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Awards & Accre​ditations

Recognized Clinical Excellence  

Named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 Great Hospitals in 2012. 
 
Rated one of America’s Top 50 Hospitals by an independent health care research firm for ranking in the top 5 percent nationally for clinical quality. 

Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence
Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award
Critical Care Excellence Award
Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award
General Surgery Excellence Award
Joint Replacement Excellence Award
Prostatectomy Excellence Award
Stroke Care Excellence Award
 
A study by an independent health care research firm also placed Hoag within the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation for a number of specialties: 

  • Appendectomy
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Gynecologic Surgery
  • Heart Failure
  • Hip Fracture Treatment
  • Maternity Care
  • Pneumonia
  • Sepsis
  • Stroke Care
  • Total Knee Replacement 
 
Hoag announced collaboration with Blue Shield of California and Greater Newport Physicians Medical Group to create a coordinated care model to improve quality and reduce health care costs. The three-year accountable care initiative is designed to provide integrated, cost-efficient health care to approximately 11,000 Blue Shield HMO members in Orange County. 
 
Hoag earned full accreditation with DNV Healthcare, the new accreditation organization that replaced Hoag’s affiliation with the Joint Commission, and whose accreditation and quality management aligns with Hoag’s focus on constant improvement.
 
Outstanding Patient Satisfaction 
 
Hoag named the most preferred hospital by Orange County residents for 16th consecutive year based on National Research Corporation (NRC) consumer study.  

Hoag named “Best Hospital in Orange County” for the 16th time by readers of The Orange County Register. 
 
Major Milestones 
 
  • Hoag launched electronic medical records (eMar) to improve patient care. 
  • Hoag opened 5 urgent care centers in Orange County: Anaheim Hills, Huntington Harbour, Newport Beach, Orange and Tustin. 
  • Hoag Hospital Irvine completed successful first open cardiac surgery. 
 
Institute Accolades 
 
Hoag Family Cancer Institute Recognitions 
 
  • Ranked 9th among California hospitals and the highest in Orange County in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report.
  • Ranked overall for cancer treatment, top two percent of all hospitals and top percent among cancer hospitals in the U.S.; rated overall in reputation for cancer treatment.  
  • Received accreditation as a “Comprehensive Community Cancer Program” and received an Outstanding Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
 
Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute Recognitions 
 
  • The Society for Thoracic Surgeons ranked Hoag’s cardiovascular surgery program in the top 1 percent in the country for quality and successful outcomes; 3-star rating (the highest possible) achieved by only 12 percent of hospitals nationwide. 
  • Rated 5 star for valve surgery by an independent research firm, 7 years in a row. 
  • Recipient of the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold award for achieving an average score of 85 percent or greater in all five heart-failure achievement measures.
  • Earned the American Heart Association’s Bronze Performance Achievement Award for outstanding care of coronary heart disease as part of Mission: Lifeline for Heart Attack Care.
  • One of the preeminent cardiovascular centers on the West Coast and Orange County’s highest-volume, highest-rated cardiovascular program.

Hoag Neurosciences Institute Recognitions 
 
  • Hoag offers new research trial for patients with brain tumors – first in Orange County.
  • Stroke Program designated as a Stroke-Neurology Receiving Center by the Orange County Health Care Agency.
  • Hoag’s Stroke Program was awarded the 2010 American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award.
  • Hoag Stroke Program chosen as a site for NIH (National Institute of Health) clinical trial – a Hoag first.
  • Hoag hosted its third Annual Neurosciences Symposium.
  • Hoag Neurosciences Institute welcomed physician specialty offices on the third floor of Hoag Conference Center.
 
Women’s Health Institute Recognitions 
 
  • Hoag Breast Care Center (HBCC) now offers the latest in breast screening technology. Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (3D mammography) is available at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach and Hoag Health Center – Woodbridge (Irvine).
  • Designated as a Certified Baby-Friendly Birth Facility.
  • Level IIIB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
  • Prenatal education program.
  • Multi-disciplinary Gynecologic Robotic Surgery Program launched.