Awards & Accreditations
Berwick Hospital Center
- Accredited by the Joint Commission
- Accredited Chest Pain Center
- Accredited Sleep Center (American Academy of Sleep Medicine)
- Center of Distinction Award for Comprehensive Wound Healing Center (Healogics) for patients satisfaction and quality outcomes
- TeleStroke Center (with Penn State Hershey LionNet)
- Top performer on Key Quality Measures by the Joint Commission for its performance on accountability measure data for pneumonia, immunization, and surgical care.
First Hospital
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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
- Top performer on Key Quality Measures by the Joint Commission for its performance on accountability measure data for hospital-based inpatient psychiatric care.
Moses Taylor Hospital
- 1st in Nation: Perinatal Care Certification (The Joint Commission)
- Accredited by the Joint Commission
- Accredited Chest Pain Center
- AHA/ASA Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award
- AHA/ASA Stroke Elite Award
- Blue Distinction Center Plus - Maternity Care
- Certified Hip, Knee & Shoulder Replacement (The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval)
- Certified Primary Stroke Center
- Certified Spine Surgery (The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval)
- Health Grades Five-Star Maternity Care Excellence Award (3 years)
- Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders)
- Pediatric Center of Excellence with Penn State Health Children’s Hospital
- Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by the Joint Commission for its performance on accountability measure data for pneumonia, surgical care and perinatal care.
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 Joint Commission
- 1st in Nation - All Top 4 Orthopedic Certifications: Hip Fracture, Shoulder Replacement, Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement
- AACVPR (American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
- Accredited Cancer Center (American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer)
- Accredited Chest Pain Center, Primary PCI (Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care)
- American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline® Heart Attack Receiving Center Accreditation
- Atrial Fibrillation with EPS Accreditation (American College of Cardiology)
- Blue Distinction Center Plus - Hip and Knee Replacement (Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania)
- Certified in Hip, Knee and Shoulder Replacement and Hip Fracture (The first hospital in Pennsylvania to earn all four designations) by The Joint Commission
- Certified Primary Stroke Center
- IAC (Intersocietal Accreditation Commission) Echocardiography
- IAC (Intersocietal Accreditation Commission) Vascular
- TeleStroke Center (with Penn State Hershey LionNet)
Tyler Memorial Hospital
- Accredited by the Joint Commission
- 4-Star Rating by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- Accredited Chest Pain Center (Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care)
- Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by the Joint Commission for its performance on accountability measure data for pneumonia and immunization.
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
- Accredited by the Joint Commission
- 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 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)
- American Heart Association's Fit-Friendly Companies Recognition Program Gold Level
- Blue Distinction Center for Knee & Hip Replacement
- Blue Distinction Center - Plus for Maternity Care
- Blue Distinction Center - Plus 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
- 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
- TeleStroke Center (with Penn State LionNet)
- Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by the Joint Commission for its performance on accountability measure data for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care
Commonwealth Health Emergency Medical Services
- American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Award
- American Heart Association Designated Training Center
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