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Awards and Accreditations

Emerson health is proud to have high quality and patient safety scores that reflect our commitment to the best possible patient care.

Quality Awards

  • Forbes and Statisa Best Employer in State 2024
  • Healthgrades
    • 2025 America’s Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery Award
    • 2025 Outpatient Prostate Care Excellence Award
    • 2023 and 2022 Patient Safety Excellence Award
    • 2023 and 2022 Outstanding Patient Experience Award
  • 2024 Women’s Choice Awards, Best Hospital Award and Best Hospital Awards for:
    • Comprehensive Breast Care
    • Orthopedics
    • Mammogram Imaging 
    • Stroke Care
  • The Boston Globe and The Women’s Edge Top 100 Women-Led Business from 2017 – 2024
  • 2024, 2023 and 2022 Best Maternity Hospital by Newsweek
  • 2025 Boston Magazine Top Doctors (87 Emerson Doctors)
  • Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award® (Emerson Endoscopy & Digestive Health Center)
  • The College for Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME): 2024 Most Wired Hospital Level 8
  • Massachusetts Department of Public Health Breastfeeding Achievement Award
  • Mass General Network Excellence Award for Stroke Care

Quality Designations

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Blue Distinction Center+
    • Maternity Care
    • Bariatric Surgery
    • Knee and Hip Replacement
  • American Heart Association:
    • Stroke Gold Plus Designation
    • Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
  • Designated a Primary Stroke Center by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Coverdell Hospital National Acute Stroke Program Awards:
    • Achieving Door to CT scan <= 25 minutes for at least 75% of stroke patients
    • Documentation of Modified Rankin Scale greater than or = to 95%
    • Coverdale Stroke Systems of Care Partnership Award
  • Baby-Friendly USA Designation
  • American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) Certified Program
  • Optum Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence
  • Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses  Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation.

Accreditations

  • The Joint Commission:
    • Hospital and Home Care Accreditation
    • Primary Stroke Center Advanced Certification
  • American College of Surgeons:
    • National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)
    • Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)
  • American College of Radiology:
    • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
    • CT Scan
    • MRI: General MRI, Head, Spine, Body, MSK, MRA and Breast MRI
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • PET
    • Ultrasound: Breast Ultrasound, General Ultrasound, Obstetrical, Gynecological, Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy
    • Mammography: General Mammography and Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
  • American Association of Blood Banks
  • College of American Pathologists
  • Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Accreditation Review
  • Intersocietal Accreditation Commission: Superficial Venous Evaluation and Management, Extracranial Cerebrovascular, Peripheral Venous and Peripheral Arterial Testing
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