| Baystate invites unbiased accrediting organizations to tell us how we compare to other health care facilities and institutions nationwide. Our many awards, accreditations, and high rankings affirm that we meet the highest quality and safety standards for hospitals and rank among the top hospitals in the United States. Here are some recent examples: |
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Truven® Healthcare Analytics
Baystate Medical Center (BMC) has a proud tradition of being recognized for its outstanding quality, patient safety and satisfaction, and innovative practices, and is honored to have been named a 2012 Truven® Healthcare Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters®) Top 15 Health System in the US. This distinction recognizes outstanding clinical performance and quality outcomes at Baystate Health.
Also, Baystate Medical Center is proud to once again be named a Truven® Healthcare Analytics Top 100 Hospital, Major Teaching Hospital in the US. Baystate Medical Center has received this designation four times.
Baystate Medical Center is honored to be named a Truven® Healthcare Analytics 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital in the US.
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The Joint Commission
Baystate Franklin Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for healthcare quality and safety in hospitals. The accreditation award recognizes BFMC’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards.
Baystate Mary Lane Hospital was named one of the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission for attaining and sustaining excellence on accountability measure performance. One of only 405 U.S. hospitals and critical access hospitals in the nation to earn this distinction, BMLH was recognized by The Joint Commission for pneumonia and surgical care.
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U.S. News and World Report
BMC captured a national ranking in the 2011-2012 U.S. News Best Regional Hospitals listing, earning the designation of “high-performing” in 10 medical specialties, including Cardiology & Heart Surgery; Diabetes & Endocrinology; Ear, Nose & Throat; Gastroenterology; Geriatrics; Gynecology; Nephrology; Orthopedics; Pulmonology; and Urology.
Additionally, BMC was honored to have been named to the 2011-2012 U.S. News Most Connected Hospitals list. This list recognizes hospitals distinguished as being leaders, significantly advanced in the adoption of electronic medical record systems.
BMC was one of only 118 hospitals nationwide to have met these two standards of solid medicine and early adoption of information technology.
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Stroke Collaborative Reaching for Excellence (SCORE) is a quality improvement collaborative that supports Primary Stroke Service designated hospitals in Massachusetts. The Collaborative, a partnership of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry, and the American Stroke Association, assists designated hospitals in monitoring and improving the quality of stroke care for acute, inpatient and secondary prevention performance measures.
In 2011, Baystate Medical Center and Baystate Franklin Medical Center each won the American Stroke Association/American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines Gold Plus Award, and Baystate Franklin Medical Center received the SCORE Defect-Free Care Award.
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National Committee for Quality Assurance
In 2011, several Baystate Medical Practices received Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition, the highest attainable recognition, by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). This recognition was received based on redesigned work-flow at medical practices that emphasizes a team-based approach to care, with new processes focusing on coordination of care, quality, safety, and preventative care, supported by the use of health information technology tools such as electronic health record, electronic prescribing, and an electronic patient registry.
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Leapfrog Group
Baystate Medical Center was named a 2012 Top Leapfrog Hospital for the 6th time, putting it in the Top Hospitals Nationally for Patient Safety and Quality.
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Baystate Medical Center's high quality nursing care earned the re-designation of Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence - one of 170 in the nation and only five in Massachusetts.
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The same excellence in our critical care nursing units makes Baystate Medical Center the only hospital in the USA to have won five consecutive Beacon Awards for Critical Care Excellence, 2004-2008.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Blue Distinction® is a designation awarded by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare. Baystate Medical Center has been designated as a Blue Distinction® Center for Excellence in Bariatric Surgery, Cardiac Care, and Knee and Hip Replacement.
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U.S. News and World Report
Health New England, Inc. was ranked as one of the Top 10 Health Insurance Companies in Massachusetts, according to the NCQA Quality Compass® Report when compared to Local and National HMO/POS Health Plans.
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Professional Research Consultants, Inc.
In 2012, Baystate Health won 12 National Patient Experience Awards from Professional Research Consultants, with 10 Five-Star Awards for quality of care.
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SDI Best Integrated Health Networks
Focusing on innovative practices to deliver outstanding, comprehensive, and integrated healthcare has been a priority, and Baystate Health is honored to be ranked among the 100 Best Integrated Health Networks in the United States by SDI, a national research company for the past 13 years. Baystate Health ranked 18th and one of only three hospitals in Massachusetts in 2010.
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Hospitals and Health Networks Most Wired Hospitals
In 2012, Baystate Health once again was recognized as a Most Wired Hospital by the American Medical Association for leading the way in automating and integrating clinical, patient safety, and administrative functions to improve the quality of care given to patients.
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Premier Inc.
Baystate Health was named a Premier QUEST Top Performer in 2011 for outstanding performance in cost, quality, satisfaction, evidence-based care delivery, and harm prevention.
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Baystate Medical Center (BMC) leads "the industry by using best practices and evidence-based decision-making to develop more efficient ways to deliver excellent patient care" according to Premier, Inc. In 2011, Baystate Medical Center received an honorable mention by Premier Healthcare Alliance for the QUEST Award for High Value Healthcare. BMC was in the top 25th percent for effectiveness, mortality and efficiency of hospital care.
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BMC was named a Premier Top Performer in 2009 and 2010 in the Surgical Care Improvement Project and in Total Joint Replacement care.
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Cleverley + Associates
Baystate Medical Center once again has been recognized by Cleverley + Associates' State of the Hospital Industry as one of the Top 100 Community Value Hospitals. The Community Value Index® (CVI) is a proprietary index created to offer a measure of the value that a hospital provides to its community.
Baystate Medical Center has also again been recognized by Cleverley + Associates as a Community Value Five-Star® Hospital. Five-Star Hospitals are those that achieve CVI scores in the top 20 percent of all hospitals in the study.
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designated Baystate Medical Center as a Mentor Hospital because of its superior performance and willingness to share innovations and practical ideas, coaching other hospitals around the nation on the "Improvement Map."
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