Awards matter when they help people.
Great care is important to you and we’re proud to be nationally recognized for it. We continue to be recognized for our clinical achievements across many areas of care.
Learn more about quality and safety at Southcoast.
Newsweek 2021

2020 Southcoast Media Group’s Best of the Best Awards

2020 Best Maternity Care Hospitals list by Newsweek, Leapfrog

St. Luke’s Hospital has been named to the Best Maternity Care Hospitals list for 2020.
Newsweek 2020

Healthgrades Awards 2020
Five-Star Recipient for Pacemaker Procedures for two years in a row (2019-2020)
ACR Lung Cancer Screening Designation

Newsweek 2019

Joint Commission

2019 US News & World Report Award
2019 Southcoast Media Group’s Best of the Best Awards

Southcoast Health was recognized by our employees and the communities we serve as:
- BEST PLACE TO WORK
- BEST HOSPITALS (Charlton Memorial, St. Luke’s, Tobey)
- BEST HOME CARE (Southcoast VNA)
- BEST REHABILITATION SERVICES
- BEST URGENT CARE
- BEST HEARING AID CENTER (Southcoast Audiology)
- BEST WEIGHT LOSS CENTER
American Stroke Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center
- Knee and Hip Replacement – Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Bariatric Surgery – Tobey Hospital
- Maternity Care – St. Luke’s Hospital (now a Blue Distinction Plus Center)
- Maternity Care – Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Brain and Spine Center
Healthgrades Awards 2019
- America’s 100 Best Coronary Intervention (2017-2019, 3 years in a row)
- America’s 100 Best Pulmonary Care (2015-2020, 6 years in a row)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Coronary Intervention Excellence Award for 3 years in a row (2017-2019)
- Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures for 3 years in a row (2017-2019)
- Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures for 3 years in a row (2017-2019)
- Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures for 3 years in a row (2017-2019)
- Five-Star Recipient for Pacemaker Procedures for 2 years in a row (2019-2020)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award for 11 years in a row (2010-2020)
- Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for 7 years in a Row (2014-2020)
- Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for 11 years in a row (2010-2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for 12 years in a row (2009-2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia for 10 years in a row (2011-2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries for 2 years in a row (2018-2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for 2 years in a row (2018-2019)
- Recipient of Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award
- One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Cardiac Care Excellence Award
- Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack
American Heart Association


- American Heart Association Workplace Health Achievement Index: Southcoast Health, Gold level (2018)
- Primary Stroke Center by the American Heart Association
Intersocietal Accreditation Commission

- Accreditation for Vein Center and Vein Procedures
- Accreditation for Venous Imaging
Oncology
- Commission on Cancer: Three year accreditation with commendation
- Certification in Radiation Oncology
- National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer
- 3 Year Accreditation for meeting standards for safe chemotherapy practices
Bariatric Program

- Reaccreditation by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement program (MBSAQIP), in partnership with the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
- Comprehensive Center Accreditation
Baby Friendly USA Designation

- Charlton Memorial Hospital (2019-2024)
- St. Luke’s Hospital (2018-2023)
American College of Radiology 2019
- Radiation Oncology Accredited Facility
- Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
- Breast MRI
- Breast Ultrasound
- CT
- Mammography
- MRI
- Nuclear Medicine and PET
- Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
- Ultrasound
- Designated Lung Cancer Screening Center
Specialty Pharmacy

- URAC Accreditation
- ACHC Accredited
Urgent Care




Coverdell (2019)
- Peforming Dysphagia Screening on at least 90% of patients
- Defect Free Care on at least 90% of patients
Harvard Pilgrim (2019)
- Harvard Pilgrim 17th Annual Physician Group Honor Roll
2019 HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM)
- SPG Stage 6
2018 Southcoast Media Group’s Best of the Best Awards

- Hospitals (Charlton, St. Luke’s, Tobey)
- Urgent Care Centers (Dartmouth, Fairhaven)
- Rehabilitation Services
- Weight Loss Centers
- Best Place to Work
2019 Wicked Local’s Readers Choice Awards

- Tobey Hospital – Regional Silver
- Tobey Hospital Gift Shop – Honorable Mention
- Southcoast Health Rehabilitation Services – Honorable Mention
- Brian Fitzpatrick, MD – Honorable Mention
- Robert McGowen, MD – Honorable Mention
2018 Wicked Local’s Readers Choice Awards
- Regional Gold and Honorable Mention – Tobey Hospital
- Regional Silver – Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Regional Gold and Bronze (Wareham) and Regional Silver (Fall River) – Southcoast Health Weight Loss Center
- 1 Choice, Regional Silver and Bronze and Honorable Mention – Southcoast Health Rehabilitation Services
- Honorable Mention – Southcoast Visiting Nurse Association
2018 Reader’s Choice Physicians

- #1 Choice and Regional Gold – Dr. Jessica Inwood
- #1 Choice and Regional Silver – Southcoast Physicians Group Swansea Family Practice
- #1 Choice – Dr. Scott Keigwin
- #1 Choice and Honorable Mention – Dr. Marivyl Laxer
- Regional Silver and Honorable Mention – Dr. Marc Theroux and Dr. Nick Mucciardi
- Honorable Mention: Dr. Randy Caplan
- Honorable Mention: Honorable Mention: Dr. Brian Fitzpatrick
- Honorable Mention: Dr. Jane Li
- Honorable Mention: Dr. James Lippincott
- Honorable Mention: Dr. Jane Miniutti
- Honorable Mention: Dr. Priscilla Shube
- Honorable Mention: Southcoast Health Orthopedics – Wareham