NYU Langone Health — long recognized as considered one of the nation’s preeminent hospital systems — has been singled out for its leadership in patient safety and quality of care.
NYU Langone Health was awarded the Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award for superior patient care and the Ambulatory Quality and Accountability Award for excellence in outpatient care, making it No. 1 within the US.
The award marks the second yr in a row that the Manhattan hospitals have achieved a No. 1 rating.
Moreover, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island was ranked No. 1 nationally within the Birnbaum Quality Leadership listing of specialised complex care medical centers.
And NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn was ranked No. 7 within the nation out of 154 large specialized complex medical centers.
“Where patients get their care matters. Every day we’ve the chance to make a difference in someone’s life and we take that responsibility seriously, striving for excellence in the whole lot we do,” said Dr. Robert Grossman, CEO of NYU Langone Health and dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, in a news release.
“I’m grateful to our dedicated teams who achieved this national recognition, working tirelessly to deliver the perfect outcomes and one consistently high standard of look after our patients,” Grossman added.
The rankings were developed by Vizient, a health care performance organization that bases rankings on mortality and infection rates, patient experience scores and other quality measures. In its rankings, Vizient includes 97% of US academic medical centers amongst its members.
The Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award was named in memory of NYU Langone’s former chief of hospital operations.
“Bernie Birnbaum dedicated his profession at NYU Langone to improving quality, safety and patient experience and I can consider no higher strategy to honor his memory,” said Dr. Fritz François, executive vp and vice dean, chief of hospital operations.
“For a campus with such high volume and sophisticated cases, this award provides an exquisite moment to take pride in our work,” François added.
In Brooklyn, NYU Langone Hospital ranked No. 7 within the nation amongst large specialized complex medical centers. It’s Brooklyn’s only hospital with an “A” rating on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade and with Magnet-recognition for excellence in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
“NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a beacon for exceptional health care,” said Dr. Bret Rudy, executive vp and chief of hospital operations. “We’re proud to serve the varied communities of Brooklyn and supply high-quality and safety outcomes.”
NYU Langone has been ranked as the highest performer in outpatient look after eight of the nine years because the Ambulatory Quality and Accountability Award was created in 2015, in recognition of its superior access to care, quality, efficiency, continuum of care and equity.
