Awards and Recognitions

• West Penn Allegheny Health System
• Allegheny General Hospital
• West Penn Hospital
• Alle-Kiski Medical Center
• Canonsburg General Hospital
• West Penn Hospital - Forbes Regional Hospital

West Penn Allegheny Health System

Eighty six physicians have been recognized in the latest edition of The Best Doctors in America, a peer-review based guide to the nation’s top healthcare professionals.

2006 Most Wired Supply Chain Award

                                            Materials Management in Healthcare Magazine

Allegheny General Hospital

One of the Top 100 Hospitals

for Cardiovascular Care

2008 Thomson Health Care

The 2008 Fine Award was given to applaud the Coronary Care Unit, which eliminated catheter-related bloodstream infections through standardized processes, staff training and consistent monitoring of patients.

One of the country’s 100 Top Hospitals:

2008 Performance Improvement Leaders

                                     Thomson Healthcare

Seven dentists were named to

Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2008 “Top Dentists” list

2007 GWTG Bronze Annual Performance Award

for CAD treatment. 

                      American Heart Association

                      American Stoke Association

Premium® Surgical Spine and

Total Joint Replacement Specialty Center

                                                                UnitedHealth

Recognized by the American Heart Association for

excellence in the secondary prevention

of cardiovascular disease

West Penn Hospital

2007and 2008 Home Elite List

                                             OCS, Inc.

(Ranking The Western Pennsylvania Hospital’s Home Health Agency among the

top 25 percent of home health care agencies in the United States for quality of care,

quality improvement and financial performance)

The West Penn Bariatric Surgery Center:

Ranked No. 1 in Pennsylvania two years in a row

                                        HealthGrades,® 2007-2008

                                       HealthGrades,® 2008-2009

2007 and 2008 National Excellence Award

2007 and 2008 Five-Star Rankings

                                              HealthGrades;®

2007, 2008, and 2009 Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery

                                         Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

CIGNA Certified Hospital for Bariatric Surgery

                                                         Cigna Healthcare

Was first in the state (in 2006) to earn

Level 1 Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation

                                                             American College of Surgeons

Center of Excellence

                                              American Society of Bariatric Surgery

                                  American College of Surgeons

          HealthAmerica

                           United Resource Network

                                                         Cigna

One of the Top 100 Hospitals

for Cardiovascular Care

2007and 2008 Thomson Health Care

2007 Blue Distinction Center for cardiac care

                                                  Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008

Full Incentive Program Award

                                                   Highmark

(recognizing a reduction in hospital-acquired infections and other improvements,

now in its fourth consecutive year)

2007 Premium® Cardiac Specialty Centers

                                              UnitedHealth

In 2006, West Penn became the first and only hospital in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania to achieve Magnet recognition status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center

Named by as among the country’s “100 Top Hospitals”

for overall performance for 3 consecutive years

2002, 2003, 2004

Solucient Institute

Among the country’s “100 Top Hospitals”

for cardiovascular services and intensive care

                                                                     Solucient Institute

West Penn Hospital’s cardiovascular services were

recognized among “America’s best Hospitals”

                                                        U.S. News and World Report

The West Penn Burn Center is the only burn center to earn verification from the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

In 2001, West Penn was the first and only center in  western Pennsylvania named a Center of Excellence     by the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation

The Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital has been accredited by the Intersocietal Commission on Vascular Lab Accreditation since 1999. It was the first in Pittsburgh and one of the first 10 in the country to receive this accreditation.

“Best Hospital” in the A-K Valley for the sixth consecutive year

Valley News Dispatch

2008 Reader’s Choice Awards

2008 Specialty Excellence Award for

Pulmonary Care and Patient Safety

Recognized in 2006 for being in

the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for Patient Safety

Canonsburg General Hospital

2008 Achievement Awards

                  Hospital Association of Pennsylvania

(The winning entry in the operational excellence category was titled, "Patient-focused Changes in Emergency Department Processes Lead to Increased Patient Satisfaction and Growth.")

Excellence in Medical Marketing

                                  2008 Aster Awards

2005 "Facility of Choice”

award for quality care and patient satisfaction

                           American Alliance of Healthcare Providers

2005 Employer of the Year

The Pennsylvania Federation of Business

and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc

The Western Pennsylvania Hospital – Forbes Regional Campus

One of the nation's

100 Top Performance Improvement Leader Hospitals

                                       2004 and 2005 Solucient Institute

2004 Certificate of Achievement

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

CRUSADE Certificate of Excellence award

                                                   Duke Clinical Research Institute

"Best Hospital in the Eastern Suburbs”

                                              Gateway Publications