Southcoast Clinical Excellence Awards

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.

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

Newsweek 2019

World’s Best Hospitals 2019 – Top 250 in the US

American Stroke Association

Southcoast Health hospitals receive top awards for stroke treatment

Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center

Healthgrades Awards

Healthgrades® is the leading provider of information to help consumers make an informed decision about a physician or hospital. See below for a recent list of Healthgrades® clinical achievements for Southcoast Hospitals.

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America’s 100 Best Coronary Intervention (2017-2019, 3 years in a row)
America’s 100 Best Pulmonary Care (2015-2019, 5 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 in 2019
Recipient of the Healthgrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award for 10 years in a row (2010-2019)
Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for 6 years in a Row (2014-2019)
Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for 10 years in a row (2010-2019)
Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseasefor 11 years in a row (2009-2019)
Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumoniafor 9 years in a row (2011-2019)
Five-Star Recipient for Esophageal/Stomach Surgeriesfor 2 years in a row (2018-2019)
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