Willis gets Project Gratitude Honor a Caregiver Award

Baptist Health Corbin Director of Critical Care (CCU) Eric Willis, RN, has become the Baptist Health Foundation Corbin’s first recipient of the Honor a Caregiver Award, because of a letter of gratitude recognizing him for his excellent patient care and a donation to the Foundation in his name.

The award, Honor a Caregiver, is given when a patient makes a monetary contribution, of any amount, to the foundation in honor of that said caregiver for the exceptional care they received. With this initiative, anyone can recognize a caregiver and donate any amount from $1 to $1 million in their name.

“Experiencing grateful patients express gratitude first hand is immense. We are tremendously blessed here at Baptist Health Corbin with exceptional caregivers and patients who embody the culture of gratitude,” said Ryan Yother, Philanthropy Officer of the Baptist Health Foundation Corbin.

Willis was a staff nurse on CCU before becoming the director in 2021.

The Honor a Caregiver Award is part of Project Gratitude, which is a system-wide initiative throughout all nine Baptist hospitals to recognize its exceptional caregivers.

This is not the first time Willis has been recognized for his dedication to his patients and staff.

Willis was the recipient of the WE SEE YOU CARE award by Hicuity Health in 2021 to acknowledge his exemplary efforts of bedside clinicians and team members from partner hospitals in leveraging acute care telemedicine to improve how care is delivered for both patients and their families.

“Eric is a trailblazer when it comes to promoting the best care for his patient,” Baptist Health Corbin wrote in a release. “Congratulations Eric, we are so proud of you.”

Anthony Powers, President of Baptist Health Corbin, stated, “We are so proud of Eric as he is honored for his exceptional care of our patients. We congratulate him as he accepts the Honor a Caregiver Award.”

Baptist Health Corbin is a 273-bed, acute care facility providing a wide variety of healthcare services to the residents of Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell, Clay, McCreary, Harlan and Campbell counties in Kentucky and Campbell County in Tennessee.