Awards and Recognition
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The North Shore-LIJ Health System was the first health system to receive the Joint Commission's Codman Award, which recognizes excellence in performance measurement to improve quality of care and organizational performance. | |
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The North Shore-LIJ Health System is ranked 31st in the nation in Modern Healthcare magazine’s list of the top 100 integrated health networks, as compiled by IMSHealth. | |
| The North Shore-LIJ Health System is the recipient of the US Department of Health and Human Services Outstanding Leadership Award for its achievements in reducing and eliminating ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated bloodstream infections. | ||
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North Shore-LIJ received the Pinnacle Award from the Healthcare Association of New York State for its success in dramatically reducing hospital-associated infections. |
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| Ninety-nine North Shore-LIJ physicians were listed in New York Magazine’s Best Doctors of New York in 2011. | ||
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Staten Island University Hospital has also received both the Codman and Pinnacle Awards. | |
| Plainview Hospital, Southside Hospital and North Shore University Hospital were named among the nation’s top performers on key quality measures as part of The Joint Commission’s first recognition program. The program is based on data reported about evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and children’s asthma. | ||
| North Shore University Hospital (2011) and LIJ Medical Center (2010) have received the Commission on Cancer’s Outstanding Achievement Award which recognizes cancer programs that strive for excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients. | ||
| US News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” listing for 2011-12 ranks North Shore University Hospital among the nation’s top 50 hospitals in the areas of gastroenterology (#46) and geriatrics (#38). | ||
| U.S. News & World Report ranked the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York as one of the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals in cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology (2011-2012). | ||
| The North Shore-LIJ Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation (CECR) and the North Shore-LIJ Orzac Center for Rehabilitation earned prestigious "five-star" rankings as part of US News and World Report’s 2012 “America’s Best Nursing Homes” report. | ||
| Glen Cove Hospital was recognized as one of four hospitals nationwide to receive the 2010 DVTeam Care Hospital Award in honor of its commitment to preventing deep vein thrombosis. | ||
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Eleven North Shore-LIJ hospitals received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Achievement Award for implementing the highest standards of stroke care in accordance with evidence-based treatment guidelines. The recipients are: Forest Hills, Franklin, Glen Cove, Huntington, Lenox Hill, North Shore University, Plainview, Southside, Syosset and Staten Island University hospitals, and LIJ Medical Center. |
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Huntington Hospital (2011), Forest Hills Hospital (2010), the Janet and John Raggio Nephrology Institute (North Shore University Hospital) (2008), LIJ Medical Center (2008) and the Dolan Family Center (Huntington Hospital) (2008) have received the IPRO Quality Award for outstanding performance. |
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National Research Corporation (NRC) has recognized LIJ Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital and Staten Island University Hospital as 2010/2011 Consumer Choice Award winners for the nation's top hospitals (9th consecutive year). | |
| The New York State Department of Health recognized North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) and LIJ Medical Center for their cardiac expertise, each earning a double-star ranking for success rates that are significantly better than statewide averages. NSUH was cited among the state’s best hospitals in outcomes for patients undergoing surgeries to repair or replace heart valves and for those in need of surgeries for both valve/coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. LIJ was cited as one of only two hospitals in the state with significantly better outcomes for angioplasty survival. In addition, NSUH has significantly better outcomes for patients undergoing emergency angioplasty. | ||
| Franklin Hospital was ranked by HealthGrades, an independent ratings organization, as the best hospital on Long Island for joint replacement outcomes as well as the best in Nassau County for its overall success in orthopedics and joint replacement. The hospital was ranked among the top 10 hospitals in New York State for joint replacement and among the top 10 percent in the United States. (2011) | ||
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Nine North Shore-LIJ hospitals – LIJ Medical Center and Forest Hills, Franklin, Glen Cove, Huntington, North Shore University (including Syosset Hospital), Plainview, Southside and Staten Island University Hospital received 68 overall quality awards and a total of more than $900,000 in financial incentives during the sixth and final year of the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration™. In this national pay-for-performance project, North Shore-LIJ surpassed all other health systems in terms of quality awards received and financial incentives earned (2011). | |
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Huntington Hospital was the first on Long Island to receive the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet award for nursing excellence for the second time. (2008) |
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