Awards & Accreditations
First Hospital
- Accredited by the Joint Commission
- Pennsylvania’s only psychiatric facility to be recognized by the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania with a safety award in the category of fall prevention
Moses Taylor Hospital
- 1st in Nation: Perinatal Care Certification (The Joint Commission)
- Accredited by the Joint Commission
- Accredited Chest Pain Center
- AHA Get with the Guidelines Stroke Silver Plus Award, Heart Failure
- AHA/ASA Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award
- AHA/ASA Target: Stroke & Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award
- Blue Distinction Center Plus - Maternity Care
- Certified Primary Stroke Center
- Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders)
- Platinum Designation, Donate Life Hospital Challenge – The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education, the Gift of Life Donor Program and the Pennsylvania Department of Health
Regional Hospital of Scranton
- 1st in Nation - Cardiovascular Center of Excellence by the American Heart Association
- 1st in Nation - Cardiac Catheterization Lab Accredited by the American College of Cardiology
- 1st in Nation - All Top 4 Orthopedic Certifications: Hip Fracture, Shoulder Replacement, Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement
- HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence by the American College of Cardiology (one of four U.S. hospitals to earn the inaugural designation)
- American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR ) Certification
- Accredited Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
- Accredited Chest Pain Center, Primary PCI with Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology
- AHA/ASA Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award
- AHA/ ASA Target: Stroke & Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award
- AHA Mission: Lifeline Receiving Gold Award
- Atrial Fibrillation with EPS Accreditation by the American College of Cardiology
- Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care
- Blue Distinction Center Plus - Hip and Knee Replacement by Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Certified in Hip, Knee and Shoulder Replacement and Hip Fracture by The Joint Commission (The first hospital in Pennsylvania to earn all four designations)
- Certified Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission
- Echocardiography Accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
- Transcatheter Valve (TAVR) Certification
- Vascular Accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
- Platinum Designation, Donate Life Hospital Challenge – The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education, the Gift of Life Donor Program and the Pennsylvania Department of Health
Tyler Memorial Hospital
- 5-Star Rating by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- Accredited by the Joint Commission
- Accredited Chest Pain Center (Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care)
- Accredited Mammography Facility by the American College of Radiology
- The Joint Commission Certificate of Distinction for Advanced Certification in Acute Stroke Ready Hospital
- Platinum Designation, Donate Life Hospital Challenge – The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education, the Gift of Life Donor Program and the Pennsylvania Department of Health
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
- Accredited by the Joint Commission
- Accredited Cardiac Cath Lab by the American College of Cardiology
- Accredited Cancer Center (American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer)
- Accredited Chest Pain Center (Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care)
- Accredited Level II Trauma Center (Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation)
- Accredited Level III Geriatric Emergency Department by ACEP (American College of Emergency Physicians)
- Accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
- Accredited Medical Rehabilitation Program by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.)
- Accredited Sleep Center (American Academy of Sleep Medicine)
- AHA/ASA Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award
- AHA/ASA Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll Award
- American Heart Association's Fit-Friendly Companies Recognition Program Gold Level
- Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care
- Blue Distinction Center for Knee & Hip Replacement
- Blue Distinction Center - Plus for Maternity Care
- Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery
- Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (American College of Radiology)
- Certified in Spine Surgery by The Joint Commission
- Certified in Microdiscectomy by The Joint Commission
- Certified in Hip, Knee and Shoulder replacement programs by The Joint Commission
- Certified Primary Stroke Center
- Designated Lung Cancer Screening Center by the American College of Radiology
- Epicenter for Robotic General Surgery - one of the first in the nation and the first in Pennsylvania (designated training site for surgeons to observe routine and complex robotic-assisted general surgery cases)
- Gold Seal of Approval – Wound Healing Center for Management of Wound Care Certification
- HAP – Excellence Award in Patient Safety
- Platinum Designation, Donate Life Hospital Challenge – The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education, the Gift of Life Donor Program and the Pennsylvania Department of Health
Commonwealth Health Emergency Medical Services
- American Heart Association’s 2020 Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Award
- American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Award
- American Heart Association Designated Training Center
- Accredited Emergency Medical Services Educational Institute by the Department of Health
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