Press Release: The Association for the Health Care Environment Presents its 2024 Phoenix Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2024 

The Association for the Health Care Environment Presents its 2024 Phoenix Award   

CHICAGO – The Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE), a professional membership group of the American Hospital Association (AHA), announced the recipient of the 2024 Phoenix Award. 

First awarded in 1987, the Phoenix Award is the highest honor bestowed upon an AHE member. The Phoenix Award recognizes a professional who has made an unselfish, lasting impact and outstanding contributions to the growth and professionalism of AHE, the membership, and to the advancement of AHE and environmental services. Phoenix recipients are selected by the AHE Advisory Board.

The 2024 Phoenix Award was presented to Rock D. Jensen, at Exchange24, AHE’s Summit and Solution Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Rock is Past Board Chairman for AHE and Administrative Director of Support Services at Yuma Regional Medical Center. 2023 Winner and former AHE Executive Director, Patti Costello said, “Rock embodies deep unwavering passion for both AHE and the profession. I marveled about how blessed we were to have this person in our midst. Rock is a fantastic listener who leads from behind."  

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About AHE

The Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) is a professional membership group of the American Hospital Association. AHE is the organization of choice for professionals responsible for caring for the patient and resident care environment across all care settings; including hospitals, long-term care, continuing care retirement communities and ambulatory care. AHE advances members’ ability to establish and maintain care environments that are free of environmental surface contamination and that support safety, service, and efficient and effective operations. For more information about AHE, visit www.ahe.org.