Awards and Honors
American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize Finalist
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center was named the 2009 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® finalist, one of three hospitals nationally to be recognized for leadership and innovation in quality, safety and commitment to patient care. BIDMC was cited for its goal of eliminating all preventable harm for patients by 2012 and for emphasizing leadership and transparency to help the hospital move toward that important goal. The award noted BIDMC’s strong values of reliability, safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness and equity are reinforced throughout the organization. The award winners were selected by a multi-disciplinary committee of health care quality and patient safety experts based on its culture of quality and efforts to achieve the Institute of Medicine’s six quality aims for health care.
Premier Award for Quality 2009
Premier Healthcare Alliance recognized Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in June 2009 with the Premier Award for Quality (AFQ). One of only 23 hospitals in the nation to be so honored, the award is based on performance-based criteria, including clinical quality outcomes, resource utilization, and clinical process indicators, the AFQ measures top performers at the overall hospital level.
US News & World Report “Best Hospitals” for 2009
US News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings for 2009 placed Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center among an elite group of 174 hospitals nationally – only three percent of the nation’s 4,861 hospitals – that rank in at least one of 16 specialty categories. BIDMC ranked in eight specialties: cancer care, cardiac care, digestive disorders, endocrinology (in conjunction with Joslin Diabetes Center), geriatrics, gynecology, kidney diseases and otolaryngology.
A Cancer “Dream Team”
Lew Cantley, PhD, Director of BIDMC’s Cancer Center and Chief of Signal Transduction, was named in May of 2009 to lead one of five scientific “Dream Teams” funded by Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a high-profile national initiative created last in 2008 with the goal of getting new cancer treatments to patients in an accelerated timeframe. Dr. Cantley’s team received $15 million.
With co-leaders from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Cantley has assembled a prestigious of 25 world-renowned scientists and clinicians that additionally includes investigators from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vall d’Hebron Oncology Research Institute, and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Care Center. Together, they will study the role of the PI3K cancer pathway in women’s cancers, including breast cancer, ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer.
Top 100 Hospitals - 2009
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center was named one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the United States based on overall organizational performance according to the annual study released in March 2009 by the Healthcare business of the Thomson Reuters company. BIDMC was the only Massachusetts hospital named in the survey and one of 15 major teaching hospitals named nationwide. The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks study is based on the 100 Top Hospitals National Balanced Scorecard that evaluates performance in nine areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, cash-to-debt ratio, patient satisfaction, and adherence to clinical standards of care.
Business Leadership Award
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center was honored by Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) with the 2009 Business Leadership Award. The award recognizes the medical center’s considerable investment in its employees through initiatives such as BIDMC’s five pipeline programs, which train employees for new jobs in health care, and the Employee Career Initiative, a service providing one-on-one career and academic counseling and free on-site pre-college and college-level science courses.
Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Program
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center was one of nine Boston-area businesses recognized by the American Heart Association’s “Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Program” for promoting physical activity and health in the workplace. A first time designee, BIDMC was awarded the Gold award. Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Program participants implement various options to encourage physical activity, nutrition and culture enhancements such as on-site walking routes, healthy food options in cafeterias and vending machines, annual employee health risk assessments and online tracking tools.
Medal of Honor for Organ Donation
For the fourth year in a row, Beth Israel Deaconess has received the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Medal of Honor for Organ Donation in 2008. Every hospital in the country is considered a donor hospital, but only 90 have received the Medal of Honor for Organ Donation four years in a row. Hospitals and organ procurement organizations earn this designation for consistently achieving adjusted donation rates of 75 percent or higher in a single continuous 12-month period. Donation rates refer to the number of patients who are medically suitable to be considered for donation, who actually become donors. For the past four years, BIDMC has met or exceeded this 75 percent rate.
2008 Champion in Health Care
The Boston Business Journal named Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center a 2008 Champion in Health Care Honoree in the employer category. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care nominated the hospital based on BIDMC’s "flexible working environment that respects the different cultural and personal preferences of its 9,000 diverse employees and strives to meet their needs." The nomination form highlighted the medical center’s commitment to employees’ physical, mental and educational wellbeing through initiatives offered at the Tanger Be Well Center as well as Workforce Development’s Pipeline Programs.
U.S. News & World Report 2008
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation's top hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” edition, placing among the leaders in 10 clinical specialty categories.
According to the magazine, BIDMC is among an elite group of 170 hospitals nationally – only 3 percent of the nation's 5,453 hospitals – to rank in at least one of 16 specialties.
BIDMC ranked in the Top 50 among the nation's hospitals in the care and treatment cancer; ear, nose and throat; endocrinology; gastrointestinal disorders; geriatric care; gynecology; heart and heart surgery; kidney disease; respiratory disorders; and urologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation's top hospitals in the US News & World Report “Best Hospitals” edition, placing among the leaders in 10 clinical specialty categories.
Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospital: National Benchmarks for Success - 2008
BIDMC is one of only 15 major teaching hospitals in the country, and the only in Massachusetts, honored. The award winners have higher survival rates, keep more patients complication-free and attract more patients – all while maintaining financial stability.
The Joint Commission - 2007
In 2007, BIDMC was awarded accreditation from the Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) under the Commission's new unannounced, on-site evaluation program. The accreditation award recognizes BIDMC's dedication to complying with the Joint Commission's state-of-the-art standards on a continuous basis.
Leapfrog
BIDMC was one of 59 hospitals in the United States to be named to the first Leapfrog Top Hospitals list, based on Leapfrog’s Hospital Quality and Safety Survey. The survey ranks hospitals based on performance in Computerized Physician Order Entry (if physicians enter patient prescriptions and other orders into computers linked to error prevention software); ICU Physician Staffing (IPS) (if intensive care units staffed by trained ICU specialists (intensivists)); Evidence-Based Hospital Referral (how well hospitals perform five high-risk procedures and care for two high-risk neonatal conditions); and Leapfrog Safe Practices Score (SPS) (how well hospitals are progressing on the other 27 National Quality Forum Safe Practices). Top Hospitals fully meet Leapfrog's standard for IPS and SPS.
John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award - 2007
BIDMC is being recognized for dramatically improving overall patient safety and quality of obstetric care. BIDMC staff members were able to accomplish this by using Crew Resource Management (CRM) principles in their daily work. The success of this work has been broadly recognized and has influenced similar initiatives. Click here to learn more about the Eisenberg Award.
Foundation for Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT)
BIDMC’s stem cell transplant program was the second program in Boston to be accredited by FACT. Founded in 1996, FACT is a non-profit organization co-founded by the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) and the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) that promotes high-quality patient care and laboratory performance through voluntary inspection and accreditation in the field of cellular therapy. Accreditation by FACT is now recognized as the gold standard for approval of transplant programs in North America.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Health Care Excellence Award (1st recipient): Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology – 2007
The award was created to recognize exceptional achievement in improving the safety and effectiveness of health care in Massachusetts. More than 40 health care organizations throughout Massachusetts, including teaching and community hospitals, health centers and state agencies, completed nomination papers for the award.
Thomson Reuters Performance Improvement Leaders – 2007
One of only 15 major teaching hospitals in the country honored. The study revealed that 100 hospitals from all across the nation — the 2007 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®: Performance Improvement Leaders — have shown a clear ability to improve, raising clinical outcomes and efficiency and growing financial strength.
Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success - 2006
Based on comparisons between the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success Hospitals and a peer group limited to similar high-volume hospitals, Thomson Reuters estimated that if peer hospitals (non-winners) provided the same quality of care as the 100 Top Hospitals, survival rates would increase by more than 7,000 patients each year; and complications of care could also decrease in peer hospitals (non-winners). Nearly 750 additional patients could be complication-free.
Blue Cross Blue Shield 'Blue Center for Cardiac Care' - 2006
BIDMC was named Blue Distinction Center (SM) for Cardiac Care by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). This national distinction recognizes the exceptional quality of care that patients receive.
Commission on Cancer - 2006
BIDMC’s cancer program was the only program in Massachusetts, and one of only 34 in the country, to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer, a consortium of professional organizations that includes the American Cancer Society, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American College of Radiology, the Oncology Nursing Society and members of the American College of Surgeons.
The Medal of Honor for Organ Donation - 2005, 2006, 2007
BIDMC’s abdominal transplant center led to BIDMC being awarded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medal of Honor for being a top performing organ donation hospital.
