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Southcoast Health is pleased to share our awards and achievements. We are one of the most honored healthcare organizations in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Safety and the highest quality outcomes for all our patients are the guiding principles of Southcoast Health. We take pride in the clinical excellence we achieve for our patients and are committed to hospital quality and safety in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island at our three hospitals, ancillary facilities, and many physicians’ practices. We understand great care is important to you, and we’re proud to be nationally recognized for it. We strive to be continually recognized for our clinical achievements across many areas of care.

Recent Awards and Achievements
American College of Radiology: 2019 – 2021
- 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
American College of Surgeons – Commission on Cancer: 2019
American Heart Association: 2019
- Get With The Guidelines – Stroke
- Primary Stroke Center by the American Heart Association
- Workplace Health Achievement Index
Baby Friendly USA Designation
- Charlton Memorial Hospital: 2019-2024
- St. Luke’s Hospital: 2018-2023
BCBS of Massachusetts: 2020-2022
- Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care 2020 – St. Luke’s Hospital
- Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care 2020 – Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Blue Select – In Network Provider 2021 – Charlton Memorial & St. Luke’s Hospitals
- Blue Select – In Network Provider 2022 – Southcoast Provider Group
Blue Distinction: 2019 – 2020
- Knee and Hip Replacement
- Bariatric Surgery – Tobey Hospital
- Maternity Care – St. Luke’s Hospital
- Maternity Care – Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Blue Cross Distinction Centers Spine designation – St. Luke’s Hospital
- Blue Cross Distinction Centers Spine designation – Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Blue Distinction Center – Bariatric Surgery – Charlton Memorial Hospital
CareChex: 2022
- Med Excellence / Quality
Center for Medicare & Medicaid 4 Star Family Caregiver rating: 2022
- Hospice Care
Coverdell: 2019
- Performing Dysphagia Screening on at least 90% of patients
- Defect Free Care on at least 90% of patients
- Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll, Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll – St. Luke’s Hospital
- Door to CT ≤ 25 Mins from Arrival for @ least 75% of stroke patients – Charlton Memorial, St. Luke’s, and Tobey Hospitals
- Paul Coverdell – National Acute Stroke Program: 2021
Dexur: 2020
- Top Ranked for the Highest Case Volume for Heart Attack Hospitalizations in the United States
- Pneumonia Home Health Episodes – US Top 50 + MA Top 10 – Southcoast Visiting Nurse Association
Epic: 2019
- Epic Gold Stars Stage 5 – top quartile of Epic client base for utilization of advanced system features
Get Set with the Guidelines – Stroke: 2019
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Gold Plus – Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Silver Plus – Tobey Hospital
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Gold Plus – St. Luke’s Hospital
Harvard Pilgrim: 2019 – 2020
- Harvard Pilgrim Annual Physician Group Honor Roll
- 2020 Physician Group Honor Roll
Healogics: 2020
- Healogics Center of Distinction – Wound Care
Health Policy Commission: 2020
- Health Policy Commission ACO Certification
HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM): 2019
- SHG Stage 6
- SPG Stage 6
Infectious Diseases Society of America: 2019
- Antimicrobial Stewardship – Center of Excellence
Intersocietal Accreditation Commission: 2018-2019
- Accreditation for Nuclear Medicine – 2018
- Accreditation for Vein Center and Vein Procedures – 2019
- Accreditation for Venous Imaging – 2019
Joint Commission: 2019, 2022
- Accredited Program – Hospital
- Accredited Program – Home Health and Hospice Agency
- Hip and Knee Replacement
Leapfrog – Best Maternity Care Hospitals list by Newsweek: 2020
Lown Institute: 2021
MBSAQIP Comprehensive Center: December 2022-2025
National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer: 2019
Newsweek: 2019 – 2021
- World’s Best Hospitals
NRC: 2021
- 2021 Excellence in Patient Experience – Small Health Systems
Optum: 2019
- Bariatric Centers of Excellence (COE) – Charlton Memorial & Tobey Hospital
Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI): 2019 – 2022
- 3 Year Accreditation for meeting standards for safe chemotherapy practices
Specialty Pharmacy: 2019
- ACHC Accredited
- URAC Accredited: March 2023-2024
Southcoast Media Group’s Best of the Best Awards: 2018 – 2022
2018 Best of the Best Awards:- Best Place to Work
- Hospitals (Charlton, St. Luke’s, Tobey)
- Urgent Care Centers (Dartmouth, Fairhaven)
- Rehabilitation Services
- Weight Loss Center
- Best Place to Work
- Hospitals (Charlton, St. Luke’s, Tobey)
- Urgent Care Centers
- Rehabilitation Services
- Home Care Services (VNA)
- Hearing Aid Center (Southcoast Audiology)
- Weight Loss Center
- Best Place to Work
- Hospital (Charlton Memorial Hospital)
- Urgent Care Centers
- Rehabilitation Services
- Home Care Services (VNA)
- Hearing Aid Center (Southcoast Audiology)
- Weight Loss Center
- Best Place to Work
- Hospital (St. Luke’s Hospital)
- Urgent Care Centers
- Rehabilitation Services
- Home Care Services (VNA)
- Hearing Aid Center (Southcoast Audiology)
- Pediatric Services
- Plastic Surgeons (Albert Fox, MD and Caroline Plamondon, MD)
- Weight Loss Center
Urgent Care Association Accreditation: 2019, 2021
- UCA Accreditation
US News & World Report: 2021-2022
- Best Hospitals for Maternity
Veterans Healthcare Association: 2019
- Certification in Radiation Oncology
Women’s Choice Award: 2020-2022
- Women’s Choice Award for America’s Best Hospitals 2020 – Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Women’s Choice Award for America’s Best Hospitals, Breast Centers, Mammography 2022