UM SJMC Awards and Accolades

• Healthgrades Awards
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Joint Replacement
  • Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award
  • Joint Replacement Excellence Award
  • Spine Surgery Excellence Award
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award
  • #1 Hospital in Maryland in Orthopedic Surgery
  • #1 Hospital in Maryland in Spine Surgery
  • #5 Hospital in Maryland in Cardiology
  • #5 Hospital in Maryland in Critical Care
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Spring 2024
• Ranked #3 in Maryland and #3 in the Baltimore Metro area in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking. UM SJMC was also high performing in 13 adult procedures/conditions:
  • Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion)
  • COPD
  • Colon Cancer Surgery
  • Heart Attack
  • Heart Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Failure
  • Hip Fracture.
  • Hip Replacement
  • Kidney Failure
  • Knee Replacement
  • Pneumonia
  • Prostate Cancer Surgery
  • Stroke
• Named a CMS 5-Star Hospital

• Healthgrades Awards
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals Award
  • America's 250 Best Hospitals Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Excellence Award
  • Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award
  • Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Award
• Named one of the Nation's 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Fortune and PINC AI
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Spring 2023
• Ranked #3 in Maryland and #3 in the Baltimore Metro area in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking. UM SJMC was also high performing in 15 adult procedures/conditions:
  • COPD
  • Colon Cancer Surgery
  • Diabetes
  • Heart Attack
  • Heart Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Failure
  • Hip Replacement
  • Kidney Failure
  • Knee Replacement
  • Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma
  • Pneumonia
  • Prostate Cancer Surgery
  • Stroke
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
  • Urology
• Named a CMS 5-Star Hospital
• Get with the Guidelines: Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Award
• 2023 Vizient Birnbaum Quality Leadership Top Performer
• Healthgrades 5-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Fall 2023
• 3-Star Rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for our patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures

• Healthgrades Awards
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals Award
  • America's 250 Best Hospitals Award
  • Outstanding Patient Experience Award
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Excellence Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Surgery Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery
  • Stroke Care Excellence Award
• Ranked among the top 150 hospitals in the United States in Newsweek's annual World's Best Hospitals list
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Spring 2022

• UM St. Joseph named to Executive Alliances 20/20 Honor Roll. This designation recognizes publicly-traded companies headquartered in Maryland and the largest hospitals, non-profits and colleges and universities that employ women in at least 20% of their executive leadership roles AND have women in at least 20% of their board of director seats.

• 3-Star Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures

• Named a CMS 5-Star Hospital
• Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Center Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Get with the Guidelines: Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Award
• Ranked #3 in Maryland and #3 in the Baltimore Metro area in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking. UM SJMC was also high performing in twelve adult procedures/conditions:
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
  • Back Surgery (Spinal Infusion)
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Colon Cancer Surgery
  • Heart Attack
  • Heart Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Failure
  • Hip Fracture
  • Hip Replacement
  • Kidney Failure
  • Knee Replacement
  • Stroke
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Fall 2022

• IBM Watson Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2021
• Named a CMS 5-Star Hospital
• Healthgrades Awards
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals Award
  • America's 250 Best Hospitals Award
  • Outstanding Patient Experience Award
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Surgery Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award
  • Critical Care Excellence Award
  • Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award
  • Stroke Care Excellence Award
• 3-Star Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures
• 2021 Minogue Award for Patient Safety Innovation
• Ranked #3 in Maryland and #3 in the Baltimore Metro area in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking for the third consecutive year, making UM SJMC once again the top-ranking community hospital in Maryland. UM SJMC was also high performing in twelve adult procedures/conditions:
  •  Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
  • Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion)
  • COPD
  • Colon Cancer Surgery
  • Heart Attack
  • Heart Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Failure
  • Hip Replacement
  • Kidney Failure
  • Knee Replacement
  • Stroke
• Get With the Guideline: Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Center Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• 2021 Lown Hospitals Index Grade 'A' Hospital for Social Responsibility
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Fall 2021

• IBM Watson Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2020
• Named a CMS 5-Star Hospital
• Healthgrades Awards
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals Award
  • America's 250 Best Hospitals Award
  • Outstanding Patient Experience
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for General Surgery Award
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award
  • Critical Care Excellence Award, Pulmonary Care Excellence Award
  • Coronary Intervention Excellence Award
  • Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award
  • Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Spring 2020
• Ranked #3 in Maryland and #3 in the Baltimore Metro area in the U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals ranking. UM SJMC was also rated high performing in nine adult procedures/conditions:
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Colon Cancer Surgery
  • Heart Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Failure
  • Hip Replacement
  • Knee Replacement
  • Lung Cancer Surgery
• Get with the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus with Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving center Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Blue Distinction Center+ for Cardiac Care Designation from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care Program

• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Spring
• 5-Star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) First Quarter
• IBM Watson Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2019
• 3-Star Quality Rating for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
• Healthgrades Awards
  • America's 250 Best Hospitals
  • Outstanding Patient Experience
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care
  • America' 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for General Surgery
  • America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement
  • Coronary Intervention Excellence
  • Critical Care Excellence
  • Pulmonary Care Excellence
  • Orthopedic Surgery Excellence
• Get with the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus with Honor Roll Elite Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Mission: Lifeline Gold Plus Receiving Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Wellness at Work Bronze Award from the Healthiest Maryland Business
• Ranked #3 in Maryland and #3 in the Baltimore Metro area in the U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals ranking. UM SJMC was also rated high performing in nine adult procedures/conditions:
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Colon Cancer Surgery
  • Heart Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Failure
  • Hip Replacement
  • Knee Replacement
  • Lung Cancer Surgery.
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' for Fall
• IBM Watson Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2020
• Becker's Hospital Review 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Orthopedic Programs 2019

• UM SJMC received Healthgrades' Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence
• American College of Cardiology's NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award
• Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award
• American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline® Gold Plus Receiving Quality Achievement Award
• American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Silver Quality Achievement Award
• Best ER and Best Place to Have a Baby - 2018 Reader's Choice, Baltimore's Child magazine
• Ranked #3 in Maryland and #3 in the Baltimore Metro area in the U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals ranking. UM SJMC was also rated high performing in seven adult procedures/conditions including: aortic valve surgery, colon cancer surgery, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement and lung cancer surgery.
• Maryland Patient Safety Center's Banner for Excellence for submitting evidence of care bundles to reduce primary C-Sections
• Banner of Excellence for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A'
• IBM Watson award for cardiac surgery
• CMS 5 Star rating for 2018
• Orthopaedic Institute named one of Becker's Healthcare's 100 hospitals and health systems with great orthopedic programs list for 2018.

• UM SJMC's Heart Institute received has received the American College of Cardiology's NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2017.
• UM SJMC's Heart Institute received the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline Gold Plus Award. The American Heart Association recognizes UM St. Joseph Medical Center for achieving 85% or higher composite adherence to all Mission: Lifeline® STEM/ Receiving Center Performance Achievement indicators for consecutive 24-month intervals to improve the quality of care for STEMI patients.
• UM SJMC's 6th Floor Orthopaedic Institute nursing team is the recipient of the 2017 Orthopaedic Nursing Certification Recognition Award from the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses. This is the first time this nursing honor has been given to any hospital in Maryland.
• UM SJMC's MSICU Team was the recipient of the Maryland patient Safety Center 2016's Circle of Honor Award for their Cather-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Reduction efforts.
• UM SJMC received Healthgrades' Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence. UM SJMC is among the top five percent of hospitals in the nation that deliver high quality care across 21 of 32 common inpatient conditions and procedures, as evaluated by Healthgrades.
• For calendar year 2016, Coronary Artery Bypass surgery performance at UM SJMC received a STS 3- star rating (mortality, morbidity, medications, etc.) by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
• UM SJMC's Stroke Center five year re-designation by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems. (MIEMMS).
• UM SJMC's Breast Center accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).

• University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center ranked #6 in Maryland and #5 in the Baltimore Metro area in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking.
• U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking rated UM SJMC high performing in four adult specialties and four adult procedures/conditions:

Adult Specialties High Performing Rankings:

• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
• Geriatrics
• Nephrology
• Pulmonology

Adult Procedures / Conditions High Performing Ratings:

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Heart Failure
• Hip Replacement
• Knee Replacement

Heart:

• UM SJMC receives American College of Cardiology ACTION Registry-GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award. UM SJMC is one of only 223 hospitals nationwide to receive this honor.
• Mission: Lifeline Stemi Receiving Center- Gold Plus Award from the American Heart Association

Other:

• Fit-Friendly Worksite Gold Achievement by the American Heart Association.

2015 Healthgrades:

• UM SJMC recognized by Healthgrades as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals Honor in its annual ranking.
• UM SJMC ranked among the Top 50 in ranking.

Patient Safety:

• Recipient of the Patient Safety Excellence Award (2008-2015).
• Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Patient Safety.
• One of Two Hospitals in Maryland to Achieve Both Distinctions.
• One of 74 Hospitals in the U.S. to Achieve Both Distinctions.

Heart 2015:

• Mission: Lifeline Gold Award from the American Heart Association.

Other:

• UM SJMC receives American College of Cardiology ACTION Registry-GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award UM SJMC is the recipient of the Platinum Performance Achievement Award which recognizes participating hospitals that have sustained performance measure score composites of 90% or better in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction patients for eight consecutive quarters, ending quarter four 2014.
• UM SJMC was recognized by March of Dimes Maryland and Capitol Area Chapter, the MD Patient Safety Center and the MD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for providing quality care to mothers and babies by reducing the number of elective inductions and cesarean deliveries performed before 39 completed weeks of pregnancy.
• UM SJMC recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accredit of health care organizations in the United States. UM SJMC was recognized as part of The Joint Commission's 2015 annual report "America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety," for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Surgical Care, VTE and Perinatal Care.
• University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center ranked #6 in Maryland and #5 in the Baltimore Metro area in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking.
• Cancer Institute at UM St. Joseph Medical Center is the Proud Recipient of the National Outstanding Achievement Award from American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer.

Heart:

• Mission: Lifeline Silver Award from the American Heart Association.
• Three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) (for patient care and outcomes in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and aortic valve replacement (AVR).
• MIEMSS designation as Cardiac Interventional Center - Silver Level Recognition STEMI.

Stroke:

• ACTION Registry-GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award from the National Cardiovascular Date Registry Reaccreditation by TJC

Cancer:

• The Cancer Institute of University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, an affiliate of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, received the 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
• Three-year gold level accreditation with commendation from the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer (CoC).

Other:

• Hand Hygiene Program – considered best practice by state of Maryland

Stroke:

• Gold Plus Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines® Program (Stroke) Reaccreditation (TJC)

Lab:

• CAP Accreditation (Lab)
• AABB Accreditation (Blood Bank)
• O'Dea Lab - Customer Service Satisfaction Award for Jan-Mar 2013
• O'Dea Lab - 1st Place overall Great Strides Oct - Dec 2012
• Osler Lab - Customer Service Satisfaction Award for Jan - Mar 2013
• Main Lab - Customer Service Satisfaction Award for Jan - Mar 2013

Other:

• The Breast Center received accreditation for excellence by The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program of the American College of Surgeons.

Cancer:

• Accredited Cancer Institute ACOS– only 25% of U.S. hospitals
• $2.9 Million Stimulus ARRA Award through NCI
• Accredited, National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer

Emergency:

• 2009 Top Winner, Innovator of the Year Award for Lean Team/Emergency Care by the Daily Record.
• 2009 Innovator of the Year Award for LifeNet STEMI in ambulances to wirelessly transmit EKG to St. Joseph's Emergency Department.
• 2012, 2011, 2010 Emergency Medicine Excellence Award from HealthGrades,

Orthopaedics:

• 2010, Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Knee and Hip Surgery from CareFirst BCBS.

Quality:

• 2009, Baltimore Magazine, Top Places to Work in Baltimore.
• Cardiac Interventional Center Designation Given to St. Joseph - St. Joseph was awarded a designation of Cardiac Interventional Center by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). According to MIEMSS: "The designation as a "Cardiac Interventional Center" indicates that a hospital complies with State standards to receive patients transported by EMS who are experiencing the most common type of heart attack called an ST-elevation myocardial infarction, or "STEMI." A STEMI occurs when an artery that supplies blood to the heart is suddenly blocked. As a result of these designations, effective April 1, 2011, EMS providers who have identified a STEMI patient may transport those patients to the closest designated Cardiac Interventional Center, bypassing non-designated hospitals in accordance with the Maryland Medical Protocols for EMS Providers."

Maternity Services:

• 2011, St. Joseph Medical Center received the highest patient satisfaction scores in Maryland from maternity patients.

Stroke:

• 2012, St. Joseph Medical Center received Bronze, Silver, and Silver Plus Performance Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines® Program (Stroke).

Vascular Lab:

• 2012, St. Joseph Medical Center Vascular Laboratory was granted a three-year term of accreditation in Vascular Testing in the areas of Extracranial Cerebrovascular Testing and Peripheral Venous Testing by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC).