2026 Lantern Awards

ENA’s Lantern Awards recognize exemplary emergency departments in the core areas of leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. The Lanterns showcase emergency departments’ accomplishments in incorporating evidence-based practice and innovation into emergency care and are a visible symbol of commitment to quality, safety and a healthy work environment.

• AdventHealth Dade City Emergency Department, Dade City, Florida
• AdventHealth Lake Mary Emergency Department, Lake Mary, Florida
• AdventHealth Southmoor Emergency Room & Urgent Care, Denver, Colorado
• Advent Health Winter Park Emergency Department, Winter Park, Florida
• Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Emergency Department, Ukiah, California
• Advocate Condell Medical Center Emergency Department, Libertyville, Illinois
• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Emergency Department, Barrington, Illinois
• Advocate Sherman Hospital Emergency Department, Elgin, Illinois
• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Arthur M. Blank Campus Emergency Department, Brookhaven, Georgia
• Ascension Saint Alexius Medical Center Emergency Department, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
• Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center Emergency Department, Freehold Township, New Jersey
• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Sameth Emergency Department, Morristown, New Jersey
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center Emergency Services Union Campus, Union, New Jersey
• Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Adult Emergency Department, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans’ Hospital Emergency Department, San Antonio, Texas
• Banner Estrella Medical Center Emergency Department, Phoenix, Arizona
• Baptist Hospital of Miami Emergency Department, Miami, Florida
• Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Emergency Department, Miami, Florida
• Bethesda Arrow Springs Emergency Department – TriHealth, Lebanon, Ohio
• Cape Coral Hospital Emergency Department, Cape Coral, Florida
• Centerpoint Health – Georgetown Emergency Department, Georgetown, Kentucky
• Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Emergency Department, Cheyenne, Wyoming
• CHI Health Good Samaritan Emergency Department, Downers Grove, Illinois
• Children’s Hospital Colorado Emergency Department, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
• Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Emergency Department, Richmond, Virginia
• Children’s Hospital Orange County (CHOC) Emergency Department, Orange, California
• Children’s Medical Center Plano Emergency Department, Plano, Texas
• Children’s Nebraska Emergency Department, Omaha, Nebraska
• ChristianaCare Wilmington Hospital Emergency Department, Wilmington, Delaware
• CHRISTUS Children’s Emergency Department, San Antonio, Texas
• Clara Maass Medical Center Emergency Department, RWJBarnabas Health, Belleville, New Jersey
• Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Emergency Department, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Emergency Department, Cleveland, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital Emergency Department, Garfield Heights, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital Emergency Department, Medina, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital Emergency Department, Weston, Florida
• Cooper University Health Care Camden Campus Emergency Department, Camden, New Jersey
• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Emergency Department, Lebanon, New Hampshire
• El Camino Health Emergency Department Mountain View, Mountain View, California
• Emerson Health Emergency Department, Concord, Massachusetts
• Emory Johns Creek Hospital Emergency Department, Johns Creek, Georgia
• Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Glen Cove Hospital Emergency Department, Glen Cove, New York
• Good Samaritan Hospital, Western Ridge Emergency Department – TriHealth, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Hackensack Meridian Health Old Bridge Medical Center Emergency Department, Old Bridge, New Jersey
• Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical Center Emergency Department, Manahawkin, New Jersey
• HMH Bayshore Medical Center, Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center, Holmdel, New Jersey
• HMH Palisades Medical Center Emergency Department, North Bergen, New Jersey
• Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Emergency Department, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
• Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital – Emergency Medicine & Trauma Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Emergency Department, Fairfax, Virginia
• Inspira Medical Center Elmer Emergency Department, Elmer, New Jersey
• Jefferson Torresdale Hospital Emergency Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jersey Shore University Medical Center Main Emergency Department, Neptune, New Jersey
• Jersey Shore University Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department, Neptune, New Jersey
• Kaiser Permanente Emergency Department Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento, California
• Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center Emergency Department, Roseville, California
• Lexington Medical Center Emergency Department, West Columbia, South Carolina
• Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Emergency Department, Northwell, Valley Stream, New York
• Marc and Laura Andreessen Adult Emergency Department at Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, California
• Marc and Laura Andreessen Pediatric Emergency Department at Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, California
• Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital Emergency Department, Los Angeles, California
• Mayo Clinic Health System – Eau Claire Emergency Department, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
• McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Emergency Department – TriHealth, Oxford, Ohio
• MedStar Washington Hospital Center Trauma and Burn Emergency Resuscitation Department, Washington, D.C.
• Memorial Hermann the Woodlands Medical Center Emergency Department, The Woodlands, Texas
• Mercy Health – Fairfield Hospital Emergency Department, Fairfield, Ohio
• Methodist Hospital Texsan Emergency Department, San Antonio, Texas
• Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Emergency Department, Midlothian, Texas
• MetroHealth Medical Center Brecksville Emergency Department, Brecksville, Ohio
• MetroHealth Medical Center Cleveland Heights Emergency Department, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
• MetroHealth Medical Center Main Campus Emergency Department, Cleveland, Ohio
• MetroHealth Medical Center Parma Emergency Department, Parma, Ohio
• Mount Nittany Medical Center Emergency Department, State College, Pennsylvania
• Muma Children’s Hospital at TGH Pediatric Emergency Department, Tampa, Florida
• MUSC Ashley River Tower Emergency Department, Charleston, South Carolina
• Naples Comprehensive Health Baker Emergency Department, Naples, Florida
• Naples Comprehensive Health Bonita Springs Freestanding Emergency Department, Bonita Springs, Florida
• New York Presbyterian Westchester Hospital Emergency Department, Bronxville, New York
• Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, Miami, Florida
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center – Barrow Emergency Department, Winder, Georgia
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center – Gainesville Emergency Department, Gainesville, Georgia
• Northwell Health Mather Hospital Emergency Department, Port Jefferson, New York
• Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Emergency Department, Winfield, Illinois
• Northwestern Medicine Grayslake Freestanding Emergency Department, Grayslake, Illinois
• Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital Emergency Department, Huntley, Illinois
• Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Emergency Department, DeKalb, Illinois
• Norwalk Hospital Emergency Department, Norwalk, Connecticut
• Ocean University Medical Center Emergency Department, Brick, New Jersey
• Onslow Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, Jacksonville, North Carolina
• Palomar UC San Diego Medical Center Escondido Emergency Department, Escondido, California
• Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital Emergency Department, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Piedmont Athens Regional Emergency Department, Athens, Georgia
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Emergency Department, Pomona, California
• Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, Greenville, South Carolina
• Regions Hospital Emergency Department, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Reston Hospital Center Emergency Department, Reston, Virginia
• Saint Mary’s Hospital Emergency Department, Waterbury, Connecticut
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Emergency Department, Santa Barbara, California
• Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Emergency Department, Solvang, California
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital Emergency Department, La Mesa, California
• Sharp Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, San Diego, California
• St. Elizabeth Healthcare Fort Thomas Emergency Department, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
• St. Elizabeth Healthcare Grant County Emergency Department, Williamstown, Kentucky
• St. Joseph’s Health University Medical Center Emergency Department, Paterson, New Jersey
• St. Joseph’s Health Wayne Medical Center Emergency Department, Wayne, New Jersey
• Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Emergency Department, Sacramento, California
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center Emergency Department, Roseville, California
• Syosset Hospital Emergency Department, Syosset, New York
• The Christ Hospital Emergency Department, Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Christ Hospital – Liberty Township Emergency Department, Liberty Township, Ohio
• The Goodman Emergency Trauma Center at Jefferson Abington Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania
• The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Emergency Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Miriam Hospital Emergency Department, Providence, Rhode Island
• The Mount Sinai Hospital – Saul Family Emergency Department, New York, New York
• The Queen’s Medical Center Emergency Department, Honolulu, Hawaii
• The Valley Hospital Bolger Emergency Department, Paramus, New Jersey
• UCLA Santa Monica Nethercutt Emergency Department, Santa Monica, California
• UNC Health Pardee Emergency Department, Hendersonville, North Carolina
• UPMC Hamot Emergency Department, Erie, Pennsylvania
• UT Southwestern Medical Center – William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital Emergency Department, Dallas, Texas
• Vail Health Emergency Department, Vail, Colorado
• Washington Regional Medical Center Emergency Department, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Emergency Department, LaGrange, Georgia
• White Plains Hospital Emergency Department, White Plains, New York
• Yale New Haven Westerly Hospital Emergency Department, Westerly, Rhode Island