NICHE Designation: Saint Peter’s University Hospital has achieved “Senior Friendly” status for its NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) program. NICHE hospitals such as Saint Peter’s commit to excellence in the care of patients 65 years and older.March 2013
Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Bronze: Saint Peter’s University Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Bronze Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. January 2013
Joint Commission Ranked: Saint Peter’s Healthcare System has been named one of the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. October 2012
Commission on Cancer Accreditation: The cancer program at Saint Peter’s University Hospital has been granted a three-year accreditation with commendation by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The designation means that Saint Peter’s “has dedicated itself to providing the best in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer” and that the program meets established national standards, according to the ACoS. October 2012
National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers: The Breast Center at Saint Peter’s University Hospital has been granted a three-year/full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. August 2012
Saint Peter’s named a Most Wired hospital: Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association. July 2012
Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus - Saint Peter’s University Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes Saint Peter’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines. June 2012
Magnet Recognition - Saint Peter's University Hospital was the tenth hospital in the nation to be designated as a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 1998. In 2010, we became one of only six hospitals in the world to have achieved this honor for a fourth consecutive term. The Magnet Award is the highest honor given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. 1998, 2002, 2006, 2011
Beacon Award - The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Saint Peter’s University Hospital has earned its third Beacon Award for Critical-Care Excellence. Presented by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the Beacon Award recognizes the nation’s top critical (intensive) care units. There are more than 6,000 ICUs in the United States and only 10 in the entire country have earned this coveted award three times. 2006-2007, 2009-2010, 2011-2012