Awards Accreditations and Accolades for the Elliot Health System

Elliot Health System is proud to be recognized
for providing the highest quality of healthcare a commitment we've made to our patients for
over 115 years.

Most Wired Hospital
Elliot Hospital is proud to be named one of Healthcare’s Top Wired Hospitals in the country. Hospitals & Health Networks magazine annual Most Wired hospitals show better outcomes in patient satisfaction, risk-adjusted mortality rates and other key quality measures through the use of information technology (IT), according to a new analysis. Elliot Health System has made information technology a priority in patient care in recent years, implementing electronic medical records, My E Chart, which allows patients to manage their personal medical records, wireless internet access for hospitalized patients and a wealth of information provided to both patients and staff via the internet. Elliot Hospital won in the Most Improved category in July 2008.

2009 Business of the Year
Elliot has been named Business NH Magazine’s 2009 Healthcare Business of the Year! Elliot is being recognized for its contributions to the healthcare industry and its strong commitment tocivic involvement at all levels of the organization. “As a community healthcare system, I’m proud to receive this award because it is truly recognition of our doctors, nurses and staff and all that they do both within Elliot and outside of Elliot each and every day,” said Doug Dean, President & CEO. “This is a very dedicated team and I am honored to work among the most talented people who love caring for people!”

Press Ganey Summit Award
Press Ganey Associates has named the Elliot One Day Surgery Center a Summit Award Winner for in 2006, 2007 and 2008. This award is the healthcare satisfaction industry’s most coveted symbol of achievement bestowed annually in recognition of top performing facilities that sustain the highest level of customer satisfaction for three or more consecutive years. The Elliot One Day Surgery Center is just one of 8 ambulatory surgery centers in the country to receive the distinction 2007.

Consumer Choice Award Winner
2005, 2006 & 2009/2010
The National Research Corporation (NRC) named Elliot Hospital a Consumer Choice Award winner two years in a row for being the most preferred hospital for overall quality and image in the Manchester and Nashua service area. The Consumer Choice Awards are based on four Healthcare Market Guide Quality/Image indicators: Best Overall Quality, Best Doctors, Best Nurses, and Best Image/Reputation.

Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
Elliot Health System is proud to be one of only two facilities in New Hampshire to be named a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. Organizations who have earned this distinction have demonstrated excellence in breast imaging by successfully achieving accreditation in Mammography, Stereotactic Breast Biopsy, Breast Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy.

Best Company to Work for in New Hampshire Semifinalist 2006 & 2007
Elliot Health System has been named a semifinalist in Business New Hampshire Magazine’s annual contest in both 2006 and 2007. We are honored to be recognized for providing generous medical and supplemental benefits such as on-site daycare, vacation packages, work-life balance and more.

Licensed Plus Status
Licensed Plus is a quality rating system through the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services that recognizes New Hampshire child care programs for efforts to improve the quality of care for young children and rewards programs that strive to improve their practices and staff qualifications. It also allows families to identify programs with higher quality. Levels build from a foundation of minimum standards for licensing to full national accreditation. The Elliot Employee Child Care Center has proudly achieved and maintained Licensed Plus status from the time it was developed and implemented.

Community Value Index™
Elliot Hospital has been named to the Community Value IndexTM (CVI) Five-Star hospitals list by Cleverly & Associates. Hospitals are evaluated on three areas: Financial viability and plant reinvestment, cost structure and charge structure. The combined performance in each area is the Community Value IndexTM score. Those hospitals with scores in the top twenty percent are designated as “Five-Star” facilities. A subset of this group is the “Top 100” which contains the highest scoring facilities in
the country.