.  97.1% Quality Score--North Shore's score from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ranks above local, state and national averages.  Get details.

.  2010 Circle of Excellence Award North Shore has received this honor from Tenet six times for performing at highest levels in quality, service and operations. 

.  Five Stars For Maternity Care from HealthGrades

.  Gold, Silver and Bronze  Performance Awards, Get With The Guidelines--Coronary Artery Disease and Congestive Heart Failure   This American Heart Association program is designed to improve patient outcomes and save lives by promoting evidence-based treatments. 

.  Six CIGNA Quality Designations for Caesarean Section, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Stroke, Adult Pneumonia and Vaginal Delivery, given for meeting  rigorous quality criteria based on recognized medical standards..

.   FMQAI Performance Achievement Award--In February 2007, North Shore qualified for the initial phase of Florida Medical Quality Assurance Inc.'s statewide Performance Improvement Recognition Program.  We are among 34 acute care and critical access hospitals to receive this certification and recognition.  North Shore has now attained the first level of criteria for the final FMQAI Performance Achievement Award. 

In addition to becoming certified as a Medicare Quality Improvement Organization-collaborating hospital in the initial phase, North Shore has: 

• continuously submitted and publicly reported the full Hospital Quality Alliance measure set since 4th quarter 2005
• achieved a minimum of 80% data validation for all quarters
• achieved a minimum of 50% reduction in failure rate in these categories with these results--acute myocardial infarction 100%, heart failure  92.32%, pneumonia 96.62%.