Recognition
Accreditations/Recognition
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall is committed to quality, and is accredited by several organizations that set health care standards and monitor performance.
Magnet Accreditation
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall achieved Magnet designation on September 15, 2020. This is a direct reflection of nursing professionalism, teamwork and collaboration in patient care. The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® distinguishes organizations that meet rigorous standards for nursing excellence. With this credential, Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall joins the global community of Magnet-recognized organizations. Only a small and select group of United States health care organizations have achieved Magnet recognition. Magnet recognition is the gold standard for nursing excellence and is a factor when the public judges health care organizations. U.S. News & World Report’s annual showcase of “America’s Best Hospitals” includes Magnet designation in its ranking criteria for quality of inpatient care. The foundation of this model comprises various elements deemed essential to delivering superior patient care. These include the quality of nursing leadership and coordination and collaboration across specialties, as well as processes for measuring and improving the quality and delivery of care.
NAMED AMONG Healthgrades® ONE OF AMERICA’S 100 BEST HOSPITALS
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) was pleased to announce that it is one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2024. This moves MSLC from one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals, a distinction held for the last five consecutive years, according to new research released by Healthgrades, the leading resource consumers use to find a hospital or doctor. This achievement puts MSLC in the top 2% of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance along with numerous other accolades from Healthgrades. Healthgrades also recognized MSLC for exceptional care in Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, Gastrointestinal Disorders, and Diabetic Hospitalizations. This recognition reflects MSLC’s commitment to exceptional patient care.
named #1 FoR Healthgrades® CRITICAL CARE IN NEW YORK STATE
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) announced that it has been named #1 in New York State for Critical Care two years in a row according to a new analysis released by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. Critical Care encompasses in-hospital treatment for patients with life-threatening conditions such as sepsis, pulmonary embolism, respiratory failure, and diabetic emergencies.
NAMED AMONG Healthgrades® top 250 best hospitals
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC), a nationally-recognized provider of health care, achieved the America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ four years in a row, as announced by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems. The distinction places MSLC among the top 5% of nearly 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its consistent, year-over-year superior clinical performance as measured by Healthgrades. This year will mark MSLC’s second consecutive year achieving the 250 Best Hospitals Award. MSLC’s achievement is part of findings released in the Healthgrades 2020 Report to the Nation, which underscores the importance of hospital quality to both consumers and hospital executives. Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 32 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions. This recognition proceeds numerous other clinical achievements by MSLC from Healthgrades including the Patient Safety Excellence Award (2017-2019) and General Surgery Excellence Award 2018). Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall has also been recognized by Healthgrades for being in the Top 10 percent of the Nation for the early identification and treatment of Sepsis and is a 5-Star award recipient for Natural Childbirth (2015-2019) and Treatment of Heart Failure for 5 consecutive years. Additionally, for the fourth consecutive year, MSLC was once again named among America’s 250 Best Hospitals, placing it in the top 5 percent in the nation and an overall leader in clinical excellence.
named Healthgrades® 2023 outpatient joint replacement excellence award recipient
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) announced today that it has been recognized as a 2023 Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ recipient by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. This achievement reflects Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall’s outstanding clinical outcomes for outpatient knee and hip replacement and distinguishes Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall in the top 5% nationwide for Outpatient Joint Replacement. Healthgrades analyzed patient outcomes at short-term acute care hospitals throughout the country that offer joint replacement in the outpatient environment. This analysis included data from 2019 through 2021 to identify the top-performing hospitals for outpatient knee and hip replacement. Healthgrades’s analysis revealed significant variation in patient outcomes between hospitals that achieved a 2023 Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Award and those that did not during the three-year study period.
Healthgrades® Five Star Recipient
Healthgrades® has recognized Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall for its high quality patient care. We have received this recognition in Natural Childbirth for six consecutive years (2015-2020). This 5-star rating indicates that the hospital’s clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when treating the condition or performing the procedure being evaluated. Providing quality care to our patients is our number one priority. MSLC has also received a 5-star rating in C-Section Delivery in 2020.
IDSA ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
The Infectious Diseases Society of America has conferred upon Montefiore
St. Luke's Cornwall the designation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Center
of Excellence. The designation recognizes institutions that have created
stewardship programs led by infectious diseases-trained physicians and
pharmacists that advance science in antimicrobial resistance. The institutions
also have achieved standards aligned with evidence-based national guidelines,
such as the IDSA-Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Core Elements.
A total of 177 programs nationwide have received the designation since
the program’s launch in 2017.
Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall's Newburgh campus is designated as
a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Empire Blue
Cross Blue Shield, an independent licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
Empire BlueCross BlueShield has selected Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement, part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. The MSLC Center for Joint Replacement offers the full gamut of joint replacement including the knee, hip, and shoulder; performed by a highly trained, qualified team of orthopedic surgeons on the staff of MSLC.
As a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement, MSLC demonstrates expertise in total knee and total hip replacement surgeries, resulting in fewer patient complications and hospital readmissions.
With this designation, MSLC's Center for Joint Replacement is a nationally designated healthcare facility shown to deliver improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies with input from the medical community.
Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric surgery
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall's Newburgh campus is designated as
a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery by Empire Blue Cross Blue
Shield, an independent licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
Our Bariatric Surgery Center offers Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, Laparoscopic
Gastric Bypass, and Laparoscopic Band Removal and Revision procedures
performed by a highly trained, qualified team of bariatric surgeons on
the staff of MSLC. As a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric surgery,
Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall is a nationally designated healthcare facility
recognized for its expertise in delivering Bariatric specialty care and
meeting nationally established quality measures. Our Bariatric Surgery
program is also accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation
and Quality Improvement Program ( MBSAQIP) as a Comprehensive Center.
A great place to work
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) was certified as a great workplace for the sixth consecutive year by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work-Certified™.
The prestigious award is based entirely on what employees say about their experience working at MSLC. Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.
MBSAQIP®
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall's Institute for Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery has been accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic
and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®),
a joint program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American
Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
MSLC officially launched the service in January 2015, treating patients throughout the Hudson Valley at the hospital’s Newburgh and Cornwall campuses. With this accreditation, patients seeking surgical treatment for severe obesity and its related conditions have a high-quality choice for receiving care at a nationally accredited program that meets the highest standards for patient safety and quality of care in the greater Hudson Valley Region area.
The MBSAQIP Standards, outlined in the Resources for Optimal Care of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patient 2016 ensure that bariatric surgical patients receive a multidisciplinary program, not just a surgical procedure, which improves patient outcomes and long-term success. MSLC’s accredited center offers preoperative and postoperative care designed specifically for their bariatric patients.
To earn the MBSAQIP designation, MSLC met essential criteria for staffing, training, facility, infrastructure and protocols for care, ensuring its ability to support patients with severe obesity. MSLC’s Institute for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery also participates in a national data registry that yields semiannual reports on the quality of its processes and outcomes, identifying opportunities for continuous quality improvement. The standards are specified in the MBSAQIP Resources for Optimal Care of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patient 2016, published by the ACS and ASMBS.
After submitting an application, centers seeking MBSAQIP Accreditation undergo an extensive site visit by an experienced bariatric surgeon, who reviews the center's structure, process, and clinical outcomes data. Centers are awarded a specific designation depending on how many patients it serves annually, the type of procedures it provides, and whether it provides care for patients under age 18. MSLC received outstanding remarks from its survey earlier this year, which included acknowledgment of the team’s leadership and excellent clinical outcomes.
Level III Trauma Center
The trauma center at Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall has been verified as a Level III Trauma Center through 2026 by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). This achievement recognizes the trauma center's dedication to providing optimal care for injured patients.
The MSLC Trauma Program officially began in May 2014, allowing the hospital to operate provisionally as an Area Trauma Center. Since that time, the MSLC trauma team has treated more than 10,000 patients, implementing policies and procedures designed to enhance the care provided to patients in need of trauma services.
In September 2023, MSLC had its trauma verification survey conducted by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. MSLC is the first hospital in New York State to receive a Level III trauma designation as a first time trauma center and is the only verified Level III Trauma Center in the Hudson Valley.
MSLC is proud to partner with Surgical Affiliates Management Group (SAMGI) in the management of MSLC's Trauma surgeons, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. This dynamic team assists in the management of trauma and acute care surgery patients in all areas of the hospital during a patient's stay. The Trauma Program has bolstered the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine and the Emergency Department team as it continues to provide comprehensive, high-quality emergent care to patients and their families throughout the community.
Verified trauma centers must meet the essential criteria that ensure trauma care capability and institutional performance, as outlined by the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma.
The MSLC Level III Trauma Center provides a multitude of services both within the walls of the hospital and in the community including community education to prevent trauma injuries such as "SNUG"-, Child Car Seat Safety program, Stop the Bleed", "Not One More"-Teen Traffic Safety Program and a Falls Prevention Program, etc.
The Consultation/Verification Program for Hospitals promotes the development of trauma centers in which participants provide not only the hospital resources necessary for trauma care, but also the entire spectrum of care to address the needs of all injured patients. This spectrum encompasses the prehospital phase through the rehabilitation process.
To date, the program has seen thousands of trauma patients who were able to receive excellent care faster and closer to home, undoubtedly leading to better outcomes. The Trauma Program has bolstered the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine as it continues to provide comprehensive, high-quality emergent care to our patients and their families.
American Stroke Association Recognition
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for the 14th consecutive year. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
MSLC earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients should also receive education on managing their health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.
Additionally, MSLC received the Target: Stroke SM Honor Roll Elite Plus award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke.
The Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital Cardiovascular Service Line provides an individualized and comprehensive approach to identification of cardiac risk factors and quick assessment of symptoms. State-of-the-art cardiac diagnostic equipment allows the staff to quickly obtain the necessary information to diagnose heart problems and determine the best possible plan of care.
According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.
2021 Mission: Lifeline Gold Receiving Award
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) has received the Mission: Lifeline®Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for second year in a row for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.
The hospital earned the Silver Award in 2019, and the Bronze in 2018, as these were the highest achievement possible as a result of the metrics and submissions required.
2023 Mission: Lifeline Silver Stemi Receiving Award
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center Silver recognition for its commitment to offering rapid, research-based care to people experiencing a specific type of heart attack known as an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), known to be more severe and dangerous than other types of heart attacks.
2023 Health Care's Most Wired
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall has earned 2023 CHIME Digital Health
Most Wired recognition as a certified level 7. The CHIME Digital Health
Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively
healthcare organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their
clinical and business programs to improve health and care in their communities.
MSLC has achieved the Most Wired recognition for the seventh time, as
a nod to the hospital’s information technology infrastructure.”
Among the more than 38,000 organizations surveyed by CHIME, Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall ranked above peers in categories like analytics and data management, population health, infrastructure, and patient engagement. The survey assessed the adoption, integration and impact of technologies in health care organizations at all stages of development, from early development to industry leading.
The Digital Health Most Wired survey and recognition program serves as a comprehensive “Digital Health Check-up” for healthcare organizations across the world. As success in digital health increasingly determines the quality of patient care, the scope of the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired survey reflects the progress of leading healthcare providers as they reinvent healthcare for a new century.
Aetna Institute of Quality® (IOQ) for Cardiac Care
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall has been designated as an Institute
of Quality® for Cardiac Medical Intervention by Aetna. MSLC was chosen
as an Aetna Designated IOQ facility because we demonstrate excellence
in care, a commitment to continuous improvement and represent an exceptional
value to our patients.
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
The Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric
Medicine has been named an accredited facility by the Undersea and Hyperbaric
Medical Society. The UHMS investigates twenty two separate and detailed
topics in the operations hyperbaric medicine center. Our facility has
met the standard for Administration, Facility, Governance, Patient Care,
Quality and Safety.
Since 2001, the UHMS has a clinical hyperbaric medicine facility accreditation program. Clinical hyperbaric facilities can demonstrate their commitment to patient care and facility safety by voluntarily participating in this program. When invited to perform an accreditation survey, the UHMS will send a team of experts to the facility to examine staffing and training, equipment installation, operation, and maintenance, facility and patient safety, and standards of care.
The Joint Commission
MSLC is committed to providing quality care, and has earned a gold seal
from The Joint Commission. This includes both hospital campuses, as well
as our outpatient satellite services. The Commission sets the standards
by which health care quality is measured in the U.S.
joint commission primary stroke center disease certification
MSLC has attained advanced certification by The Joint Commission. This
means that MSLC provides the next generation of stroke care and has met
and seeks to maintain The Joint Commission’s high standards in providing
stroke care.
Commission on Cancer Accreditation by the American College of Surgeons (CoC)
The oncology program at MSLC is accredited by the American College of
Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer. Fewer than one in four hospitals
that treat cancer receive this coveted approval, which is granted only
to those facilities that have voluntarily committed to providing "the
highest level of quality cancer care" and that undergo a rigorous
evaluation process and review of their performance. The accreditation
applies to both the Cornwall and Newburgh campuses.
According to the Commission, receiving care at an approved cancer program
ensures patients will have access to "comprehensive care, including
state-of-the-art services and equipment; a multi-specialty team approach
to coordinate the best treatment options; information about cancer clinical
trials and new treatment options; access to cancer-related information,
education, and support; a cancer registry that offers lifelong patient
follow-up; ongoing monitoring and improvement of care; and most importantly,
quality care close to home."
American Diabetes Association
The diabetes self-management program at Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall
(MSLC) has been awarded recognition by the American Diabetes Association
(ADA). Education recognition is presented to health care sites that meet
national standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME).
College of American Pathology (CAP)
The College of American Pathology’s Laboratory Accreditation is widely
recognized as setting the “gold standard” for laboratory services.
The laboratories at both the Cornwall and Newburgh campuses are accredited
by CAP, with re-certification required every two years.
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
The Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Center for Sleep Medicine locations
in Cornwall and Fishkill have earned accreditation from the American Academy
of Sleep Medicine (AASM). The AASM is the leader in setting standards
and promoting excellence in sleep medicine health care, education and
research. The AASM sets the clinical standards for sleep medicine. They
advocate for the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders
as well as educate professionals dedicated to providing optimal sleep
health care.
The AASM acknowledges facilities across the nation that provides only the highest quality of care. The MSLC Center for Sleep Medicine is a facility that not only provides quality diagnostic services but also effective treatment methods for its patients.
American College of Radiology (ACR)
MSLC has earned accreditation from The American College of Radiology. With
more than 32,000 members, the ACR is a professional society whose primary
purpose is to improve services to patients, advance the science of radiology,
and encourage continuing education for radiologists, radiation oncologists,
medical physicists and persons practicing in the allied professional fields.
Areas of accreditation include: CT scan at the Cornwall and Newburgh campus,
as well as ultrasound, nuclear medicine and mammography at the Newburgh campus.
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
The AACVPR has awarded MSLC's Cardiac Rehabilitation Program re-certification
with the distinction of excellence. Certification recognizes those programs
reviewed by a national board and found to uphold rigorous standards of
care designed to limit the physiological and psychological effects of
cardiac illness; reduce the risk for sudden death or relapse; control
cardiac symptoms; stabilize and/or improve health; and enhance the patient's
quality of life.
Other
In addition to voluntary accreditation, our services are also monitored by state and regulatory agencies, including:
- New York State Department of Health
- New York State Department of Health-Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection
- Livanta is the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization that manages case review activities (i.e., all beneficiary complaints/quality of care reviews, higher weighted DRG validation and non-coverage appeals) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS). Their toll free number is (866) 815-5440.
Should you have a concern about patient care or safety at MSLC, please contact a member of our management team in order to discuss your concern. If it cannot be resolved by the hospital staff or management team, you may contact the Joint Commission via the following methods:
- Visit on the web at www.jointcommission.org , using the “Report a Patient Safety Concern” link on the home page of the website.
- By mail to The Office of Quality and Patient Safety (OQPS), The Joint Commission, One Renaissance Boulevard, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181.
You may contact the New York State Department of Health by mail or by phone. The toll free number is (800) 804-5447 or you may file a complaint in writing and send it to:
New York State Department of Health
Centralized Hospital Intake Program
Mailstop: CA/DCS
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12237
For questions or comments, you can e-mail the Department of Health at hospinfo@health.state.ny.us
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