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Awards & Accolades

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Accredited Bariatric Center of Excellence (ASMBS)

Accredited Breast Centers

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota

  • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence – America College of Radiology (ACR)

Largo Medical Center

  • Accredited Breast Center – American College of Surgeons (ACoS)
  • Accredited Breast Center – National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)

Osceola Regional Medical Center

  • Certified Breast Cancer – The Joint Commission

St. Petersburg General Hospital

  • Accredited Breast Center with Digital Imaging & Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) by The American College of Radiology (ACR)

Hospitals with Accredited Mammography services by the American College of Radiology (ACR)

Accredited Cancer Programs (ACoS CoC)

Accredited Chest Pain Centers (SCPC)

Fourteen HCA West Florida Division hospitals have earned Accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers and nine of these facilities have earned Chest Pain Accreditation with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Learn More

Accredited Imaging Services

The following accreditations have been awarded by the American College of Radiology.

Central Florida Regional Hospital

  • Mammography Services
  • Ultrasound Services

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota

  • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
  • Mammography

Edward White Hospital

  • CT
  • Ultrasound

Englewood Community Hospital

  • CT
  • Mammography
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Ultrasound

Fawcett Memorial Hospital

  • Mammography
  • Nuclear Medicine

Medical Center of Trinity

  • CT
  • Mammography
  • MRI
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Ultrasound

Northside Hospital

  • CT
  • MRI
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Ultrasound

Oak Hill Hospital

  • CT
  • Mammography
  • MRI
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Ultrasound

Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point

  • CT
  • MRI
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Ultrasound

South Bay Hospital

  • CT
  • MRI
  • Ultrasound

St. Petersburg General Hospital

  • Breast Center with Digital Imaging & Computer-Aided Detection (CAD)

Accredited Inpatient Rehabilitation Program (CARF)

CARF logoBlake Medical Center in Manatee County, Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Charlotte County and Largo Medical Center in Largo provide Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accredited Inpatient Rehabilitation programs. To earn this distinction, a rehabilitation facility must pass an in-depth review of its services. It is assurance that the facility meets rigorous CARF guidelines for service and quality and conforms to nationally and internationally recognized service standards.

Advanced Primary Stroke Centers

Certified Diabetes Education Program (ADA)

Comprehensive Stroke Center

Northside Hospital is one of only 18 hospitals in the state to earn Comprehensive Stroke Center designation. To receive this distinction, a hospital must achieve Primary Stroke Center certification and provide a full spectrum of neuroscience-related care, including the latest in detection, treatment and rehabilitation for stroke patients.

Joint Commission Certifications

The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Certification Program evaluates clinical programs across the continuum of care.

HCA West Florida Division Hospitals have earned several Disease-Specific Certifications.

Blake Medical Center

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • Heart Failure
  • Joint Replacement – Hip
  • Joint Replacement – Knee

Brandon Regional Hospital

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
  • Heart Failure

Central Florida Regional Hospital

  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota

  • Advanced Heart Failure
  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • Diabetes
  • Joint Replacement – Hip
  • Joint Replacement – Knee
  • Spinal Fusion

Fawcett Memorial Hospital

  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • Joint Replacement – Hip
  • Joint Replacement – Knee
  • Spine Surgery

Largo Medical Center

  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center

Northside Hospital

  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center

Oak Hill Hospital

  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • Joint Replacement – Hip
  • Joint Replacement – Knee
  • Spinal Fusion

Osceola Regional Medical Center

  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • Breast Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Joint Replacement – Hip
  • Joint Replacement – Knee
  • Lung Cancer

Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction
  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • COPD
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
  • Heart Failure
  • Joint Replacement – Hip
  • Joint Replacement – Knee
  • Lung Cancer
  • Pneumonia
  • Wound Care

South Bay Hospital

  • Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • Total Joint Replacement – Hip
  • Total Joint Replacement - Knee

St. Petersburg General Hospital

  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center

Three Star Rating by Society for Thoracic Surgeons

Brandon Regional Hospital and Osceola Regional Medical Center have received a “3 Star” rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for quality care in cardiac surgery.

The STS is a professional not-for-profit organization representing 6,000 surgeons, researchers, and allied health professionals worldwide. The STS maintains the largest clinical outcomes database for cardiothoracic patients in the United States with more than three million cardiothoracic procedures represented. In order to achieve this high rating, the hospital had to exceed or come within range in four critical areas of evaluation; avoidance of mortality, avoidance of morbidity, use of the internal mammary artery and appropriate medication administration.

Top Performers (Joint Commission)

photo of joint commission award key

Twelve of 15 HCA West Florida hospitals have been named as Top Performers on Key Quality Measures for 2011 by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in America: Brandon Regional Hospital, Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Englewood Community Hospital, Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Largo Medical Center, Medical Center of Trinity, Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson, St. Petersburg General Hospital and South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center.

The Joint Commission recognized only 620 hospitals as Top Performers in using evidence-based care processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes. This represents about 18 percent of Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and critical access facilities in the nation.

This is the second year in a row that Central Florida Regional Hospital, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Largo Medical Center, Medical Center of Trinity (formerly Community Hospital), Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point and South Bay Hospital achieved this distinction. Only 244 hospitals nationwide accomplished consecutive distinctions for 2010 and 2011, with 2010 being the first time the award was given.

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