Media Relations
Awards
Some of the recent awards won by The Nebraska Medical Center include:
- The Nebraska Medical Center has been named one of America’s best hospitals in U.S.
News & World Report’s 2008 publication of America’s Best Hospitals. For the first
time, the medical center is ranked for two services, Cancer (39th) and Neurology
& Neurosurgery (41st).
- The Nebraska Medical Center has been recognized by the American Heart Association/American
Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines(SM) (GWTG) program for the second year
in a row for following evidence-based guidelines for treating patients with stroke.
The Nebraska Medical Center received the Gold (Sustained) Performance Achievement
Award for its performance in treating stroke patients using the program.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has named The Nebraska Medical Center as
a Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers. Blue Distinction Centers
for Complex and Rare Cancers were developed in strategic collaboration with the
National Comprehensive Cancer Network* (NCCN) and input from a panel of leading
clinicians and professional organizations.
- J.D. Power and Associates, one of the world’s leading independent marketing information
firms, has designated The Nebraska Medical Center as a Distinguished Hospital for
Service Excellence.
- 176 physicians at The Nebraska Medical Center are recognized among the "Best Doctors
of America."
- Platinum Level Well Workplace award – Recognizes organizations committed to improving
the health and physical well-being of its workforce. The Nebraska Medical Center
was the first hospital, and one of the only eight organizations in the U.S. to reach
Platinum status.
- National Consumer Choice Award winner The National Research Corporation (NRC) conducted
a large consumer study and found the hospital to have the best quality health care
service in the region.
- Magnet designation for extraordinary nursing care by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®.
- The Nebraska Medical Center has achieved recognition in the Edgerton Award Program
at the level of Progress from the state of Nebraska, distinguishing the hospital’s
commitment to quality management and corporate practices where are designed to grow
and support excellence.
- The Nebraska Medical Center is among a select few in the nation to receive recognition
among the Thomson 100 Reuters Top Hospitals®: Performance Improvement Leaders. The national
list, released August 6, 2007, identifies those U.S. hospitals which are improving
the fastest and most consistently in clinical quality and efficiency.