Recent Awards and Recognition
2008
Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers
The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital were named today as Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island. Rhode Island and The Miriam are the only two hospitals in the state to be recognized with this merit.
Ranked Number One Diagnostic Imaging Residency
Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University announce that the diagnostic imaging residency training program has been ranked number one in the country. The ranking, released annually by the American Board of Radiology, objectively measures residency training programs based on the past five years of written and oral Board examinations. The Rhode Island Hospital-sponsored graduate medical education program was ranked number one out of the 186 training programs across the country. Based at Rhode Island Hospital, residents also spend one month training at both The Miriam Hospital and Women and Infant’s Hospital each year.
Cardiac Specialty Center Designation
The Miriam Hospital is proud to have been awarded the UnitedHealth Premium Cardiac Specialty Center designation for 2007 to 2009 in recognition of quality of care. To receive this designation, The Miriam Hospital met extensive quality and outcomes criteria based on nationally recognized medical standards and expert advice. The criteria incorporate measurements of breadth and depth of care, staff experience, emergency care, quality and outcomes reporting.
2007
Solucient 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
The Miriam Hospitalwas again named among the nation's 100 top hospitals for cardiovascular care by Thomson Healthcare, formerly known as Solucient. Thomson’s annual study identifies hospitals that are setting benchmark levels of performance for cardiovascular services throughout the nation. It recognizes the hospitals and their management teams for superior clinical, operational and financial performance in the area of cardiovascular service. This is the second consecutive year that Rhode Island and The Miriam were both named to the list, and they remain the only hospitals in the state to be honored with this recognition. This is the sixth time T he Miriam Hospital was named in the Solucient top 100 hospitals.
Cardiac Specialty Center designation
The Miriam Hospital is proud to have been awarded the UnitedHealth Premium ® Cardiac Specialty Center designation for 2007 to 2009 in recognition of quality of care. To receive this designation, The Miriam Hospital met extensive quality and outcomes criteria based on nationally recognized medical standards and expert advice. The criteria incorporate measurements of breadth and depth of care, staff experience, emergency care, quality and outcomes reporting.
2006
Magnet Award for Excellence in Nursing
The Miriam Hospital was the only hospital in New England to receive the four-year Magnet Award for Excellence in Nursing for the third time.
Primary Stroke Center Designation
The Miriam Hospital received designation as the only JCAHO certified primary stroke center in the state of Rhode Island.
Solucient 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
The Miriam Hospital is named among the nation’s 100 top hospitals for cardiovascular care by Solucient.
2004
Solucient 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
The Miriam Hospital was listed among the top hospitals in the country for cardiovascular service in the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals.
Top 44 Women's Heart Center in the US
The Miriam Hospital Women's Cardiac Center was named a top 44 Women's Heart Center in the US by Castle Connolly and featured in Good Housekeeping February 2004.
2003
Solucient 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
The Miriam Hospital was listed among the top hospitals in the country for cardiovascular service in the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals.
Barnet Fain Quality Award
The Miriam Hospital's Genesis Program won Lifespan's Barnet Fain Quality Award
The Magnet Award
Received the Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services, the highest level of recognition that the American Nurses Credentialing Center can accord to organized nursing services
2002
Solucient 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
The Miriam Hospital was listed among the top hospitals in the country for cardiovascular service in the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals.
Named One of the Top 50 Hospitals
Modern Maturity magazine named the Miriam Hospital one of the nations' top 50 hospitals, based on a study by Consumer's Checkbook.
Russell Brady Award
The Miriam Hospital's Project Bridge, which creates and oversees treatment plans for ex-inmates who are HIV positive, received the Russell Brady Award for Innovative Services Delivery from the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration.
Community Leadership Award
Samuel and Esther Chester Immunology Center at The Miriam Hospital has received the Community Leadership Award from the International Institute of Rhode Island (IIRI) for providing medical care to refugees with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Back
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