Wednesday, October 14, 2009

JASPER, AL --- Teddy Jones, director of facility operations for Walker Baptist, recently received the highest honor for Alabama's healthcare engineers. At the annual fall conference of the Alabama Society for Healthcare Engineers (AlaSHE) on September 25th, Jones was given the 2009 Mike Hicks Memorial Healthcare Engineer of the Year Award.

This award recognized accomplishments and contributions of AlaSHE members as well as outstanding achievements within their own facilities.

Jones has served as the director of facility operations at Walker Baptist for 10 years. He has held every position within AlaSHE and currently serves on the AlaSHE board as the Alabama Liaison to the American Society for Healthcare Engineers as well as the Chairman of the Alabama Healthcare Engineering Certification Committee.

(L to R) Shay Rankhorn, Huntsville, president of the Alabama Society of Healthcare Engineers (AlaSHE) presents Teddy Jones with the 2009 Mike Hicks Memorial Healthcare Engineer of the Year Award.

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About Walker Baptist - Walker Baptist Medical Center is a 267-bed acute care facility in Jasper with more than 600 employees.  The hospital offers a comprehensive range of clinical services, including obstetrics/gynecology, emergency services, a pain center, a Senior Care Unit, specialized medical and surgical units. In addition, Walker Baptist was named the #1 hospital in Alabama for Joint Replacement Surgeries for 2008 and ranked in the top 5% of all hospitals nation-wide for overall orthopedic care for 2007, 2008 and 2009 by HealthGrades. Walker Baptist joined the health ministry of Baptist Health System in 1995. Serving an area covering Walker, Winston, Marion and Fayette counties, Walker was the first hospital built in Alabama with all private rooms.