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About Us : Awards & Recognition

MUSC and its faculty and staff members have received numerous honors and awards. Recent honors include:

U.S. News Best Hospitals: 2009-2010
The MUSC Medical Center was named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the country's best hospitals in the treatment of digestive disorders, kidney disease, ear, nose and throat disorders, gynecology, respiratory disorders and rheumatology in 2009.

The MUSC pediatric cardiology department was also ranked for Best Children's Hospitals for it's Children's Heart Program.
 More information on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital rankings

Best Doctors in America: 2009-2010
Two hundred sixty-one doctors on faculty at MUSC and their affiliates were listed among the Best Doctors in America: 2009-2010 Edition.
 More information on Best Doctors at MUSC

MUSC nurses ranked among best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
MUSC nurses were voted 78 percent by patients who were surveyed as always polite and communicative.  The top ten percent of hospitals' results ranged between 82 and 78 percent with the average of all reporting hospitals at 74 percent.
 More on nurse rankings

National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center it the state's only NCI-designated center and a national leader in cancer research.
 More information on the National Cancer Institute

Premier Healthcare Alliance Premier Award for Quality: 2009
Premier healthcare alliance has recognized MUSC as one of the nation's top hospitals for commitment to high-quality patient care and operational efficiency by awarding the Premier Award for Quality (AFQ).  MUSC was one of 23 winners of this award, out of more than 3,796 eligible hospitals nationwide.
 
More information on the Premier Award for Quality

National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
MUSC's Hollings Cancer Center has been awarded three year, full accreditation from the American College of Surgeons for the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. 
 Find out why accredited programs are important to you.

U.S. News Best Graduate Schools: 2008
The Medical University of South Carolina ranked high in the U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings for best graduate schools in the country in the area of primary care.
 More Information on MUSC's Ranking in U.S. News

HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital for Patient Safety: 2008
MUSC was the only South Carolina hospital in the Lowcountry to be noted as a "2008 Distinguished Hospital for Patient Safety" by HealthGrades in "The Fifth Annual HealthGrades Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study."
 More Information on the HealthGrades Patient Safety Study

National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award: 2008-2009 
The NRC has recognized MUSC Medical Center as one of the nation's top hospitals for the eleventh year in a row with the 2008/2009 Consumer Choice Award. This award identifies hospitals which healthcare consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in over 250 markets throughout the US.
 
More Information on the NRC Consumer Choice Award and MUSC 

Child Magazine Best Children's Hospitals: 2007
MUSC Children's Hospital was named in the top 25 children's hospitals in the nation by Child Magazine in its second survey of children's hospitals.
 More Information on Child Magazine's ranking of MUSC Children's Hospital

University HealthSystem Consortium Rising Star Award: 2007
The Medical University of South Carolina was recognized by the University HealthSystem Consortium for making significant improvement in our performance within quality and accountability.  UHC, based in Oak Brook, IL, is an alliance of 97 academic medical centers and 153 of their affiliated hospitals, representing more than 90% of the nation’s non-profit Academic Medical Center’s.  MUSC was one of seven organizations to receive this award because of our significant improvement over the last year in Patient Safety, Mortality, Effectiveness and Equity.  The Medical University of South Carolina is now among the top 25% of the academic medical centers within UHC in terms of quality and accountability.
 More information on University HealthSystem Consortium

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) South Carolina Hospital of the Year: 2005-2006
NAMI South Carolina has named MUSC's Institute of Psychiatry as South Carolina's Hospital of the Year 2005 and 2006. 
 More information on NAMI

Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring Laboratory Accreditation
The Intraoperative Monitoring Laboratory at MUSC has been accredited by the Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring Laboratory Accreditation Board of ABRET (LAB-NIOM).  The purpose of the Laboratory Accreditation Board of ABRET is to recognize, through an objective peer review process, Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring Laboratories that comply with established standards and guidelines; have policies and procedures in place that meet its standards of care; and support professionalism and quality patient care.
 More information on ABRET

American Heart Association Triple Performance Award
MUSC Heart & Vascular Center received the Triple Performance Award for Stroke, Coronary Artery Disease and Congestive Heart Failure, as well as the Gold Award in each category.
 More information on the AHA awards

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