Awards & Honors

HealthONE System 

• Joint Commission on Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations - All HealthONE Hospitals accredited
• Best Company for Working Families (Large Business) – Colorado Parent Magazine – Since 2004
• Best Place to Work in Denver – Denver Business Journal – 2004

AIRLIFE

• Association of Air Medical Service 2010-2011 Air Medical Program of the Year by Association of Air Medical Services
• Denver Business Journal Champions in Healthcare finalist, 2010

HealthONE Medical Group (formerly Clinic Services)

(Occupational and Rehabilitation Medicine and Specialty Clinics)
• Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative: Golden Galaxy Award for Best Clinic (out of 150 participating clinics): Summit Family Medicine
• Best Bedside Manner, Swedish Medical Center: Doctors’ Day Dala Awards (Colleague Recognition) : Dr. Andrew Nemechek of Head and Neck Surgical Specialists
• Best Educator, Swedish Medical Center: Doctors’ Day Dala Awards (Colleague Recognition) Dr. Andrew Nemechek of Head and Neck Surgical Specialists
• North Suburban Medical Center’s Doctors Making a Difference program: Dr. Aaron Baxter of North Denver Orthopedic Specialists
• Colorado's Professionals in Workers Compensation: Outstanding Physical Therapist award, 2009: Curt Robinson III, MPT, LODO HealthONE Occupational Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic
• Colorado’s Professionals in Worker Compensation: Outstanding Rehabilitation Specialist award, 2010: Cynthia Cano, OTR/CHT at the Bryant HealthONE Occupational Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic
• U.S. Ski Team, Women’s World Cup Alpine Race Team physician, Valle Nevado, Chile: Dr. Jeffrey Gagliano of North Denver Orthopedic Specialists at North Suburban Medical Center
• 5280, Top Doctors, October, 2009
• 5280, Top Doctors, October, 2010

The Medical Center of Aurora (TMCA)

• Magnet designation for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credential Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®
• Colorado Performance Excellence (CPEx), 2008
• Primary Stroke Certification
• Chest Pain Center Accreditation
• American Cancer Society Oncology Certification
• Alfred P Sloan Award for Workplace Flexibility – 2007, 2008, 2009
• Modern Healthcare’s Top 100 Places to Work in the U.S. – 2008
• Get with the Guidelines (GWTG) Gold Performance Achievement Award – 2010
• GWTG Silver Stroke Performance Achievement Award – 2010
• Gold Level Award Start! Fit-Friendly Company - 2010
• Denver Business Journal’s Best Places to Work: 2010, 3rd place, mega company category
• Founder of Cardiac Alert^SM

North Suburban Medical Center (NSMC)

• Performance Achievement Award-Coronary Artery Disease, American Heart Association “Get With The Guidelines,” 2006, 2007, 2008
• Designed Mentor hospital in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s landmark 100,000 Lives Campaign, 2006

Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center (P/SL)

• Three Year Accreditation with Commendation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) 2010
• Thomson Reuters 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in 2010
• American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry – Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) Gold Performance Achievement Award 2010
• Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation – American Association of Cardiology & Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Gold Performance Achievement Award – GWTG - Heart Failure
• Action Registry-GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award
• Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, American Society for Bariatric Surgery
• Recognition for Centers of Excellence:
     o UnitedHealthcare– Total Joints and Spine, and NICU
     o Aetna – Total Joints and Spine Surgery
     o Blue Cross/Blue Shield – Total Joints
     o USON - Transplant Center for Kidney
     o Kaiser - Kaiser Transplant Center for BMT

• OptumHealth Clinical Qualification for Participation in the Centers of Excellence (COE) Network for Adult Stem Cell Transplant
• Kidney Transplant Program Awarded Bronze Medal of Honor from Department of Health and Human Services 2010
• American College of Surgeons Accreditation with High Achievement Award
• Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy Accreditation – Rocky Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Rose Medical Center (RMC)

• Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Distinguished Hospitals Award for Clinical Excellence, HealthGrades, 2006, 2008
• 2009 Specialty Excellence Designation, HealthGrades, Stroke, Pulmonary and Critical Care
• Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, American Society for Bariatric Surgery
• U.S, News & World Report America’s Best Hospitals, 2006, 2007
• Top Birthing Center as voted by readers of Colorado Parent Magazine, Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine Ranks #1 in the Nation of “10 Best Fertility Centers”
• Aetna Institute of Quality Orthopedic Care for Total Joint Replacement and Spine Surgery, 2010
• Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery, 2010
• Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement, 2010
• Silver Performance Achievement Award-Coronary Artery Disease, American Heart Association “Get With The Guidelines,” 2008
• Member American College of Cardiology Foundation’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry

Sky Ridge Medical Center (SRMC)

• Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, American Society for Bariatric Surgery
• Commission on Cancer – Approved Cancer Program (American College of Surgeons)
• Sleep Disorders Center Accredited by American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield Blue Designation – Center for Spine Surgery/Hip & Knee Replacement
• Dr. Charles Nutting, an interventional Radiologist, and Sky Ridge Medical Center were awarded the Sirtex Center of Excellence designation, recognizing the top performing hospitals/physicians that offer SIR-Spheres microspheres therapy to patients with inoperable liver tumors.
• #1 In Patient Satisfaction Among HCA Hospitals – First Quarter, 2006
• Reader's Choice Award – Best Regional Hospital – Colorado Community Newspapers –
2004/2005/2006
• Development of the Year Award – Southeast Business Partnership – 2004
• Shining Star Award – Douglas County Education Foundation – 2004
• Visionary Award – Sky Ridge Medical Center CEO Maureen Tarrant – Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) – 2004

Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH)

• 1968 became the fist licensed rehabilitation hospital in Colorado

• Outstanding Service to Seniors in Aurora Award

• Acute Rehabilitation Program and Brain Injury Specialty Accreditation – The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission
• Foothills Award – Colorado Performance Excellence– 2005
• American Academy for the Certification of Brain Injury Specialists - Spalding has more certified staff than any treatment facility in Colorado

Swedish Medical Center (SMC)

• Accredited by The Joint Commission
• Accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer 
• Annual winner of the National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award for hospitals in the Denver-Metro area
• American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) Gold Plus Award (sole recipient in Colorado) - Stroke
• AHA/ASA Gold Award — NCDR-ACTION Registry
• AHA/ASA Silver Award — Heart Failure
• AHA/ASA Silver Award — Coronary Artery Disease
• Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence®, American Society for Metabolic Bariatric Surgery
• Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery from Blue Cross, Blue Shield
• Center of Excellence for Spine Surgery from United Health 
• Center of Excellence for Spine Surgery from NeuroSource
• Center of Excellence for Neurosciences & Regional Neurotrauma Referral Center
• Designated Aetna Institute of Quality Orthopedic Care Spine Surgery
• Designated member of OptumHealth Centers of Excellence network for Bariatric Resources Services
• Founder Stroke Alert
• Joint Commission Certification in Coronary Artery Disease, Open Heart Surgery and Heart Failure
• Joint Commission Certification in Advanced Stroke Care — the first and only four-time certified Stroke
• Center in the region
• Recognized by Donor Alliance as the #1 hospital for organ donation in Colorado and Wyoming for two years in a row