Awards and Achievements

Yale New Haven Hospital regularly ranks among the best hospitals in the United States. In conjunction with Yale School of Medicine, we are also nationally recognized for our commitment to teaching and clinical research. Here are just a few of the many awards, honors and distinctions we've received.

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Hospital ranked among the best by U.S. News & World Report

Yale New Haven Hospital is ranked among the best in the nation for 11 of its specialties in the 2016-17 Best Hospitals rankings.

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Children's Hospital ranked among the best by U.S. News & World Report

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital is ranked among the best in the nation for five of its pediatric subspecialties in the 2016-17 Best Children's Hospitals rankings.

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Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI)

Smilow Cancer Hospital is recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology with QOPI ® certification. QOPI status recognizes outpatient hematology-oncology practices that deliver the highest quality in patient care and safety for patients receiving chemotherapy.

Read about Smilow Cancer Hospital’s QOPI status
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Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award

Yale New Haven Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA). This recognition is earned by hospital teams who achieve specific quality measures identified as vital for the optimal treatment of stroke.

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Connecticut Magazine's 'top docs'

Connecticut Magazine has named nearly 271 Yale New Haven Health physicians among the best in the state in its annual "Top Doctors" issue.

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YNHH receives national environmental award

Yale New Haven Hospital has been been presented with the Partner for Change with Distinction award by Practice Greenhealth, the national's leading healthcare membership community.

Read about the Partner for Change with Distinction award

YNHH receives accreditation from The Joint Commission

Yale New Haven Hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission. The accreditation and certification is a nationally recognized symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting stringent performance standards.

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Nationally recognized for healthcare equality

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation has recognized Yale New Haven Health member hospitals for their commitment to equitable, inclusive care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients and their families.

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New York Magazine's Best Doctors

New York magazine recently named 51 Yale New Haven Hospital physicians among the best in the New York metropolitan area in its 16th annual "Best Doctors" issue.

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Yale New Haven Hospital listed among best workplaces for commuters

YNHH has been chosen from employers nationwide as having taken exemplary steps to offer transportation options to employees. The hospital was one of four recipients of a 2013 Silver Award by the University of South Florida's National Center for Transit Research.

Read about the 2013 Silver Award for best commuter workplaces

YNHH named among the 100 best places to work in healthcare

Yale New Haven Hospital has been named among the 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in the United States by Modern Healthcare magazine. YNHH is the only Connecticut hospital recognized by the magazine in this year’s annual survey of more than 317 U.S. healthcare companies.

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YNHH gets coveted designation from nurse credentialing organization

After a rigorous, multi-year application process and four-day site visit, Yale New Haven Hospital has been granted Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

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A 2012 Most Wired and Most Wireless award winner

Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS), including Bridgeport, Greenwich and Yale New Haven hospitals, has been selected as one of the Most Wired (and Most Wireless) Hospitals in the nation.

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Breast Center receives national accreditation

The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven received a three-year full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), an accrediting body administered by the American College of Surgeons. The Center's affiliation with Yale Cancer Center makes it the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in New England to also have the NAPBC accreditation.

Learn more about the NAPBC

Society of Chest Pain Centers Accreditation

Yale New Haven Hospital is accredited as a Chest Pain Center with PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), a non-profit international society dedicated to improving care for patients having heart attacks. Yale New Haven has earned Cycle III accreditation - the highest designation given by the SCPC.

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A designated Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma facility

Yale New Haven is a designated Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma facility, the first and only hospital in the state of Connecticut with this status. The trauma center provides the highest level of surgical care to trauma patients, delivered by expert medical and nursing staffs in the emergency department, operating rooms and intensive care units.

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YNHH is an ACR MRI-accredited facility

Yale New Haven Hospital has received the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Magnetic Resonance Imaging accreditation, a peer-reviewed, educationally focused evaluation process that helps assure patients of the highest level of image quality and safety.

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YNHH named among the 100 best places to work in healthcare

Yale New Haven Hospital has been named among the 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in the United States by Modern Healthcare magazine. YNHH is the only Connecticut hospital recognized by the magazine in this year’s annual survey of more than 317 U.S. healthcare companies.

Learn more about the 100 best places to work in healthcare

2011 Working Mother "100 Best Companies"

Working Mother magazine has chosen Yale New Haven Hospital as one of the "2011 Working Mother 100 Best Companies" in the nation. YNHH is the only hospital in New England and one of only five Connecticut companies to be honored by Working Mother this year.

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YNHH named among the top information technology leaders

Yale New Haven Hospital received the 2011 CIO 100 from CIO Magazine. The award recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology.

Read about the 2011 CIO 100 from CIO Magazine

Hartford Business Journal ranks YNHH top employer in Connecticut

Yale New Haven Hospital was ranked as the number one large employer in the state by the Hartford Business Journal in its "Best Places to Work in Connecticut" listing for 2011.

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YNHH designated a Level 4 Epilepsy Center

Yale New Haven Hospital has been designated as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. A fourth level center provides the more complex forms of intensive neurodiagnostics monitoring, as well as more extensive medical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial treatment.

Learn more about the Guidelines for Epilepsy Centers

YNHCH receives international award for ECMO life-support program

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital recently received the 'Center of Excellence in Life Support' award from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) for its pediatric ECMO program.

Learn more about the ECMO life-support program
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