Daily Record Announces 2024 Health Care Heroes

June 25, 2024

The Daily Record has selected GKV as a 2024 Health Care Hero.

As home to several renowned medical and federal institutions, Maryland is a national leader in health care research and development. The Daily Record’s Health Care Heroes Awards honor those individuals and organizations who have made an impact on the quality of health care within the state. The winners were selected by the publisher and editors of The Daily Record.

Health Care Heroes are presented in the following categories: Advancements and Innovation in Health Care, Community Outreach (organization and individual), Lifetime Achievement, Mental Health Hero (organization and individual), Nurse of the Year, Nurse Practitioner of the Year, Physician Assistant of the Year, Physician of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.

“This year’s Health Care Heroes really are heroes. They dedicate their lives to making a positive impact on others. When it comes to meeting the needs of their patients, nothing else matters,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/The Daily Record. “They provide exceptional care to all. We at The Daily Record are honored to recognize their accomplishments.”

GKV was specifically recognized as a Health Care Hero for its community outreach work leading two distinct and crucial public health education initiatives; helping increase the COVID-19 vaccination rate across the state and encouraging Maryland’s nearly 1.8 million Medicaid participants to reapply and renew their benefits. Both public service initiatives required collaboration with many state offices and organizations, and included fully integrated communications strategies and creative to reach Marylanders where they are with messages that inspire action.

“Working on campaigns that are truly impactful to our community with these partners is an honor,” said Roger Gray, Chairman and CEO of GKV advertising. “We are proud of the work and humbled to be recognized as a Health Care Hero by The Daily Record.”

Honorees will be recognized June 21 through an online video celebration at TheDailyRecord.com, on The Daily Record’s social media channels and the daily email alert on that day. The video will be shared to an audience of more than 42,000 business and legal professionals.

Winners will be profiled in a special magazine that will be inserted into the June 21 issue of The Daily Record and will be available online at www.TheDailyRecord.com.

The event partner is the Maryland Hospital Association. For more information and updated sponsorship information about The Daily Record’s 2024 Health Care Heroes, visit https://thedailyrecord.com/event/health-care-heroes/.

About The Daily Record

The Daily Record is a digital first, daily news media company focused on law, government and business at TheDailyRecord.com. The Daily Record publishes a print edition on weekdays in addition to more than 25 special products a year, including Power Lists, in a variety of industries. The Daily Record hosts 13 annual events to recognize excellence and provide leadership opportunities. These events include Maryland’s Top 100 Women, Most Admired CEOs, Influential Marylanders, Health Care Heroes, Icon Honors and more. The Daily Record’s Digital Marketing Solutions helps customers with social media, search engine marketing and optimization, retargeting and email marketing among other services. The Daily Record, with 136 years of editorial excellence, is part of BridgeTower Media, the leading provider of B2B information, research, events and marketing solutions across more than 25 U.S. markets and industries.

About GKV Health

GKV is a full-service communications agency headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, serving local, regional, national and international clients. Healthcare has been a core focus of GKV throughout the agency’s 43-year history; GKV Health was launched in 2023 as a division of GKV to demonstrate the agency’s commitment to the category. Over the years, GKV has produced successful marketing, branding and advertising campaigns for health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, over-the-counter medicines, wellness programs, nutrition, healthcare delivery and public health education.