Awards and Distinction
At Alta Bates Summit Medical Center we are extremely proud of our team, and of their commitment to excellence in health care.
The following awards and recognitions wouldn't have been possible without the hard work and dedication that transpires here every day.
| Ranked One of the Top Hospitals for Coronary Bypass Surgery! In a 2008 OSHPD report, the Summit Campus of Alta Bates Summit performed significantly better than the state's average — one of only three hospitals with such high marks. View the report... |  |
| One of the Top Hospitals in the U.S. Forty-one U.S. hospitals have been named 2007 Leapfrog Top Hospitals, based on results from the Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, a rating system that provides an up-to-the-minute assessment of a hospital's quality and safety. Read more... View the report... |  |
| Top 5% In the Nation by HealthGrades! Alta Bates Summit Medical Center has been recognized as among the Top Five Percent of hospitals in the nation in 2007 by HealthGrades®, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings company. Read more... |  |
| Alta Bates Summit Receives Get With The Guidelines Silver Performance Achievement Award Get With the Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease Silver Performance Achievement Award 2008-2009 – American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. See the List... View the award criteria... |  |
| Alta Bates Summit Receives American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Silver Performance Achievement Award Get With the Guidelines Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award 2008– American Stroke Association. See the List... View the award criteria... |  |
Additional Awards and Recognition
- Three year re-accreditation from the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) for Alta Bates Summit Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) program (2008- 2011). Read more...
- Recipient of the 2008 and 2007 HealthGrades Specialty Excellence Award™ for Stroke Care - ranked among the Top 5% of hospitals nation wide for Stroke Care. View the report...
- Better than Expected Outcomes for Community-Acquired Pneumonia – (OSHPD Report findings 6/08). View the report...
- American Stroke Association Performance Achievement Award, 2007
- VHA Award Certificate for Clinical Performance Improvement (AMI Care, Pneumonia Care, and SCIP Care) and High Reliability (Heart Failure Care).
- VHA Award Trophy for Community Benefit (Alta Bates Summit Ethnic Health Institute)
- Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence - American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Read more...
- Start! Fit Friendly Company – American Heart Association
- 2006 Excellence in Patient Safety and Health Care Quality Award – for results of Leapfrog Group Hospital Quality and Safety Survey
- 2006 Corporate Wellness Leadership Award – American Heart Association
- Cardiac Receiving Center - Designation by the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency (2006)
- 2006 Partner for Change Award, Hospitals for a Health Environment (Summit Campus)
- Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame Award, Health category (Miss Alta Bates), 2006
- Maggie Award for Best Print Newsletter, Western Publications Association, 2006
- Better than Expected Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery – one of only two California hospitals recognized for three consecutive years (OSHPD and PBGH)
- HealthGrades 2008/ 2007 Recognitions: Maternity Care (Alta Bates)
- 5-Star rated in Maternity Care - HealthGrades 2008/ 2007 Recognitions: Cardiac (Summit)
- 5-star rated in the treatment of Heart Attack
- 5-star rated in the treatment of Heart Failure
- 5-star rated in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation for the 5th year in a row - HealthGrades 2008/ 2007 Recognitions: GI (Alta Bates)
- Five-Star Rated for Bowel Obstruction, GI Bleed and GI Surgery & Procedures (2008, 2007)
- Ranked Among the Best #10 / (Top 10) in California for Overall GI Services - HealthGrades 2008/ 2007 Recognitions: Critical Care
- Ranked Among the Top5 California for Overall Critical Care Services (Summit)
- Five-star Rated for the Treatment of Sepsis (Summit/ Alta Bates)
- 2008, 2007 HealthGrades Critical Care Excellence Award (Summit)
- Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Critical Care Services (Summit)
- Five-star Rated for Overall Critical Care (Summit)
- Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Sepsis (Summit)
- Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Respiratory Failure (Summit) - HealthGrades 2008/ 2007 Recognitions: General Surgery (Alta Bates)
- Five-Star Rated for the Treatment of Bowel Obstruction - HealthGrades 2008/ 2007 Recognitions: Pulmonary
- Five-star rated for treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia (Alta Bates, Summit)
- 2007 HealthGrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award (Summit)
- Ranked Among the Top 10% I the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services (Summit)
- Five star rated for overall Pulmonary Services (Summit)