GMC Newsletter Wins Aster Award

February 26, 2010

Glendive, Montana, February 26, 2010 - Glendive Medical Center (GMC) has been recognized among the nation's most elite health care marketing professionals in the 2010 Aster Awards Competition for its newsletter, Health Connection. "It was an honor to have GMC participate in the 2010 Aster Awards Competition. They placed in the top five percent of the nation. The quality of this year's entries went well beyond the judges' expectations," said Melinda R. Lucas, Aster Awards Program Coordinator.


GMC submitted its 2009 Health Connection newsletter and received a Gold Award, meaning it scored in the top 5% in the nation for hospitals that are 75 beds and under. The Aster Awards Competition is one of the largest national competitions of its kind, hosted by Marketing Healthcare Today Magazine and Creative Images, Inc. This elite program recognizes outstanding health care professionals for excellence in their advertising/marketing efforts for the calendar year of 2009.

The 2010 Aster Awards received approximately 3,000 entries from across the United States as well as Canada and South America. Participant's entries competed against similar-sized organizations in their category. Judging criteria includes creativity, layout and design, functionality, message effectiveness, production quality and overall appeal.

All winners are posted on the Aster Awards website (www.AsterAwards.com), as well as published in Marketing Healthcare Today, a national health care marketing magazine. For more information about GMC publications, please contact the Marketing Department at 345-2614.