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Awards and Recognitions

Quality and Value

HANYS’ Pinnacle Award for Quality and Patient Safety (2011)

Mercy Hospital has been awarded the 2011 Pinnacle Award for Quality and Patient Safety by the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS).

The award, which was presented during the recent HANYS Annual Membership Conference, recognizes quality improvement and patient safety. Mercy was one of three hospitals statewide selected for the honor.

SDI Top 100 Integrated Health Systems - Catholic Health (2008 - 2011)

This award encompasses the entire Catholic Health system and indicates that we are one of the 100 most integrated networks out of more than 580 health systems that are graded on operations, quality, scope of services, and efficiency.

The designation is awareded by SDI, a nationally recognized healthcare data and consulting firm based in Yardley, Pennsylvania. 

Cleverley + Associates - Community Value Index® (CVI) Five-Star Hospital Award (2009 - 2010)

Cleverley + Associates of Columbus, Ohio, a leading healthcare financial consulting firm, has named Mercy Hospital as a five-star hospital, a national recognition for quality and value, for two consecutive years. The rating places Mercy Hospital in the top 20 percent of Cleverley’s annual nationwide evaluation of 2,643 hospitals in four key areas of performance including:

• Financial stability
• Cost structure
• Charge structure
• Quality performance

Joint Commission Accreditation (2009)

Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary process consisting of rigorous, unannounced site surveys by a team of physicians, nurses and other health executives. Commission accredited or certified organizations have demonstrated that they meet the highest standards in their field. All Catholic Health hospitals have earned accreditation by The Joint Commission.

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Cardiology

American Heart Association - Mission: Lifeline Bronze Quality Achievement Award (2011)

Mercy Hospital has been awarded the Mission: Lifeline Bronze Quality Achievement Award by the American Heart Association. The Award recognizes the hospital’s STEMI Receiving Center 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. The Bronze level signifies that Mercy has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart attack patients with 85 percent compliance for 90 consecutive days.

HealthGrades® - Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™ (2011 - 2012)

Mercy Hospital has been rated among the top 10% in the nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures and was awarded the Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™ by HealthGrades® for 2011 and 2012. The hospital also received several other HealthGrades® accolades:

• Five-star Rated for Coronary Interventional Procedures (2011 - 2012)
• Five-star Rated for Coronary Bypass Surgery (2011 - 2012)

HealthGrades® rates individual hospitals with a 1-star, 3-star or 5-star rating in each of 26 procedures and diagnoses. A 5-star rating means the hospital outperformed the national average.

New York State Department of Health - Interventional Cardiology Program Ranked Best in State (2010)

Catholic Health’s Heart Center at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo leads the region in safe outcomes for interventional cardiology procedures, including angioplasty and stent placement, according to a report by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).

Independent Health - Program of Excellence for PCI (2009)

The Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) program at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo has been named a “Program of Excellence” by Independent Health. PCI is also known as angioplasty.

The program earned its designation based on Independent Health’s review of clinical and quality data, which references New York state and national benchmarks, as well as American College of Cardiology standards of care. The Heart Center exceeded many quality indicators, including the most current New York State PCI mortality data.

Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) - Three-Star National Quality Rating for The Heart Center at Mercy (2010-2011)

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has awarded Mercy Hospital's heart surgery program a three-star national quality rating.

A “three-star” rating is the highest award under the STS quality rating system.

Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care (2006)

Blue Distinction is a designation awarded by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare, under objective selection criteria.

The designation is based on rigorous, evidence-based selection criteria established by leading medical specialists and societies. Its goal is to help consumers find quality specialty care on a consistent basis, while enabling and encouraging health professionals to improve the overall quality and delivery of healthcare nationwide.

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Environment

Ascent - Healthy Hospital Award (2011)

Mercy Hospital has received a “Healthy Hospital” Award from Ascent, a division of Stryker Corporation. The "Healthy Hospital" designation is reserved for hospitals that demonstrate outstanding efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of healthcare delivery and improve overall hospital quality through medical device remanufacturing and reprocessing.

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General Surgery

HealthGrades® - Five-Star Rated for Appendectomy (2011 - 2012)

Mercy Hospital has received a five-star rating for Appendectomy by HealthGrades® for 2011 and 2012.

HealthGrades® rates individual hospitals with a 1-star, 3-star or 5-star rating in each of 26 procedures and diagnoses. A 5-star rating means the hospital outperformed the national average.

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Gynecology & Maternity

HealthGrades® - Five-Star Rated for Maternity Care (2011)

Mercy Hospital has received a five-star rating for Maternity Care by HealthGrades®.

HealthGrades® rates individual hospitals with a 1-star, 3-star or 5-star rating in each of 26 procedures and diagnoses. A 5-star rating means the hospital outperformed the national average.

The research findings, which studied hospital data from 19 states, indicated that women who deliver at top-rated hospitals like Mercy have about one-third fewer complications.

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HealthGrades® - Five-Star Rated for Gynecological Surgery (2011)

Mercy Hospital has received a five-star rating for Gynecological Surgery by HealthGrades®.

HealthGrades® rates individual hospitals with a 1-star, 3-star or 5-star rating in each of 26 procedures and diagnoses. A 5-star rating means the hospital outperformed the national average.

The research findings, which studied hospital data from 19 states, indicated that women who undergo gynecologic surgery at top-rated hospitals like Mercy have about one-third fewer complications.

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Imaging/Diagnostics

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) - American College of Radiology (Nov. 2008 - Nov. 2011)

Nuclear Medicine- Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (Feb. 2008 - Feb 2011)

CT - American College of Radiology accreditation on 64-slice scanner (Aug. 2008 - Aug. 2012)

Ultrasound - Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (May 2010 - May 2013)

Certification of Echochardiography Lab - Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (2010)

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Intensive & Critical Care

HealthGrades® - Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Sepsis (2011 - 2012)

Mercy Hospital has received a five-star rating for the treatment of Sepsis by HealthGrades® for 2011 and 2012.

HealthGrades® rates individual hospitals with a 1-star, 3-star or 5-star rating in each of 26 procedures and diagnoses. A 5-star rating means the hospital outperformed the national average.

Thomson 100 Top Hospitals - Intensive Care Unit (2001)

In 2001, Mercy Hospital was named as one of America's 100 Top Hospitals - Intensive Care Units in an independent study. That study, "100 Top Hospitals: ICU Benchmarks for Success," performed by Thomson (formerly Solucient, and currently the nation’s leading healthcare ratings company), included data from 1,200 hospitals with ICU's.

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Orthopedics

HealthGrades® - Spine Surgery Excellence Award™ (2011)

Mercy Hospital has been rated among the top 10% in the nation for spine surgery and was awarded the Spine Surgery Excellence Award™ by HealthGrades® for 2011. The hospital also received several other HealthGrades accolades:

• Ranked Among the Top 10 in State for Spine Surgery 
• Five-star Rated for Spine Surgery
• Five-star Rated for Back and Neck Surgery (Spinal Fusion)

HealthGrades® rates individual hospitals with a 1-star, 3-star or 5-star rating in each of 26 procedures and diagnoses. A 5-star rating means the hospital outperformed the national average.

Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery℠ and Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement.℠

Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery℠ and Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement℠ provide a full range of orthopedic surgery care services, including inpatient care, post-operative care, outpatient follow-up care, and patient education.

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Pediatrics

HealthGrades® - Pediatric Patient Safety Excellence Award™ (2010)

Mercy Hospital has been awarded the 2010 Pediatric Patient Safety Award™ by HealthGrades®. This award recognizes Mercy Hospital's pediatric care in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and Pediatric Inpatient Unit.

HealthGrades® rates individual hospitals with a 1-star, 3-star or 5-star rating in each of 26 procedures and diagnoses. A 5-star rating means the hospital outperformed the national average.

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Pulmonary

HealthGrades® - Five-star Rated for Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2011)

Mercy Hospital has received a five-star rating for the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by HealthGrades® for 2011.

HealthGrades® rates the nation’s nearly 5,000 hospitals independently based on patient outcome data that hospitals submit to the federal government.

No hospital can opt in or out of being rated, and no hospital pays to be rated.

HealthGrades® rates individual hospitals with a 1-star, 3-star or 5-star rating in each of 26 procedures and diagnoses, from bypass surgery to total knee replacements. A 5-star rating means the hospital outperformed the national average.

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Stroke

Designated Stroke Center by New York State Department of Health (2007)

Stroke Center Designation assures patients that Mercy Hospital meets the State’s stringent guidelines for stroke care. This includes being seen by a physician within 15 minutes of arrival in the ER; receiving a CT scan within 25 minutes; interpretation of CT results in 45 minutes; lab results in 45 minutes; and clot busting drugs within 60 minutes of arrival or 3 hours of symptom onset and catheter-based techniques than enable treatment up to 8 hours from symptom onset.

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Workplace

Gold Fit-Friendly Award (2011-2012)

The American Heart Association (AHA) recently presented Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, a member of Catholic Health, with the 2012 Gold Fit-Friendly Award for the second year in a row.

The Fit-Friendly Company initiative recognizes businesses that encourage employees to eat better and move more.

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