Awards and Honors
UNC Health Care has been recognized as a leader in quality by the following national organizations:
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ACTION Registry® - GWTGTM Gold
performance Award
This NCDR® Performance
Acheivement Award recognizes participating hospitals that have
maintained a rate of performance of 85% or better for eight consecutive
quarters, ending quarter four 2010.
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AHA Mission 2012: Lifetime Gold Level Performance
Achievement Award
The award recognizes UNC Hospitals' commitment and success in
implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients that
effectively improves the survival and care of STEMI (ST Elevation
Myocardial Infarction) patients.
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American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality
Prize
UNC Hospitals was recognized as a finalist for the coveted
American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize, which
recognizes our culture for quality care and our approach to continuous
quality improvement.
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American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet
Recognition
UNC Hospitals has achieved Magnet designation for excellence in
nursing services. UNC Hospitals is one of 378 facilities in the world,
and among only 6 percent of all U.S. hospitals, that have earned Magnet
designation.
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Beacon Award for Critical Care
Excellence
The Cardiac Intensive Care
Unit (CICU), the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU), and the
Surgery Intensive Care Unit (SICU) have received the Beacon Award
for Critical Care Excellence from the American Association of Critical
Care Nurses! Only 315 of the estimated 6,000 intensive care units in
the United States have earned this award.
The award is specifically designated to recognize the nation’s top
pediatric, progressive, and adult critical care units across a
multitude of hospitals. The recognition itself is priceless, as it
represents extraordinary commitment to high-quality critical care
standards, and dedication to the exceptional care of patients and their
families.
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Community Value Leadership
Award
UNC Hospitals has been recognized as one of
the top 100 hospitals for community value in America by Cleverley +
Associates as part of its "Community Value Leadership Awards." UNC
Hospitals is one of five North Carolina hospitals to make this
list.
Cleverley ranks the top 100
hospitals each year based on its Community Value Index (CVI), which
considers financial viability and plant reinvestment; hospital cost
structure; hospital charge structure; and hospital quality
performance.
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Hospital Safety Grade
UNC Health Care and Rex Healthcare both received "A" grades from a
national report that rates hospitals across the country according to
how safe their hospital is for the patients. Both UNC and Rex have made
an institutional commitment to providing safe and high quality care to
their patients.
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Leapfrog Group Top Hospital 2011
UNC Hospitals has been named one of 65 'Top Hospitals' for
patient safety and quality. UNC Hospitals is the only hospital in North
Carolina that made the Leapfrog Group 2011 Top Hospitals
list.
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National Committee of Quality Assurance -
Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition
The National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized UNC
Child and Adolescent General clinic as a Level 3 Patient-Centered
Medical Home (PCMH). The PPC-PCMH standards emphasize the use of
systematic, patient-centered, coordinated care that supports access,
communication and patient involvement. The official NCQA directory of
Recognized programs can be accessed here.
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National Committee of Quality Assurance - Patient Centered
Medical Home Recognition
The Internal Medicine Clinic has been awarded Recognition
by the National Committee of Quality Assurance as a Physician
Practice Connections - Patient Centered Medical Home. The PPC-PCMH
standards emphasize the use of systematic, patient-centered,
coordinated care that supports access, communication and patient
involvement. The official directory of recognized programs can be found
here.
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NCQA Diabetes Physician Recognition Program
(DPRP)
The UNC Internal Medicine
Clinic, Family Medicine Clinic, Division of Endocrinology and
five physicians in our community-based practices have been awarded
Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance DPRP. NCQA,
in partnership with the American Diabetes Association, developed the
DPRP, to recognize physicians who have met standards demonstrating
delivery of high-quality care to patients with diabetes.
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NCQA
Heart/Stroke Recognition Program (AHA/ASA)
Several UNC Heart Center at Meadowmont doctors have been awarded
Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance
Heart/Stroke Recognition Program. Link to NCQA for more information here.
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National Patient Safety
Foundation
The N.C. Children's Hospital participates in the Family Alert
Initiative. Read more here.
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National Quality Forum
William L. Roper, MD, MPH, Dean, UNC School of Medicine and CEO,
UNC Health Care serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
National Quality Forum (NQF). He is also a past president of the NQF.
To read more about the national quality forum, click here.
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The Best Doctors in America
2011-2012
240 UNC physicians were listed in The Best Doctors in America
2011-2012. Read more
here.
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The Joint Commission Accreditation
UNC Hospitals earned accreditation through 2014. UNC Stroke Center
earned accreditation through 2010. Learn more about the Stroke Center
here.
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U.S. News
& World Report: Best
Hospitals 2012-13 - Three adult medical specialties offered at
UNC Hospitals rank among the top 50 programs of their kind nationwide
in U.S. News & World
Report's 2012-13 publication of America's Best Hospitals.
U.S. News & World Report: Best Children's
Hospitals 2012-13 - N.C. Children's Hospital is nationally
ranked in 10 of the 10 specialities, and in the top 10 for Pediatric
Pulmonology. Click here to see a
video.
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U.S. News & World Report: Best Regional Hospitals 2012 - 13- UNC Hospitals is ranked the #2 hospital in the Raleigh-Durham metro area by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012-2013 publication. |
