From October 26 - 29 our Founder and President, Alexa Chronister, traveled to the 2019 HLTH conference in Las Vegas to accept the Best in Show: Community Award on behalf on Fight Like A Warrior at the WEGO Health Awards. Through the support of the warriors, caregivers, advocates and medical professionals that make up our community - Fight Like A Warrior was honored to be presented this award by Michele Baer from Johnson and Johnson. This is an incredible honor that speaks to the outstanding community each and every one of you helped us to create! Thank YOU for your support, your engagement, and your input.
HLTH
HLTH is the largest conference for health innovation with over 6,000 attendees and over 950 CEO's and Founders in attendance. This year HLTH hosted the WEGO Health Awards, which recognizes patient leaders making an impact. With over 6,000 nominations and 130,000 endorsements this year, Fight Like A Warrior is sincerely honored to have been selected for this award.
"Thank you to HLTH for recognizing the importance of the patient voice and taking the time and resources to send all of the WEGO Health Award winners to the conference! A HUGE thank you to WEGO Health for putting on such an incredible event and for working tirelessly every single day to elevate the voices of patient leaders, advocate for the patients in the healthcare industry and to improve the healthcare system as a whole. This is such an important mission and we are so excited to be part of their work. " - Alexa Chronister, President of Fight Like A Warrior
This was also an incredible opportunity to meet other patient leaders making a profound impact. Patient leaders honored included:
"These patient leaders and all those attending HLTH this year share our desire to improve the healthcare system and find patient-centered solutions to improve the patient experience and outcomes. It was incredible to be in a room with so many who share our goals and want to put our warriors first. Thank you again for your support and for adding your voice to our community." - Alexa Chronister (Watch her winning video below!)