Awards and Recognition
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The North Shore-LIJ Health System is the proud recipient of the 2010 National Quality Healthcare Award from the National Quality Forum (NQF). Recognized for its ongoing commitment to providing high-quality, transparent, patient-centered healthcare, the health system is the first in the New York metropolitan area to receive this prestigious award. NQF, which works to raise standards for healthcare, presents this annual award to an organization that is a national leader in delivering outstanding quality-driven healthcare. |
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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 20th in the nation — and number one in New York State — in Modern Healthcare magazine’s list of the top 100 integrated health networks, as compiled by SDI. |
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Glen Cove Hospital, Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center, and the Dolan Family Center (Huntington Hospital) were recognized for performance improvement and achieving the highest overall safety scores in New York State on the Patient Safety Culture Survey. |
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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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Staten Island University Hospital has also received both the Codman and Pinnacle Awards. |
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North Shore University Hospital was ranked "best hospital" by AARP's Modern Maturity magazine, topping a list of 50 metropolitan hospitals nationwide. |
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U.S. News & World Report ranked the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York among the nation's top 30 children's hospitals in the areas of diabetes/endocrinology and urology. |
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U.S. News & World Report ranked LIJ Medical Center and Staten Island University Hospital among the nation's top 50 hospitals for neurology/neurosurgery. |
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Syosset Hospital has been recognized for service excellence by J.D. Power and Associates' Distinguished Hospital Program for four consecutive years. |
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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. |
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The Harvey Cushing Institutes of Neuroscience was designated the only center of excellence in New York State and one of only 45 in the country. |
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Nine North Shore-LIJ hospitals were rewarded for their quality performance as part of the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) Health Quality Incentive Demonstration. This national pay-for-performance (P4P) project requires the submission of multiple measures related to care of patients with heart failure, pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction and surgery. The health system received 57 awards and earned $767,067 in incentives, the highest of any participating health system (2009). |
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Staten Island University Hospital is listed among the Top 100 Hospitals in the United States for cardiac care by Thompson Reuters in Modern Healthcare magazine. |
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Ninety-eight North Shore-LIJ physicians were listed in New York Magazine’s Best Doctors of New York in 2010. |
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National Research Corporation (NRC) has recognized LIJ Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital and Staten Island University Hospital as 2009/2010 Consumer Choice Award winners for the nation's top hospitals (9th consecutive year). |
| LIJ Medical Center received the Commission on Cancer's Outstanding Achievement Award which recognizes cancer programs that strive for excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients. |
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| The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) ranked North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) as having the best 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. In addition, NSUH received a double-star ranking for emergency angioplasty--the only hospital on Long Island and one of three hospitals in the state to receive this recognition from the NYS DOH. |