The 24-page color magazine features stories about patients and their recoveries, new doctors in the region and new healthcare services available through Blessing Health System. The magazine recognized with the Aster award was the spring 2016 issue, written by Steve Felde and designed by Donna Rupert of Blessing’s Marketing, Communications & Community Relations Department.

Aster Award entries are judged by a panel of design and healthcare marketing professionals on creativity, layout/design, typography, production, quality and overall effectiveness.

The Aster Award program is sponsored by Marketing Healthcare Today Magazine and Creative Images, Inc. Established in 2002, the award program is billed as, “the nation’s most elite competition dedicated to recognizing the most talented healthcare marketing professionals for outstanding excellence in advertising, marketing and communications.”