The Emergency Nurses Association recognized 96 hospital emergency departments for demonstrating outstanding leadership, practice, education and advocacy that resulted in improved patient care and staff well-being.
The Lantern Awards have been handed out annually since 2011, according to a July 23 press release. The ENA Lantern Award Committee reviews and scores applications based on evidence-based practices and innovation in emergency care. Learn more here.
Here are the 2025 ENA Lantern Award recipients:
- AdventHealth Altamonte Springs (Fla.) Hospital Emergency Department
- AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) Hospital Adult Emergency Department
- AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) Children’s Emergency Center
- AdventHealth ER at Flamingo Crossings Town Center (Winter Garden, Fla.)
- AdventHealth Palm Parkway Hospital Emergency Department (Orlando)
- AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Emergency Department (Merriam, Kan.)
- AdventHealth Zephyrhills (Fla.) Emergency Department
- Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley Emergency Department (Boardman, Ohio)
- Almoosa Specialist Hospital Emergency Department (Saudi Arabia)
- Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center Emergency Department (Pompton Plains, N.J.)
- Atrium Health Levine Children’s, Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital Emergency Department (Macon, Ga.)
- Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital Emergency Department (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Atrium Health Navicent Peach Hospital Emergency Department (Byron, Ga.)
- Atrium Health Union West Hospital Emergency Department (Matthews, N.C.)
- Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Emergency Department (Elkhorn, Wis.)
- Aurora Medical Center-Burlington (Wis.) Emergency Department
- Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center Emergency Department (Milwaukee, Wis.)
- Baptist Health Doctors Hospital Emergency Department (Coral Gables, Fla.)
- Baptist Health South Miami Hospital Emergency Department
- Baystate Wing Hospital Emergency Department (Palmer, Mass.)
- TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital Emergency Department (Cincinnati)
- Billings (Mont.) Clinic Emergency Department and Level I Trauma Center
- Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital Emergency Department (Newport News, Va.)
- Catholic Health of Long Island-St. Joseph Hospital Emergency Department (Bethpage, N.Y.)
- CHI Health St. Francis Hospital Emergency Department (Grand Island, Neb.)
- Children’s Health Children’s Medical Center Dallas Emergency Department
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Emergency Department
- CHRISTUS Children’s Emergency Center – Stone Oak (San Antonio)
- Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Emergency Department (Stuart, Fla.)
- Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital Emergency Department (Port Saint Lucie, Fla.)
- East Alabama Medical Center Emergency Department (Opelika)
- Emory Decatur Hospital Emergency Department (Decatur, Ga.)
- Froedtert Menomonee Falls (Wisc.) Hospital Emergency Department
- Froedtert West Bend (Wisc.) Hospital Emergency Department
- TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital Emergency Department (Cincinnati)
- Grady Health System Emergency Department (Atlanta)
- Grand Strand Medical Center Emergency Department (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
- Hackettstown (N.J.) Medical Center Emergency Department
- Houston Methodist Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital Emergency Department
- Houston Methodist West Hospital Emergency Department
- Huntington (N.Y.) Hospital Reichert Emergency Department
- Inova Fairfax Hospital Adult Emergency Department (Falls Church, Va.)
- Inspira Medical Center-Vineland (N.J.) Emergency Department
- Montefiore Einstein Jack D. Weiler Hospital Emergency Department(New York City)
- Jefferson Health Cherry Hill (N.J.) Emergency Department
- Jefferson Frankford Hospital Emergency Department (Philadelphia)
- Lee Health HealthPark Medical Center Emergency Department (Fort Myers, Fla.)
- Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital Emergency Department(New York City)
- MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Emergency Department (Baltimore)
- Methodist Children’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department (San Antonio)
- Mobile (Ala.) Infirmary Emergency Department
- RWJBarnabas Health Monmouth Medical Center Emergency Department(Long Branch, N.J.)
- RWJBarnabas Health Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Emergency Department (Lakewood, N.J.)
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn Emergency Department (New York City)
- Mount Sinai Queens Emergency Department (Astoria, N.Y.)
- MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department (Charleston, S.C.)
- Nationwide Children’s Main Campus Emergency Department (Columbus, Ohio)
- Nemours Children’s Hospital Emergency Department (Wilmington, Del.)
- Atlantic Health System Newton (N.J.) Medical Center Emergency Department
- NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center Emergency Department (New York City)
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham Emergency Department (Demorest)
- Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital Emergency Department (New York City)
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital Emergency Department (Chicago)
- OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital Emergency Department (Columbus)
- Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Emergency Department
- Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Emergency Department (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
- Orlando Health-Health Central Hospital Emergency Department (Ocoee, Fla.)
- Penn Medicine-Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Emergency Department (Philadelphia)
- Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Emergency Department (Enola)
- Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital Emergency Department (Seneca, S.C.)
- Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange (Calif.) Emergency Care Center
- Renown Regional Medical Center Emergency Department (Reno, Nev.)
- Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Williamsburg (Va.) Emergency Department
- Saint Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital Emergency Department (Dearborn, Ind.)
- Saint Peter’s University Hospital-The Dorothy B. Hersh Pediatric Emergency Department (New Brunswick, N.J.)
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (Calif.) Emergency Department
- Seattle Children’s Hospital Emergency Department
- Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Emergency Department (Virginia Beach)
- Sharp Coronado (Calif.) Hospital Emergency Department
- Northwell Health Staten Island University Hospital North Emergency Department (New York City)
- Northwell Health Staten Island University Hospital Prince’s Bay Emergency Department (New York City)
- Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital Emergency Department
- Tanner Medical Center-Carrollton (Ga.) Emergency Department
- Tanner Medical Center-Villa Rica (Ga.) Emergency Department
- UCI Medical Center Emergency Department (Orange, Calif.)
- UF Health Shands Emergency Center-Kanapaha (Gainesville, Fla.)
- UF Health Shands Emergency Center-Springhill (Gainesville, Fla.)
- United Memorial Medical Center Emergency Department (Batavia, N.Y.)
- University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center University Campus Emergency Department (Iowa City)
- University of Kansas Health System Emergency Department-Legacy Campus (Kansas City, Kan.)
- UPMC Shadyside Emergency Department (Pittsburgh)
- USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Emergency Department (Glendale, Calif.)
- Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Emergency Department (Marietta, Ga.)
- Yale New Haven (Conn.) Children’s Hospital Emergency Department
- Yale New Haven Health Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Emergency Department (New London, Conn.)
- Yale New Haven Pequot Health Center Emergency Department (Groton, Conn.)
