Achievements & Recognitions
Quality Recognitions
- Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence - 2011 www.nqmb.com
- Get With the Guidelines Gold Plus Award - Stroke – 2011, 2009 www.heart.org
- Premier Award for High Value Healthcare, 2011 www.premierinc.com
- Bariatric Center of Excellence, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery - 2011 www.asmbs.org
- Sustained Improvement Award, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - 2011 www.hhs.gov
- Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Network, 2010, 2009, 2008 www.sdihealth.com/IHN/main
- Named 9 times as Thomson-Reuters Top 100 Cardiac Hospital www.100tophospitals.org
- Nurse Magnet Designation – 2009, 2004 www.nursecredentialing.org/
- American College of Surgeons Outstanding Cancer Program – 2006
- Department of Heath and Human Services
- Innovation in Prevention Award – 2006
- Innovation in Prevention Award – 2006
- Named 2 times as Solucient Top 100 Performance Improvement Hospital
- Healthcare Association of New York State
- Pinnacle Award for Quality – 2002 and 2005
- Community Health Improvement Award - 2007
- Premier Award for Quality – 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
- Designated Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health – the Joint Commission Accredited – 2007, 2004
- Baby Friendly designation by the World Health Organization
- Diabetes Program recognized by the Diabetes Association
- Nationally recognized Hemophilia Center
- One of the top 20 highest volume Robotic Surgery Programs in the nation – 2008
Innovative Affiliations
- Cleveland Clinic Heart Surgery Program Affiliation
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute Affiliation
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Carestream Health – RGH as a Global Showsite









