October 27, 2025 — The winners of The Nightingale Awards 2025 were announced this morning by the partnership of the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo (HCD 2025) and Healthcare Design magazine.
The Nightingale Awards — the industry’s leading program to recognize products related to the healthcare built environment — are named for Florence Nightingale, a tireless advocate for the improvement of care and conditions in military and civilian hospitals in the 1800s. The judging criteria for the awards is the product’s contribution or solution for clinical or operational outcomes; aesthetics and innovation; built environment solution, durability, functionality, and quality; industry certifications and standards; environmental sustainability; and list price. To evaluate the entries, jurors visited exhibitors’ booths before the Healthcare Design Expo opened to examine the products, hear the story of their design and development, and ask questions.
Fifty-nine products were judged by:
- Kathleen Benoit, Assoc. AIA, NCIDQ, IIDA, CHID, LEED AP (BD+C), PM, Architects Alaska; Wasilla, AK
- Paola A. Contreras, CHID, EDAC, RID, Sr. Designer, Interiors, HDR Architecture, Inc.; Dallas
- Christina Cornelius, Director of Operations, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis
- Julie Dumser, RN, BSN, MSM, Principal, Branches Health Consulting, Indianapolis
- Michaela Graham, Senior Project Manager, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis
- Gary Jereczek, AIA, Principal, Ratcliff, Emeryville, CA
- Elizabeth Malosh, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Associate Vice President, Consulting Specialist, Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, Hartland, WI
- Jennifer Matthews, Associate AIA, NOMA, Lean Practitioner, Medical Planner, SS&A Design Collective, Montgomery, AL
- Amanda Meriweather, Engineering Services-Design & Construction, Project Manager-Interiors, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
- Kelly Miller, AIA, ACHA, AMFP, ASHE, NCARB, Assistant Vice President, Planning & Design,RWJBarnabas Health, Toms River, NJ
- Michelle Miner, AMFP, LEED CA, Sr. Director – Interiors and Fixtures, Children’s Health (Texas), Dallas
- Jeff Monzu, AIA ACHA NCARB, Vice President, Sr. Director Health and Wellness, Leo A Daly, Omaha, NE
- Stephen Parker, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, Mental+Behavioral Health Planner, Stantec, Arlington, VA
- Alisa Pinciotti, Senior Project Manager, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
- Heidi Shedenhelm, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Nurse Administrator
- Terry Wilson, ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP, NCIDQ, Principal, Health Planning, HDR, APleasant Grove, UT
Recipients of the 2025 Nightingale Awards are as follows:
- The Nightingale Best of Competition Award and Gold Award in Architectural Products: Clinical to DIRTT for Cove
- Anti-Ligature & Reduced-Ligature Furnishings: Gold Award to Cortech for Sequoia Series
- Anti-Ligature & Reduced-Ligature Furnishings: Silver Award to ModuForm for 640/650 Series
- Architectural Products: Non-Clinical: Gold Award to Accurate Lock & Hardware for Transcend: Nina Lichtenstein
- Architectural Products: Non-Clinical: Silver Award to Haworth for HushFree Acoustic Pods
- Behavioral Health Bathroom Fittings & Furnishings: Gold Award and Innovation Award to Balco Global Ltd. for SOFTDISPENSER Toilet Tissue Dispenser
- Behavioral Health Furnishings: Gold Award to Krug for Leyton Behavioral Health
- Behavioral Health Furnishings: Silver Award to ModuForm for Cocoon
- Behavioral Health Furnishings: Innovation Award to Cortech for Summit Series
- Carpet: a Sustainability Award to Patcraft for Modern Finds
- Fabrics & Textiles: Gold Award, a Sustainability Award and Best of Sustainability Award to CF Stinson for Bloomscape
- Fabrics & Textiles: Silver Award to KI/Pallas Textiles for Reve
- Fabrics & Textiles: a Sustainability Award to Concertex for Ellipse Collection
- Flooring: Resilient: Gold Award to Patcraft for Meadow Weave
- Flooring: Resilient: Silver Award to Shaw Contract for ColorLink LVT
- Flooring: Resilient: Innovation Award and a Sustainability Award to Mohawk Group for Creative Terrain II
- Flooring: Resilient: Sustainability Award to Tarkett for Acczent heterogeneous vinyl sheet collections
- Furniture: Clinician Support: Gold Award to Haworth for Maari Exam
- Furniture: Clinician Support: Innovation Award to Clarus for Atmus Wall Desk
- Furniture Collections: Silver Award to Symbiote for Tetrad Table
- Furniture Collections: Sustainability Award to Herman Miller for Mora System by Colin Nourie
- Lighting: Gold Award to Focal Point for Saros Duo
- Lighting: Silver Award to Nightingale Acuity Brands Lighting for Observe cloud
- Lighting: Innovation Award to Nightingale Acuity Brands Lighting for Assure nightlight
- Seating: Guest/Lounge: Gold Award to Integra Seating for Odyssey
- Seating: Guest/Lounge: Silver Award to Haworth for Moxie
- Seating: Patient: Gold Award to Interwoven, a brand of Kimball International for Havei
- Seating: Patient: Silver Award to Herman Miller for Gemma Recliner
- Seating: Patient: Innovation Award to Krug Healthcare for Ascend Recliner
- Storage & Accessories: Gold Award, Innovation Award and Best of Innovation to Cortech for SafeBin
- Surfacing Materials & Finishes: Gold Award to Skyline Glass for Murals on Glass by Jill Malek
- Technology-Integrated Solutions: Gold Award and Innovation Award to Patcraft for Geometrix
Look for winner signage in the booths on the HCD Expo Floor this week in Kansas City.
Visit the Nightingale Awards Gallery of Winners & Entrants.
Winners will be posted to Healthcare Design and published in the January/February 2026 issue.
