Long-time Virtua board member honored by NJHA
Virtua board member Joseph B. Howe has been honored by the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) with the Healthcare System Trustee of the Year Award. Mr. Howe, of Indian Mills, has served as chairman of the West Jersey Health System board (a Virtua predecessor), chairman of the Virtua Hospital Board and is now a member of the Virtua Board of Trustees. He has served as chairman or member of 14 board committees and currently chairs the Facilities Committee.
“Joe has been a guiding light throughout Virtua’s growth,” said Richard P. Miller, Virtua President and CEO. “He played a key role in the decision to build a replacement hospital in Voorhees, which will be the most advanced of its kind when it opens in 2011. His vision also included ambulatory centers – like the recently opened Health and Wellness Center in Washington Township – that improve access and ensures Virtua’s continued viability.”
Mr. Howe worked for 40 years at RCA. Prior to his retirement in 1998, he joined the West Jersey Health System board where he served on various committees and gained a wealth of experience in healthcare related leadership.
“Joe is an exceptional trustee,” said William Bowman, past chairman of Virtua’s Board of Trustees. “He leads with integrity and honesty, and that combination has served Virtua very well during his many years of service.”
The New Jersey Hospital Association, based in Princeton, is the statewide advocate for its 108 member hospitals and the patients they serve. Mr. Howe was honored by the association during its 91st Annual Meeting.
Virtua is a comprehensive multi-hospital healthcare system headquartered in Marlton, NJ. Its mission is to deliver a world-class patient experience through its programs of excellence in cancer treatment, cardiology, orthopaedics, women's health, pediatrics, surgery, neuroscience and wellness. A non-profit organization, Virtua employs 8,400 clinical and administrative personnel, and approximately 1,800 physicians serve as medical staff members. Virtua has distinguished itself as one of the first Six Sigma organizations in healthcare, as an early adopter of clinical and digital technologies, and for its innovative partnerships with nationally renowned organizations such as
GE Healthcare,
Fox Chase Cancer Center and
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). It has been honored twice with the New Jersey Governor's award for Clinical Excellence and recognized with the Leadership Award for Outstanding Achievement by Voluntary Hospitals of America. Virtua has been honored as the #1 Best Employer in the Delaware Valley by the
Philadelphia Business Journal and is the recipient of the Consumer Choice Awards by National Research Corporation. Virtua is proud to be the official southern New Jersey sponsor of the Go Red for Women and Start! Walking Movements. For more information, visit
www.virtua.org or call 1-888-VIRTUA-3 (1-888-847-8823).