Quality Awards and Recognition
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has received significant recognition in the form of awards, prizes and special accreditation and certifications. Some of these include:
Joint Commission
NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has the Joint Commission Gold Seal of approval. View our Joint Commission ratings here.
Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award for Stroke Care
Our stroke program has earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus award as well as a spot on the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus.
Hospitals receiving Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Achievement Award have reached an aggressive goal of treating patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association® for 2 consecutive calendar years. In addition, those hospitals have demonstrated 75 percent compliance to (four out of ten heart failure quality measures or seven out of ten stroke quality measures) during the 12-month period.
Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation
The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) granted Three-Year Accreditation to the cancer program at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care. Learn more about the award here.
Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has earned the “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization. The designation was awarded in the 11th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). Nationwide, only 418 healthcare providers earned the "Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality" designation.
Consumer Choice Award
For the eighth time, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was named a "Consumer Choice Award Winner" by the National Research Corporation. The Consumer Choice Award identifies the top hospitals that healthcare consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in markets throughout the U.S. Winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the company's Market Insights survey.
100 SafeCare Hospitals
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was listed for the second consecutive year as one of the "100 SafeCare Hospitals" by the SafeCare Group. The SafeCare Group made its selection for SafeCare hospitals based on the Triple Aims of Excellence in healthcare - Quality, Patient Safety and Efficiency of Care. The process was comprehensive with analysis of data from over 4,500 hospitals, throughout the United States, in over 30 measures. Only the top 100 best hospitals were selected. Learn more about the award and the SafeCare group here.
A Center Of Excellence in Weight Loss Surgery
The American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program has designated NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital as a “Comprehensive Center with Adolescent.”
American Diabetes Association Education Recognition
The Diabetes Education and Resource Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has been recognized by the American Diabetes Association as meeting the National Standards for Diabetes Self Management Education and Support. Learn more about the ADA Education Recognition Program here.
Other Accreditation
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is accredited by the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association and the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.
Electronic Medical Record Adoption Stage 7
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was recently certified by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) as an Electronic Medical Record Adoption Stage 7 IT Hospital. This is a distinction shared by fewer than five percent of hospitals around the country.