UM BWMC Quality and Awards

Quality of Care at UM BWMC

University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center is committed to providing you and your family with high quality care at all times. Because we believe it's important to inform you about the treatment you'd be receiving here, below are links to various web sites that routinely provide information to consumers about the quality of care in hospitals:

If you have a question, concern or suggestion about your care at UM BWMC, please call our Patient Advocates at 410-787-4200. Please note that the mandatory data reported to each of these sites may be different, resulting in different scores and ratings, and may measure different time periods.

Recent Awards

UM BWMC is laser focused on the quality of care we provide to our patients. We are proud that our efforts have been recognized in numerous ways. While it is not about any individual award, the totality of the awards highlights the consistently high quality of care that we provide for our community, especially related to some of the most complex services we offer. Some of these quality and safety achievements include:

2024

American Heart Association's 2024 Get With The Guidelines® - Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Receiving Silver with Target: Type 2 Diabetes.
American Heart Association's 2024 Get With The Guidelines® - NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award with Target: Type 2 Diabetes.
American Heart Association's 2024 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Awards.
Named a top 5 'Best Hospital' in the state of Maryland and the Baltimore Metro Area and by U.S. News & World Report and ranked High Performing in the categories of lung cancer surgery, colon cancer surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure and pneumonia. Learn more.
Gold Beacon Award for Excellence for the Intensive and Intermediate Care units from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Only critical care division in the state to receive the gold distinction.
Pathway to Excellence® re-designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Learn more.
Recertified as an Advanced Palliative Care program by The Joint Commission.
Received two Circle of Honor recognitions at the Maryland Patient Safety Center’s 2024 Minogue Awards for Patient Safety Innovation. Learn more.

2023

Honorable Mention from the Schwartz Center Corman IMPACT Honors.
B.I.R.T.H. Equity Maryland designation from Maryland Patient Safety Center and Maryland Hospital Association.
Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as High Performing in the categories of Lung cancer surgery, Colon cancer surgery, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Diabetes, Heart attack and Heart failure.
American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline® - NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award.
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's 2023 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Awards.
Cribs for Kids' National Gold-Level Safe Sleep Hospital recertification. Learn More.
Maryland Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Collaborative Platinum Honors for the maternal hypertension initiative and Gold Honors for neonatal antibiotic stewardship.
Received the top two honors at the Maryland Patient Safety Center’s 2023 Minogue Awards for Patient Safety Innovation, including the Patient Safety Innovation Award, the Distinguished Achievement for Patient Safety Innovation Award, and a Circle of Honor recognition. Learn more.
Recertified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.

2022

'A' in the fall 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. Learn more.
Named a 'Best Hospital' in the Baltimore Metro Area and state of Maryland by U.S. News & World Report, and ranked High Performing in the categories of Lung cancer surgery, Colon cancer surgery, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Diabetes, Heart attack, Heart failure, Kidney failure and Stroke.
Named a Circle of Honor winner in the Maryland Patient Safety Center's 2022 Minogue Awards for Patient Safety Innovation. Learn more.
Specialty clinical quality award from Healthgrades in the following area: America's 100 Best Orthopedic Surgery™
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's 2022 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Awards.
American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline® - STEMI Receiving Center Gold Achievement Award; and Mission: Lifeline® - NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award.
Cribs for Kids' National Gold-Level Safe Sleep Hospital Certification.
Named to the Executive Alliance 20/20 Honor Roll for 2022 in recognition of gender equity at the executive level and in the board room.

2021

Named a 'Best Hospital' in the Baltimore Metro Area and state of Maryland by U.S. News & World Report, and ranked High Performing in the categories of COPD, Heart Failure, Colon Cancer Surgery, Lung Cancer Surgery, Diabetes, Stroke and Kidney Failure.
Specialty clinical quality awards from Healthgrades in the following areas: America's 100 Best General Surgery™; America's 100 Best Orthopedic Surgery™; America's 100 Best Spine Surgery™.
American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline® - STEMI Receiving Center Gold Achievement Award; and Mission: Lifeline® - NSTEMI Silver Achievement Award.
'A' in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for the fourth consecutive reporting period. Learn more.
2021 Top Workplaces USA Award. Learn more.
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's 2021 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus with Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Awards.
'A' in the fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for the fifth consecutive reporting period. Learn more.

2020

'A' in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for the third consecutive reporting period. Learn more.
Top Workplaces 2020 honor by The Baltimore Sun. Learn more.
Named a 'Best Hospital' in the Baltimore Metro Area and state of Maryland by U.S. News & World Report, and ranked High Performing in the categories of COPD Treatment, Heart Failure Treatment, Colon Cancer Surgery and Lung Cancer Surgery. Learn more.
Specialty clinical quality awards from Healthgrades in the following areas: America's 100 Best General Surgery™; America's 100 Best Orthopedic Surgery™; America's 100 Best Spine Surgery™.
Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center Gold Quality Achievement Award. Learn more.
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality and Target: StrokeSM Elite Achievement Awards. Learn more.
American Heart Association's inaugural Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. Learn more.
2020 Minogue Award for Patient Safety Innovation by the Maryland Patient Safety Center. Learn more.
'A' rating in spring 2020 by the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
Pathway to Excellence® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). UM BWMC is just the third hospital in Maryland to receive the designation. Learn more.

2019

Top Workplaces 2019 Award by The Baltimore Sun. Learn more.
'A' rating in fall 2019 by the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
Specialty clinical quality awards from Healthgrades in the following areas: America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award™, America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award™ and the General Surgery Excellence Award™.
Named a Top Hospital in Maryland by U.S. News & World Report, and ranked High Performing in the categories of COPD Treatment, Heart Failure Treatment, Colon Cancer Surgery and Lung Cancer Surgery.
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's 2019 Get With The Guidelines® Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
Mission: Lifeline® Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Learn more.

2018

Honor Roll - Elite Award - from the American Heart Association's Target Stroke program.
Mission: Lifeline® Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Silver Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's 2018 Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.
American College of Cardiology Foundation's NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award.