Awards
Gold Performance Achievement Award
ACTION Registry
UConn Health is a proud recipient of the ACTION Registry Gold Performance Achievement Award for its commitment to delivering the highest quality of cardiovascular care. The ACTION Registry helps hospitals apply ACC (American College of Cardiology) clinical guideline recommendations in their facilities and achieve quality improvement goals.
Blue Distinction Center in Maternity Care
BlueCross BlueShield Association
UConn John Dempsey Hospital is now designated a “Blue Distinction Center” for maternity care.
“Blue Distinction” is a designation from the BlueCross BlueShield Association for demonstrating expertise and a commitment to quality care for vaginal and cesarean section deliveries, and for better overall patient satisfaction and a lower percentage of early elective deliveries.
Blue Distinction Center in Spine Surgery and Joint Replacement
BlueCross BlueShield Association
The UConn Musculoskeletal Institute is now designated a “Blue Distinction Center” for both spine surgery and total joint replacement.
“Blue Distinction” is a designation from the BlueCross BlueShield Association recognizing health care facilities for their expertise in the safe, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of quality specialty care. UConn Health has been designated as a “Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement” for meeting nationally established quality care and outcomes criteria, and as a “Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery” for meeting those criteria, plus meeting cost measures that address the need for affordable health care.
Gold Plus Achievement Award
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Our commitment to quality stroke care is being recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. We’ve been honored with the Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Achievement Award which means we reached an aggressive goal of treating patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care for two consecutive years. We also received the Target: StrokeSM Elite Honor Roll Award for providing clot-busting treatment for ischemic stroke patients within 60 minutes of arrival at our hospital more than 75 percent of the time, dramatically improving patient outcomes. Learn more.
Mission: Lifeline® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award
American Heart Association
The Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at UConn Health received the Mission: Lifeline® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.
Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
The Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at UConn Health received the Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring heart failure patients receive the most appropriate treatment to speed recovery and reduce hospital readmissions.
Regional Excellence for Pulmonary Hypertension Care
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
UConn Health is now designated by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) as a Pulmonary Hypertension Regional Clinical Program. By designating regional centers of excellence across the nation the PHA hopes to improve the overall quality of care and outcomes of pulmonary hypertension patients. UConn Health was identified and approved as a regional program due to its infrastructure and experience to best manage the disease. The accreditation runs until May 2020 when an onsite reaccreditation review by the PHA will occur.
Target: Heart FailureSM Honor Roll
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
The Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at UConn Health is on the Target: Heart FailureSM Honor Roll for meeting specific criteria that improve medication adherence, provides early follow-up care and coordination, and enhances patient education in order to reduce hospital readmissions and help patients improve their quality of life in managing this chronic condition.
Gold Seal of Approval®
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
The John Dempsey Hospital at UConn Health earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in hospitals. The accreditation award recognizes UConn Health’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards.
Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and Surgical Review Corporation
UConn Health is an AAGL Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology. The program recognizes hospitals and surgeons around the world providing exceptional minimally invasive gynecologic surgical care and dedicated to continuously improving healthcare quality and patient safety.
NICHE Member
NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders)
UConn Health is proud to be a member of NICHE, a nursing education and consultation program dedicated to improving the quality of care for older adults. The NICHE program of NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing was founded in 1992 and includes 566 member organizations. It provides valuable resources for nursing and interdisciplinary teams to achieve organizational goals for geriatric care.
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
The Leapfrog Group
UConn John Dempsey Hospital has been rated by the independent hospital watchdog The Leapfrog Group. The Hospital Safety Score is the gold standard rating for patient safety, compiled under the guidance of the nation’s leading patient safety experts and administered by The Leapfrog Group, the first and only hospital safety rating to be peer-reviewed in the Journal of Patient Safety. The Hospital Safety Score is free to the public and designed to give consumers information they can use to protect themselves and their families when facing a hospital stay.
Primary Stroke Center
The Joint Commission
The Stroke Center has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission's Certificate of Distinction for Primary Stroke Centers recognizes centers that make exceptional efforts to foster better outcomes for stroke care. Achievement of certification signifies that the services you provide have the critical elements to achieve long-term success in improving outcomes.
Vascular Testing and Echocardiography Accredited Facility
Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has granted UConn Health accreditation in both vascular testing and echocardiography. The IAC has accredited more than 14,000 sites since it began in 1991 and is dedicated to ensuring quality patient care by improving health services through accreditation.
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