National Recognition 

One important indicator of quality is whether a hospital and its staff are recognized by independent organizations devoted to measuring healthcare quality. Click for more Geisinger quality news. Listed below are honors, awards and accreditations given to Geisinger:

  •  The fourth annual Thomson Reuters 15 Top Health Systems study ranks Geisinger Health System as one of the top 15 health systems in the United States.
  • Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center are among the 2011 Top Performing Hospitals in the Premier healthcare alliance’s national QUEST® collaborative.
  • Geisinger HomeCare was named a 2011 HomeCare Elite home health agency, ranking it in the top 25 percent of home health agencies in the United States, based on quality outcomes, process measure implementation and financial performance.
  • Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center were awarded the National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award for 2011-12.
  • Geisinger Health System was recognized by Healthcare Purchasing News as one of the nation’s top healthcare supply chain programs to watch in 2011.
  • Geisinger Health Plan and Geisinger Gold have been named for the fourth year in a row the top-ranked private and Medicare health plans in Pennsylvania - and 8th and 9th respectively in the nation.
  • Geisinger Health System has been listed among the country’s “100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems.” by Hospitals & Health Networks Magazine for the ninth time.
  • Geisinger Health System was recently named to the Becker’s Hospital Review “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare” list for 2011.
  • The Geisinger Medical Center Emergency Department was recently named one of 20 institutions nationwide to receive the first annual Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award.
  • The American Medical Group Association presented its 2011 Acclaim Award to Geisinger and three other honorees. Geisinger was recognized for Transforming Care Delivery: Patient-Centric, Value-Driven Innovation.
  • Geisinger has been included for the eighth time in the 2011 InformationWeek 500, a list of organizations that are leaders in the use of innovative technology.
  • Geisinger Health System received the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management’s 2011 Award for Healthcare Supply Chain Innovation.
  • Respiratory Care Services at Geisinger Medical Center received the Quality Respiratory Care Recognition Award from the American Association of Respiratory Care.
  • Geisinger Health System earned the American Heart Association’s Gold Certification as a Start! Fit-Friendly Company, which is granted to companies that aim to improve the health and wellness of employees.
  • Geisinger Medical Center received the 2011 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®: National Benchmarks Award for overall organizational performance.
  • Sixty-two Geisinger Health System physicians in 27 medical specialties were named to the national Best Doctors list for 2011-2012.
  • Geisinger Health System was named to the 2011 SDI IHN 100, a list of the most integrated healthcare networks (IHN) in the nation.
  • Geisinger Health System was named to Security Magazine's "2010 Security 500" list, recognizing the organizations worldwide with the best-managed security practices.
  • Geisinger Health System was named to the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2010 by Gartner Inc., a leading information technology research and advisory company.
  • Geisinger Health System received the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's 2010 Silver Medal of Honor for Organ Donation.
  • Geisinger Medical Center was named to the 2010 Thomson Reuters 50 Top Hospitals Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success list.
  • The The Richard and Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center was designated a 2010 Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care® by Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
  • Geisinger HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital receives the 2010 National Presidents' Circle Award for outstanding performance in development of clinical programs, quality of patient care services, employee retention and overall operational excellence.
  • Geisinger Health Plan was ranked the top health plan in Pennsylvania and fifth in the nation according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance's Health Insurance Plan Rankings Private 2010-11 list, for third consecutive year
  • GWV’s Richard and Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital is named to 2010 Consumer Reports Top 50 in heart surgery list.
  • The Respiratory Care Services team at Geisinger Medical Center was recognized by the American Association for Respiratory Care in 2010 for strict safety and quality standards related to the delivery of respiratory care services by qualified respiratory therapists.
  •  Glenn Steele Jr., MD, PhD, ranked 35 out of 100 in Modern Healthcare magazine's 2010 Most Powerful People in Healthcare.
  • The practices of the System Therapeutics Department at Geisinger Medical Center have been recognized in 2010 by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists as a national model, as part of the organization’s Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative. 
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center received the American Stroke Association's "Get with the Guidelines" Stroke Bronze Performance Achievement Award. Geisinger Medical Center was awarded Gold and Gold Plus Awards for quality procedures and outcomes in 2009. Gold Plus is the highest level of recognition offered by the ASA. 
  • Geisinger Medical Center was designated in 2010 a Blue Distinction® Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Highmark Blue Shield. 
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center was awarded the 2010 Vista Award by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association.
  • Geisinger was listed among the country's "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems." 
  • Geisinger received the elite Seven Seals Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a U.S. Department of Defense organization, in 2010. 
  • The Healthcare Financial Management Association awarded Geisinger the High Performance in the Revenue Cycle Award in 2010 for the second consecutive year. 
  • Geisinger Medical Center received the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks Award based on overall organizational performance in 2010. 
  • The Health Research & Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, named Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD, the recipient of its 2010 TRUST Award.
  • Geisinger was named to the nation’s list of the most integrated healthcare networks, the “2010 SDI IHN (Integrated Health Network) 100, which was published Modern Healthcare.
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