Awards, Accreditations & Affiliations

QuALity AWards

• LeapFrog
  • 2022 and 2021 Top Hospital
  • “A” Safety Score Fall 2022
• Money Magazine/Leapfrog:
  • 2022 Best Hospitals in America
  • 2022 Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery
• Healthgrades
  • 2023 and 2022 Patient Safety Excellence Award
  • 2023 and 2022 Outstanding Patient Experience Award
  • 2023 Prostate Surgery Excellence Award
• 2023 Women's Choice Awards, Best Hospital for:
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Comprehensive Breast Centers
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics
  • Patient Experience & Safety
  • Mammogram Imaging Center
  • Stroke Care
• The Boston Globe and The Women's Edge:  2023 Top 100 Women-Led Business (#11)
• 2022 Best Maternity Hospital by Newsweek
• 2023 Boston Magazine Top Doctors (52 Emerson Doctors)
• The College for Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME): 2022 Most Wired Hospital Level 7

QuALity Designations 

• CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Five-Star Quality Rating: acute care hospital and home care services 
• Blue Cross Blue Shield's Blue Distinction Center+
  • Maternity Care
  • Bariatric Surgery
• American Heart Association:
  • Stroke Gold Plus Designation
  • Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
• Designated a Primary Stroke Center by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health 
• Coverdell Hospital National Acute Stroke Program Awards:
  • Achieving Door to CT scan <= 25 minutes for at least 75% of stroke patients
  • Documentation of Modified Rankin Scale greater than or = to 95%
  • Coverdale Stroke Systems of Care Partnership Award
• Baby-Friendly USA Designation
• American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) Certified Program
• Optum Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence

Accreditations

• The Joint Commission:
  • ​Hospital and Home Care Accreditation
  • Primary Stroke Center Advanced Certification
• American College of Surgeons:
  • National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)
  • Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)
• American College of Radiology:
  • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
  • CT Scan
  • MRI: General MRI and Breast MRI
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • PET
  • Ultrasound: Breast Ultrasound, General Ultrasound, Obstetrical, Gynecological
  • Mammography: General Mammography and Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
• American Association of Blood Banks
• College of American Pathologists
• Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Accreditation Review
• Intersocietal Accreditation Commission: Superficial Venous Evaluation and Management, Extracranial Cerebrovascular, Peripheral Venous and Peripheral Arterial Testing

​Affiliations

Emerson Health is proud to hold clinical collaborations with:

Massachusetts General Hospital | Mass General Brigham

• Cardiology: Electrophysiology
• Endocrine Surgery
• Mass General Cancer Center at Emerson Hospital – Bethke
  • Medical Oncology
  • Radiation Oncology
• Neonatology
• TeleNeurology/TeleStroke
• Thoracic Surgery
• Urogynecology
• Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery
• Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital | Mass General Brigham

• Gynecologic Oncology
• Perinatology
• Genetic Counseling

Massachusetts Eye and Ear  | Mass General Brigham

• Otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat)
• Audiology

MassGeneral Hospital for Children | Mass General Brigham

• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Nephrology
• Pulmonology

Care Dimensions

• Palliative Care and Hospice Care

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

• Neurosurgery

Tufts Medical Center

• Nephrology

Shields hEALTH

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)