Awards & Recognition
Leapfrog ‘Hospital Safety Grade’ Fall 2020 Award
The Leapfrog Group, a national organization that evaluates health care organizations on many facets of patient safety, gave Stanford Health Care and Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare an A in its most recent assessment.
Vizient Quality Leadership Award 2019 Winner
Stanford Medicine ranked in the top ten percent among peer academic medical centers for both inpatient and outpatient care by Vizient, Inc., the nation's leading health care performance improvement company.
U.S. News & World Report 2020-2021 Best Hospital
Stanford Hospital has been named to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2020-21 Best Hospitals Honor Roll. The honor roll includes the leading 20 hospitals nationwide.
Level 1 Trauma
The only Level 1 Trauma Center between San Francisco and San Jose—recognized by the American College of Surgeons for our Emergency Department’s ability to treat the most severe and complex cases.
Magnet
Designated a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the widely recognized pinnacle of nursing excellence in safety, quality, and patient satisfaction.
NICHE Exemplar Status
The highest designation awarded to hospitals providing care to older adults—in recognition of our ongoing dedication to quality geriatric medical care.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
SCOPY Award
Recognition by The American College of Gastroenterology of the scientific accuracy, potential public health impact, educational value, and originality of our colon cancer educational video series.
Gold Medal of Honor
Awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for our lifesaving work to increase the number of organs available for transplantation, a distinction given to only 22 hospitals nationwide.
Joint Commission
Gold Seal of Approval in recognition of our quality and safe care. Plus the first hospital in the U.S. certified a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Joint Commission—recognition that we have the state-of-the-art equipment, infrastructure, staffing, and training necessary to diagnose and treat patients with the most complex strokes. Re-awarded a Certificate of Distinction by The Joint Commission for our Cardiac Ventricular Assist Device program.
Health Information and Management Systems Society
One of the first four hospitals in the United States to achieve "Stage 7" designation, the highest possible distinction in electronic medical records implementation.
Greenhealth Partner For Change Award
Practice Greenhealth recognizes superior performance in environmental sustainability, covering a range of different sustainability programs and activities including substantive progress on mercury elimination.
Most Wired
Recognition from Hospitals & Health Networks magazine of our high level of IT adoption for operational, financial and clinical performance.
CIO 100
Awarded to organizations and IT teams that distinguish themselves by creating business value through technological innovation. Stanford Health Care won the annual CIO100 Award for advances we implemented in the MyHealth patient app.
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Stanford Health Care is proud to have earned a perfect score of 100 on the 2019 Human Rights Campaign Foundation "Healthcare Equity Index." The HEI is the national LGBTQ benchmarking tool that evaluates healthcare facilities' policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees.
Leapfrog ‘Top Teaching Hospitals’ 2019 Award
Stanford Health Care has been named one of the nation’s best teaching hospitals by the Leapfrog Group, a top health care watchdog organization that evaluates providers based on rigorous quality and patient safety standards.
2020 Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award
Stanford Health Care received the 2020 Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation for excellence in mitral valve repair surgery.
2021 Joy in Medicine Recognized Organization
Stanford Medicine recognized for promoting well-being of health care workers. Stanford Medicine is the only organization to receive the American Medical Association’s gold-level award every year it has been given.