Annual report awards issue. Six hospitals capture annual report competition honors.

The best of the annual reports entered in this year's annual Healthcare Annual Report Contest are included in this issue on pages four through 32. Every entry in this year's competition had something to commend. They were reflective of the talent that assembled them. The editors and panel judges thank you for submitting your entries. The winners are New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, first overall; Children's Hospital of Orange County, Calif., second overall; Woman's Hospital, Baton Rouge, La., first community health; Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, N.J., first year in review; Chesapeake General Hospital, Chesapeake, Va., first community relations; and Osteopathic Health System of Texas, second community relations. The editors thank all the entrants for participating. Remember, the deadline for 1999 entries is July 1, 2000.