FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 5, 2025
Deerfield Beach, FL - Phương Châu Healthcare Group has been awarded the Lotus Recognition™ Award, becoming the first international organization in Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI) history to receive this prestigious honor. This recognition celebrates Phương Châu’s organization-wide integration of Watson’s Caring Science and its unwavering commitment to delivering care rooted in loving-kindness, dignity, and human connection.
The Lotus Recognition™ Award reflects not only what an organization believes, but how those beliefs are embodied in action. At Phương Châu Healthcare Group, caring is rooted in the guiding philosophy “Phụng Sự Từ Tâm”—serving from the heart—and expressed through the organization’s PREFER (6T) culture, which closely aligns with Dr. Jean Watson’s 10 Caritas Processes®.
What Distinguished Phương Châu Healthcare Group
Phương Châu was recognized for its intentional, system-wide integration of Caring Science, including:
Caring-centered leadership
- Leaders actively model compassion, reflection, and presence
- Dedicated spaces for meditation, prayer, and quiet reflection
- Gardens and healing environments designed for patients, families, and children
Support for caregiver well-being
- Mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and tea-meditation practices
- Gratitude rituals and reflective team gatherings
- Mentorship, leadership rounding, and emotional support during times of hardship
- Ongoing investment in staff resilience, balance, and renewal
Humanized patient and family care
- Care experiences grounded in dignity, cultural respect, and spiritual awareness
- Intentional use of music, sound, and environment to promote healing
- Deep attention to caring moments that honor each person’s story and needs
Integration of Caring Science into daily practice
- Alignment of organizational values with the 10 Caritas Processes®
- Consistent emphasis on presence, loving-kindness, and authentic connection
- A culture where human relationships are viewed as central to healing
A Global Milestone in Caring Science
As the first international recipient of the Lotus Recognition™ Award, Phương Châu Healthcare Group represents a powerful global affirmation of Caring Science. This recognition underscores that human caring transcends borders, languages, and healthcare systems.
In honoring Phương Châu Healthcare Group, WCSI celebrates a model of care where leadership, staff, patients, and communities are all held within a shared commitment to compassion, dignity, and love. This historic recognition signals a growing global movement that places humanity at the center of healthcare and honors caring as both a practice and a way of life.
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About Phương Châu Healthcare Group: Phuong Chau Healthcare Group originates from our founder's empathy with the woman's journey to motherhood more than 20 years ago in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. For more than a decade, Phuong Chau has brought a comprehensive medical ecosystem of Obstetrics - Pediatrics - Infertility Treatment - General surgery combined with Cosmetic Surgery, helping women and their families truly happy on the journey of welcoming their children into the world. Learn more here: https://phuongchau.com/en-US/
About Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI): The Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI) is an international non-profit organization that advances the philosophies, theories, and practices of Human Caring/Caring Science, founded by Jean Watson, Ph.D., RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, LL (AAN), WCSI’s Founder & Director. Focusing on research, education, praxis, leadership, and legacy, the institute aims to widen the development and understanding of Watson’s Caring Science to inform our notion of quality care and healing environments through various educational programs, nurse scientific research, partnerships, events and affiliations. For more information, please visit: www.watsoncaringscience.org.
For further information about Lotus Recognition contact Dianne Reid, Program Enrichment Director, at dianne@watsoncaringscience.org