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.

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

Joint Commission

Accredited Program – Home Health and Hospice Agency
Hip and Knee Replacement

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.

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

Baby Friendly USA Designation

American College of Radiology 2019

Specialty Pharmacy

ACHC Accredited

Urgent Care

UCA Accreditation

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

CareChex®

is an information service of Quantros, Inc. CareChex provides clinical, financial, and patient satisfaction findings to consumers, providers, and purchasers of U.S. medical care. Unlike other publicly available quality ratings, CareChex provides a composite evaluation of all components of medical quality including process of care, outcomes of care, and patient experiences. For access to provider quality ratings, visit www.CareChex.com.