Baptist Health of Northeast Florida - Independent Rankings and Accreditation

Independent Rankings and Accreditation

One of America's "Best Hospitals 2009-10"

Baptist Medical Center -- the tertiary-level flagship of Baptist Health -- was named among U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2009," and among the top 50 in the country for neurology and neurosurgery, in the July 21, 2009, issue of the magazine and online. The 2009-10 list is comprised of 174 hospitals nationwide, out of 4,861 hospitals evaluated, and is broken down into 16 specialties. In the 12 specialties in which quality of care can mean life or death, hospitals were scored on reputation, patient safety, care-related factors such as nursing and patient services, and more; the highest 50 scorers were ranked.

Life Flight Reaccredited

In 2009, Life Flight, Baptist Health's air ambulance service, was reaccredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). The voluntary accreditation, which is for three years, is the result of a site visit and a thorough review by CAMTS of documentation for all aspects of the program, including education, safety, patient care, the quality assurance process, aircraft maintenance schedules, and other guidelines.

Stroke Center seal logo

In 2007, and again in 2009, the Stroke Centers at Baptist Medical Center Downtown and Baptist Medical Center South earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ for stroke care. The Joint Commission awarded Baptist Downtown and Baptist South with Primary Stroke Center Certification following an on-site review. This certification is based on recommendations published by the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association.

Four Baptist Health Hospitals Achieve Chest Pain Accreditation

The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) has granted the designation of Accredited Chest Pain Center to three Baptist Health hospitals: Baptist Medical Center Downtown, Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Baptist Medical Center Nassau and Baptist Medical Center South.

Baptist Downtown, which includes Baptist Heart Hospital, is further accredited in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), which include stent procedures, balloon angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The hospitals are among only 1,500 accredited Chest Pain Centers nationwide.

Baptist Health Earns Magnet Recognition

Baptist Health was notified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) that it has achieved recognition as a Magnet™ Health Care System, an international quality designation enjoyed by less than five percent of hospitals in the country. Magnet status is considered the "gold standard" for nursing and clinical care. Baptist Health is the only multi-hospital health system in Northeast Florida to earn Magnet status, and one of only 13 health systems nationwide.

2009/10 Consumer Choice Award
The National Research Corporation (NRC) assists healthcare organizations' efforts to measure and improve the quality of their care and works with the largest and most respected organizations in the nation providing research services. Annually they announce the Consumer Choice Awards for the most-preferred hospitals selected from the nation's most comprehensive, nationwide consumer health care profile representing consumer surveys from more than 200,000 households.

Baptist Medical Center is proud to have been listed a number of times. Click on each of the links below to review these achievements.

One of America's "Best Hospitals 2007"

Baptist Medical Center was named among U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2007," and among the top 50 in the country for digestive disorders, in the July 25, 2007, issue of the magazine. The 2007 list is comprised of 173 hospitals nationwide, out of 5,462 hospitals evaluated, and is broken down into 16 specialties.

The University of Florida Pediatric Cardiovascular Center, a partnership between Wolfson Children's Hospital and the University of Florida/Jacksonville, offers diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and young adults with congenital and acquired heart disease. The joint program, which performed more than 6,000 echocardiograms last year, is accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL). The Cardiovascular Center's two echocardiography laboratories - the inpatient lab located at Wolfson Children's Hospital and the outpatient lab located in the Aetna Building - were among less than 20 pediatric labs in the United States to have achieved accreditation in three modalities: pediatric transthoracic, pediatric transesophageal and fetal echocardiography. The center was the first in Florida to accomplish this. The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization and is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. You may access the Joint Commission's website to view their directory of accredited hospitals. After clicking on the link for The Joint Commission's Quality Check, you can select hospital information by zip code or by facility name to view the most up-to-date accreditation information.

In 2004, the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy awarded a three-year accreditation to the Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program of Mayo Clinic, Nemours Children's Clinic and Wolfson Children's Hospital. The foundation awarded the accreditation after thorough site visits at all collection, transplantation and laboratory facilities at Mayo Clinic, Nemours Children's Clinic and Wolfson Children's Hospital.