Awards and Rankings
01.04.06 - Stamford Hospital Is Approved for Open Heart and Elective Angioplasty
The State of Connecticut Office of Health Care Access (OHCA) approved Stamford Hospital’s request to perform open heart surgery and elective angioplasty. Residents of lower Fairfield County will now have access to a full-service cardiac program.
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12.15.05 - Top Docs
Stamford Hospital had more doctors recognized as “Top Doctors” in Castle Connolly’s New York Metro Area Guide than any other hospital in Fairfield County. Seventy of the hospital’s physicians were recognized. Castle Connolly Medical, LTD provides healthcare consumers with a source of information to identify doctors locally. Each year, it conducts extensive surveys of over 12,000 doctors and hospital leaders to find highly qualified physicians from throughout the region.
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10.10.05 - Cardiac Rehab Program Receives National Certification
Stamford Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program has recently received national certification by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). The certification, following a rigorous six-month application and review process, asserts that Stamford Hospital delivers a standard of essential care to its cardiac rehab patients. This is the first time Stamford Hospital has sought and received certification for its three-year-old cardiac rehabilitation program.
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10.03.05 - $575K State Grant for Designation as a Regional Medical Home Support Center
Stamford Hospital has received a two-year grant for just over $575,000 from the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health to solidify its designation as a Regional Medical Home Support Center (RMHSC). These are freestanding health organizations in the community that provide technical assistance, care coordination and family support services to specified medical homes located in one of five regions in the state. As a designee, Stamford Hospital will provide services to Region 1, which includes Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport and Wilton.
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08.29.05 - Stamford Hospital Earns National Recognition for Nursing Excellence
Stamford Hospital has been named a recipient of the Magnet™ award of excellence in nursing services by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest honor a hospital’s nursing program can achieve. Stamford Hospital is among fewer than three percent of the nation's hospitals to have qualified for Magnet™ designation. It is the only hospital in Fairfield County to achieve this designation, and one of only three Magnet™ Hospitals in the state.
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03.16.05 - Cancer Program Approved by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer - Stamford Hospital the Only Hospital in Lower Fairfield County with Teaching Hospital Designation
The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer has granted a three-year approval to Stamford Hospital’s cancer program as a Teaching Hospital Cancer Program, the only hospital in lower Fairfield County with this prestigious designation for its cancer program.
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11.29.04 - Eighth Annual Codman Award Winner
Stamford Hospital was a winner of the eighth annual Ernest A. Codman Award in 2004 which recognizes excellence in the use of outcomes measurement to achieve improvements in the quality and safety of health care.
The hospital received the the award in the hospital category for creating a protocol of intensive monitoring and treatment to maintain proper blood glucose levels in critically ill patients. Mortality for these intensive care unit (ICU) patients was reduced 29 percent and length of stay in the ICU decreased by nearly 11 percent.
In addition to reducing mortality and length of stay, the hospital found its initiative decreased the development of new renal insufficiency among its patients. The number of patients receiving transfusions of packed red blood cells also was reduced. The profound impact of this simple and low-cost intervention on morbidity and mortality of critically ill patients led to greater use of data in the ICU and the protocol has now been extended to the hospital’s intermediate care unit.
The award is given by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations which seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 7,800 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 7,300 other health care organizations that provide long term care, assisted living, behavioral health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services. The Joint Commission also accredits health plans, integrated delivery networks, and other managed care entities. In addition, the Joint Commission provides certification of disease-specific care programs, primary stroke centers, and health care staffing services. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation''s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Learn more about the Joint Commission at www.jointcommission.org.
