to process patients in a timely fashion.
2. Practice Executive of the Year: In 2017, John Polikandriotis, PhD, CEO of Vail-Summit (Colo.) Orthopaedics implemented a new EMR, restructured the physician compensation plan along with several departments and developed employee engagement programs.
3. Practice Professional of the Year: In 2017, Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics in Germantown, Tenn., had its best financial year in its 108-year history under the leadership of CFO Daniel Shumate.
4. Rising Star: Olivia Wolf, an administrator at Anchorage-based Alaska Hand Elbow Shoulder.
5. Volunteer of the Year: Jim Kidd, CEO of St. Peters, Mo.-based Advanced Bone & Joint, was recognized for his volunteer roles supporting the AAOE.
6. Collaborate Champion: Joseph Mathews, DPT, practice administrator at Advanced Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Houston, was recognized for helping peers when AAOE transitioned from a listserv to the new Collaborate online community platform in August 2017.
7. Lifetime Achievement Award: Patricia Brewster, CEO Emeritus of OrthoAtlanta and Atlanta-based healthcare management company IntraHealth Group.
8. President’s Award: Debra Mitchell, RN, MSN, administrator at Children’s Orthopaedic & Scoliosis Surgery Associates in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla., was recognized for her support to the AAOE president.
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