Lexington Medical Center Marketing Department Honored with Health Care Awards

Posted by: Jennifer Wilson, Public Relations Manager | December 18, 2012

West Columbia, S.C. –  Congratulations to the Lexington Medical Center Marketing department for receiving three Golden Tusk awards, 10 Wallie awards and the coveted Best in Show award at the Carolinas Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Society (CHPRMS) annual fall conference on December 8, 2012 in Charleston, S.C. The CHPRMS awards acknowledge excellence in public relations and marketing of health care systems within North and South Carolina.

Here’s a list of the awards:

Best in Show
Pink Glove Dance Campaign 2011

Golden Tusk
Pink Glove Dance Campaign 2011
Category: Public Relations

LMC Foundation Universal Employee Fund 2011
Category: Fundraising

Women's Night Out 2011
Category: Community Relations

Silver Wallie
Pink Glove Video 2011
Category: Audiovisual Programming

Cardiac Campaign
Category: Television Ad - Campaign

Cardiac Teaser Radio Commercial
Category: Radio Ad - Single :30

Mobile Medical Unit Wrap
Category: Out-of-Home - Mass Transit

LMCTixColonial CenterSignage
Category: Out-of-Home - Site

Gold Wallie
A Tail's Tale
Category: Writing – Feature.  House Call magazine.

Health Directions Radio - Male
Category: Radio Ad - Single :60

LexMed Mobile Print Ad
Category: Consumer/Trade Publication - Single Ad

Stethoscoop - April 2012
Category: Collateral - Internal Publication

LexMed Mobile
Category: Interactive - Mobile Website

Over the past seven years, the Lexington Medical Center Marketing department, under LMC Vice President of Marketing and Communications Mark Shelley, has earned more than 200 state and national health care Marketing awards, including back-to-back Pink Glove Dance championships.  In addition, Mark Shelley is often invited to speak at national conferences about health care marketing, social media, branding and employee engagement.

(Photo attached.  Caption:  Members of the LMC Marketing Department after the CHPRMS Awards at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston on December 6^th, 2012)

About Lexington Medical Center

Lexington Medical Center, in West Columbia, S.C., anchors a county-wide health care network that includes six community medical centers throughout Lexington County and employs a staff of 5,200 health care professionals. The network also includes the largest extended care facility in the Carolinas, two occupational health centers and more than 40 physician practices. At its heart is the 414-bed state-of-the-art Lexington Medical Center, with a reputation for the highest quality care. Lexington Medical Center won "Best Hospital" by readers of The State for ten years in a row, "Best Hospital" by readers of the Free Times, "Best Place to Have a Baby" by readers of Palmetto Parent, the "Consumer Choice Award" from the National Research Corporation and the prestigious "Summit Award" from Press Ganey.