Hartford Hospital was once again named as one of America’s Best 100 hospitals by Healthgrades. The rating is based on hospital complication and mortality rates for common procedures. Healthgrades evaluated about 4,500 organizations and selected nearly 1,500 hospitals as being eligible for the award. The 100 selected hospitals represent the top 2 percent of hospitals in the nation, according to Healthgrades. Healthgrades noted that 165,636 lives would have been saved if all U.S. hospitals performed at the level of the 100 Best Hospitals from 2009 to 2011. Founded in 1998, Healthgrades is the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Today, more than 225 million visitors use the Healthgrades websites to find, evaluate, compare, select, connect and communicate with physicians and hospitals that best meet their treatment needs.
LIFE STAR is awarded the AAMS 2011 PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
LIFE STAR has been selected as the recipient of Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) Program of the Year for 2011. The Program of the Year recognizes an emergency medical program (national or international) that has demonstrated a superior level of patient care, management prowess, quality leadership through visionary and innovative approaches, customer service, safety consciousness, marketing ingenuity, community service and/or commitment to the medical transport community as a whole. This is the highest recognition an air medical transport program can receive.
Hartford Hospital is a recipient of the HealthGrades 2011 Emergency Medicine Excellence Award
The HealthGrades Emergency Medicine in American Hospitals study focused on 12 of the most common and life-threatening medical emergencies among that patient population, including heart attack, stroke, pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The HealthGrades study included only those cases admitted to the hospital from the emergency room for further medical treatment, representing the full continuum of a patient’s care. Those hospitals performing in the top 5% in the nation were designated as Emergency Medicine Excellence Award™ hospitals. (
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Hartford Hospital received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award. The award recognizes Hartford Hospital for providing high-quality, safe care for stroke patients. According to the ASA, stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. and can cause serious, long-term disability if not treated quickly. Hartford Hospital was also recognized by the ASA for its timely care of patients. Hartford Hospital’s Stroke Center celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011. It is comprised of a team of specialists in minimally-invasive, catheter-based techniques; neurosurgery and neurology. (
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The Spine Center and the Joint Center received "Blue Distinction Center" designation from Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield. "Blue Distinction" recognizes facilities that meet objective, evidence-based thresholds for clinical quality, developed in collaboration with expert physicians and medical organizations. (more)
For four years running (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) Hartford Advocate readers have chosen Hartford Hospital as their best hospital. "Miracles happen here every day," says Hartford Hospital's Jeff Flaks, chief operating officer. Over the past year, Flaks says, the hospital staff has taken "dramatic measures" to ensure that patients are cared for attentively. Infection rates are low at Hartford Hospital, a challenge for most medical centers dealing with so many patients. "We're getting increasingly close to really being the best in the country," Flaks says. (more)
For each year since 2000, Hartford Hospital has received the "Consumer Choice Award" from the National Research Corporation. The National Research Corporation names the nation’s top hospitals every year as Consumer Choice Award winners. The award identifies hospitals in which healthcare consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in over 250 markets surveyed by Ticker. For the past 15 years, Consumer Choice has become one of a kind – embodying millions of local consumer perspectives on which hospital is the very best. (more)
Of the 19 hospitals in the Hartford, Connecticut metropolitan area, Hartford Hospital was ranked #1 in U.S. News & Word Report's latest Regional Ranking. To be selected, a hospital's breadth of expertise and whether it's among the nation's best are key factors. The designation indicates Hartford Hospital is a "high-performing" hospital in Gynecology, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Urology, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, and Ear, Nose & Throat. (see the rankings)
For the sixth consecutive year, Hartford Hospital has been named one of the nation’s 200 Most Wired hospitals according to Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association. Most Wired hospitals show better outcomes in patient satisfaction, risk-adjusted mortality rates and other key quality measures. The Most Wired survey focuses on how the nation’s hospitals use technology for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues. (more)
The Society of Chest Pain Centers has awarded Hartford Hospital's Chest Pain Center with a three-year "Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI" accreditation. To qualify for this accreditation, a chest pain center must have: 24/7 availability with physician coverage, 24/7 onsite lab capability, patients accepted via EMS, a formal transfer relationship with a PCI-capable facility accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers, the capability to observe low-risk cardiac patients. (more)
The Surgical Weight Loss Center at Hartford Hospital
is is designated as a Bariatric Surgery
Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and
Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). (more)
Hartford Hospital Website Wins National Award
Hartford Hospital’s website, www.harthosp.org, was chosen as a Gold Award Winner in the 2012 eHealthcare Leadership Awards in the category of Best Site Design among
hospitals with 400 or more beds. The 13th annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards Program drew some 1,100 entries from small and large hospitals, health systems, medical practices, and healthcare associations. Websites were judged based on a standard of Internet excellence and how they compared with others in the organization's classification.
The Imaging Center at Hartford Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in CT Scanning as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Accreditation by the ACR reflects the “achievement of high practice standards” following a peer-review evaluation of the practice. (more)
The Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center
at Hartford Hospital is one of 14 hospitals nationwide chosen to
participate in the pilot phase of a new program that promises will help
bring state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in community hospitals
across the United States. (more)
Hartford Hospital is among 93 hospitals across the country that have
received the highest honor from a prestigious national registry for
consistent quality in caring for patients with potentially-fatal heart
attacks. The Silver Performance Achievement Award is currently the highest honor given to hospitals by the National Cardiovascular Data Registry®. (more)
The
Partnership for Breast Care received a Three Year Accreditation from the
National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
The NAPBC defines 27 program standards and 17 program components of
care that collectively provide the most efficient and contemporary care
available for patients diagnosed with diseases of the breast.
Accreditation indicates the institution is "Dedicated to improving the
quality of care and monitoring for patients with diseases of the
breast." (
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