MGH and Designs Group, LLC Nationally Recognized

Honored for excellence in advertising in the 2010 Aster Awards, Marion General Hospital and ad agency partner, Designs Group, LLC (Marion, IN) received two Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze award in this year's competition.

The Aster Awards, one of the largest competitions of its kind, is hosted by Marketing Healthcare Today and Creative Images, Inc. This elite national program recognizes outstanding healthcare professionals for excellence in their advertising/marketing efforts for calendar year 2009.

The two Gold awards were received for their Marion Health Parish Nurse brochure and Marion Health Patient Safety poster. The two awards rank both organizations in the top 5% nationally for healthcare advertising design and expertise.

Placing in the top 12% in the nation, the Silver Award was won for their Marion Health MRI/Wide Open Spaces billboard design, and the overall Let Us Take Care of Your Heart advertising campaign earned a Bronze award for placing in the top 16%.

Entries were judged by a diverse panel of healthcare marketing experts. All winners are posted on the Aster Awards' website, www.AsterAwards.com, as well as published in Marketing Healthcare Today, a national healthcare marketing magazine.