Awards & Recognitions
UNC Health Johnston has been delivering quality and exceptional health care since 1951. It is the exceptional nurses, physicians and staff who have achieved the following awards and recognitions all in the name of patient safety and quality care.
UNC Health Johnston receives top ratings for specialty care
UNC Health Johnston announced today it has achieved five-star ratings for specialty care, according to new research released byHealthgrades.
The hospital was rated five stars for treatment of stroke and outpatient back and neck surgery.
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UNC Health Johnston receives distinction as Surgical Quality Partner
UNC Health Johnston has received distinction as a Surgical Quality Partner from the American College of Surgeons. The award demonstrates the hospital’s dedication to surgical quality and commitment to maintaining the highest standards in surgical care. The award is tied to the outstanding work of surgeons in the hospital’s cancer program, nationally accredited since 2015.
UNC Health Johnston achieves five-star rating for cardiac care
For the fourth year in a row, UNC Health Johnston has been recognized by Healthgrades as a five-star recipient for treatment of heart attack. The award places the organization in the upper echelon of hospitals for specialty care nationwide.
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Healthgrades Ranks UNC Health Johnston Among Top 5 in North Carolina for Cardiology
UNC Health Johnston ranks #5 in North Carolina for cardiology according to a new analysis released by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. To determine this year’s state ranking recipients, Healthgrades evaluated clinical performance for nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide focusing on 18 key specialties across a mix of chronic, urgent and surgical specialty areas.
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UNC Health Johnston has been nationally recognized for its cardiac services by Healthgrades
The hospital received the 2023 Coronary Intervention Excellence Award and is a Five-Star recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures and Treatment of Heart Attack.
Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards recognize the top 10% of hospitals across the country in 17 specialty care areas. This achievement reflects Johnston’s outstanding clinical outcomes for cardiac services and distinguishes Johnston as one of the nation’s leading hospitals for coronary intervention.
From 2019-2021, patients treated at hospitals receiving the Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™ have, on average, a 46.7% lower risk of dying while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award.
UNC Health Johnston nationally recognized with an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
UNC Health Johnston in Clayton received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. This national distinction celebrates the hospital’s achievement in protecting hospital patients from preventable harm and errors.
“The safety of our patients is always the top priority,” says Tom Williams, CEO and president of UNC Health Johnston. “Our teams and medical providers work diligently every day to provide safe, quality care.”
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UNC Health Johnston is a Healthgrades five-star recipient third year in a row for treatment of heart attack
UNC Health Johnston today announced it is five-star rated for treatment of heart attack according to new research released by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients.
This five-star rating reflects Johnston’s dedication to delivering better-than-expected clinical outcomes for treatment of heart attack and distinguishes the organization as one of the nation’s leading hospitals for specialty care. Johnston has received a Five-Star Distinction for Treatment of Heart Attack for three years in a row, from 2021 to 2023.
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UNC Health Johnston nationally recognized for commitment to providing high-quality stroke care
UNC Health Johnston has received the American Heart Association’s GoldPlus Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
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Johnston Health nationally recognized with an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
Johnston Health has received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. This national distinction recognizes the organization’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital.
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Healthgrades names Johnston Health as top 5% of hospitals in U.S. for patient safety for second year in a row
Johnston Health today announced that it has been recognized by Healthgrades as a 2022 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient. This distinction places Johnston Health among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers for the second year in a row (2021-2022).
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Johnston Health awarded Primary Stroke Certification from The Joint Commission
Johnston Health has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Primary Stroke Certification.
Johnston Health underwent a rigorous onsite review on Aug. 6. During the visit, a pair of Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with related certification standards including program management and delivering and facilitating clinical care. Joint Commission standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts and patients. The reviewers also conducted onsite observations and interviews.
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Johnston Health Receives the 2021 Women’s Choice Award® as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Outpatient Experience
Johnston Health has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Outpatient Experience by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in health care.
Hospitals aiming to provide the most appropriate and value-based care along with advances in technology such as minimally invasive techniques have shifted many patient cases to outpatient settings. As a result, hospitals have made significant strides in providing increased customer service to improve the outpatient experience.
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Johnston Health Achieves Healthgrades 2021 Patient Safety Excellence AwardTM
Johnston Health has been recognized as a Healthgrades 2021 Patient Safety Excellence AwardTM recipient. This distinction places Johnston Health among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers.
From 2017 through 2019, there were 190,273 potentially preventable patient safety events among Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals.* And, if all hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals performing better than expected on each of 13 Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) evaluated by Healthgrades, on average, 106,052 patient safety events could have been avoided.*
2019
Johnston Health Receives the 2019 Women’s Choice Award® as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety
Johnston Health has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in health care. The award signifies that Johnston Health is in the top 8 percent of 4,797 U.S. hospitals for patient safety. To receive the award, hospitals must also use an Inpatient Safe Surgery Checklist to assess effective communication and safe practices during three perioperative periods: prior to administration of anesthesia; prior to skin incision; and prior to the patient leaving the operating room or procedural area. Johnston Health is one of 399 award recipients representing the hospitals that have met the highest standards for patient safety in the U.S. by the Women’s Choice Award.
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Healthgrades 2019 Outstanding Patient Experience Award™
This distinction recognizes Johnston Health among the top 15 percent of hospitals nationwide, according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
Healthgrades evaluated 3,449 hospitals that submitted at least 100 patient experience surveys to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), covering admissions from January 2017 to December 2017, to identify hospital performance in this area.
Johnston Health earns Top ‘A’ safety score from Leapfrog Group
Johnston Health has received an “A” in The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2019 Hospital Safety Grade.
The high mark highlights the hospital’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safe health care.
Johnston Health Designated Blue Distinction® Center+ for Maternity Care
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has designated Johnston Health as one of the first hospitals to receive the Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care designation, a new designation under the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. This program evaluates hospitals on several quality measures, including the percentage of newborns that fall into the category of early elective delivery, an ongoing concern in the medical community.
Johnston Health named one of the top 25 hospitals in NC by BusinessNC Magazine
Johnston Health has made Business North Carolina’s top 25 list for hospitals in the state. The list ranks the state’s adult, acute-care hospitals with at least 50 beds based on performance in 25 metrics. The magazine looks at information provided by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including patient-satisfaction surveys, infection rates, and readmission and death rates for common conditions and procedures. It also considers criteria from insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield, U.S. News & World Report and The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that grades hospitals based on patient-safety records.
