Baptist Health Recognized for its Leadership in Health Care
Awards and Recognitions

Baptist Health Earns Gold Breastfeeding Friendly Employer Award

Baptist Health has received the Gold Breastfeeding Friendly Employer Award from the Florida Business Case for Breastfeeding project of the Florida Breastfeeding Coalition. This award recognizes employers in Florida who support the importance of breastfeeding for the health of Florida's babies and their families, and as a result, provide private, clean space for nursing employees to pump breast milk. Baptist Health has made all of its locations Breastfeeding Friendly Employer sites.

Baptist Medical Center and Baptist Medical Center and Baptist Beaches Named Among U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals in Metro Area Rankings

Baptist Medical Center (which includes Baptist Downtown and Baptist South on the same hospital license) and Baptist Medical Center Beaches were named among U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals in Metro Area Rankings.

Baptist Medical Center ranked among the top 25 percent in 11 of 16 medical specialties, the most of any hospital in the Jacksonville Metro Area:

1. Cancer
2. Diabetes & endocrinology
3. Ear, nose & throat
4. Gastroenterology
5. Geriatrics
6. Gynecology
7. Heart & heart surgery
8. Nephrology
9. Neurology & neurosurgery
10. Pulmonology
11. Urology

Baptist Beaches ranked among the top 25 percent for kidney disorders.

Wolfson Children's Hospital Named Among Top 30 Children's Hospital in U.S.

Wolfson Children's Hospital was named among U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals 2011-12. The hospital ranked among the top children's hospitals for:

• Diabetes & endrocrinology (this is the second year in a row Wolfson Children's Hospital has been ranked among the top 50 children's hospitals for this specialty)
• Neurology & neurosurgery
• Urology

U.S. News based the rankings on children's hospitals' outcomes, reputation and care-related quality indicators, such as technology and nursing care. Magnet™ designation, which recognizes excellence in patient care, was used as an indicator of care-related quality; Wolfson Children's Hospital earned the designation in December 2007, along with the four Baptist Health adult hospitals. In 2011, the Stroke Centers at Baptist Medical Center Downtown and Baptist Medical Center South once again earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ for stroke care. The Joint Commission awarded Baptist Downtown and Baptist South with Primary Stroke Center Certification following an on-site review, first in 2007, then in 2009 and again in 2011. This certification is based on recommendations published by the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association.

Recognized for Innovative Use of Technology

Baptist Health has been named to the "2011 Information Week 500" list of the nation's most innovative users of technology.

Baptist Health Earns Magnet Recognition

In 2007, Baptist Health was notified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) that it had achieved recognition as a Magnet™ Health Care System, an international quality designation enjoyed by only a small percentage of hospitals in the country. Magnet status is considered the "gold standard" for nursing and clinical care.

The People's Choice

Local consumers in greater Jacksonville have named Baptist Health "Most Preferred Healthcare Provider" since 1990, according to a nationally syndicated consumer survey conducted by the National Research Corporation (NRC). Baptist Medical Center is consistently given NRC's Consumer Choice Award as one of the top health systems in the nation, including its 2011/12 award.

Among quality measures, Baptist Medical Center scored the highest among local health care facilities for having the:

• Best Nurses
• Best Doctors
• Best Image/Reputation
• Best Overall Quality
• Best Community Health Programs
• Best Accommodations/Amenities
• Highest Patient Safety
• Most Personalized Care
• Most Preferred for All Health Needs
• Latest Technology and Equipment
• Widest Range of Services

The medical center also rated number-one in 17 service categories, including:

• Heart Care
• Home Health Care
• Hospital Emergency Room
• Hospital Inpatient Stay
• Imaging Services
• Maternity/OB
• Mental Health Services
• Neurology
• Orthopaedic Treatment/Surgery
• Outpatient/Same-Day Surgery
• Outpatient Testing/X-Rays
• Pediatric Services
• Physical Therapy
• Senior Services
• Women's/GYN

Named Among Florida's Top Hospitals

In March 2008, Baptist Medical Center Downtown and Baptist Medical Center Nassau were named by Florida Monthly magazine readers as being among their choices for Florida's top health care institutions.

Named One of the Top 100 Places to Work in Healthcare

Baptist Health has been named one of Modern Healthcare magazine's "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare." The list ranking will be published in the October 27, 2008, edition of Modern Healthcare and is available online at www.ModernHealthcare.com/bestplacestowork. Baptist Health was the only health care organization in Northeast Florida to be named on the magazine's "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare," and one of only six in Florida.

Top Medical Center

Since 1991, Baptist Health has been named the "Best Hospital in Northeast Florida" in Folio Weekly's "Best of Jax" issue. Baptist also has been named one of the "Top 25 Companies Who Care" by Jacksonville magazine every year since the program's inception in 2004.

Recognized for Stroke Care Excellence

Baptist Medical Center South was recently named an American Stroke Association "Get With the Guidelines" Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award Hospital, and Baptist Medical Center was named an American Stroke Association "Get With the Guidelines" Silver Performance Achievement Award Hospital.

One of America's "Best Hospitals 2007"

Baptist Medical Center was named among U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2007," and among the top 50 in the country for digestive disorders, in the July 25, 2007, issue of the magazine. The 2007 list is comprised of 173 hospitals nationwide, out of 5,462 hospitals evaluated, and is broken down into 16 specialties.

Other Awards and Honors

In 2007, ADVANCE for Nurses newsmagazine named Baptist Medical Center Downtown as one of the select "top hospitals" in the magazine's first Readers' Choice survey for the State of Florida. The hospital was honored for its retention efforts and professional development opportunities for RNs.

In 2007, Child magazine named Wolfson Children's Hospital among its top three children's hospitals in Florida. The list of 40 highest- ranked children's hospitals throughout the nation appeared in the February 2007 issue of the national parenting magazine.

Jacksonville Magazine named Baptist Health among its "25 Companies That Care" in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Baptist Medical Center Downtown has been named the "Best Hospital in Northeast Florida" in Folio Weekly every year since its "Best of Jax" series began in 1991.

ComputerWorld presented Roland Garcia with an award as a 2006 Premier 100 IT Leader.

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