Awards & Recognitions
| Congratulations to the Alta Bates Summit Physicians and Staff for Delivering Outstanding Care to Our Patients. Certificate of Excellence – 2009 California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Task Force (CHART) Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ – 2007 HealthGrades Top Hospital – 2007 Excellence in Patient Safety and Health Care Quality Award – 2006 The Leapfrog Group Corporate Wellness Leadership Award – 2006 American Heart Association Community Benefit Award – Ethnic Health Institute Clinical Performance Improvement Award VHA, Inc. CARDIOVASCULAR Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care – 2009 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Get With the Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease Gold Sustained Performance Award – 2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure Silver Sustained Performance Award – 2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company – 2008 American Heart Association Award for High Reliability in Heart Failure Care VHA, Inc. Cardiac Receiving Center Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency Stemi Receiving Center for Contra Costa County Better than Expected Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Pacific Business Group BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION Accredited – 2008 to 2011 Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) BARIATRIC CARE Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery CRITICAL CARE Five-Star Rated for the Treatment of Sepsis – 2008 HealthGrades  Better than Expected Outcomes for Community-Acquired Pneumonia – 2008 Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development DIABETES Recognition for Diabetes Education – 2010 American Diabetes Association GASTROINTESTINAL Five-Star Rated for GI Surgery and Procedures – 2009 to 2010 HealthGrades Five-Star Rated for Treatment of GI Bleed – 2010 HealthGrades INPATIENT REHABILITATION Top 10% Nationwide for Excellence in Patient Care Uniform Data Systems Accredited Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) ORTHOPEDICS Five-Star Rated for Total Knee Replacement – 2010 HealthGrades STROKE Primary Stroke Center Certification The Joint Commission Get With the Guidelines Stroke Silver Performance Award – 2007 Gold Performance Award – 2008 Gold Sustained Performance Award – 2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Five-Star Rated for the Treatment of Stroke – 2005 to 2009 HealthGrades Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke – 2008 HealthGrades Specialty Excellence Award™ for Stroke Care – 2007/2008 HealthGrades Freddie Award International Health and Medical Media Awards WOMEN AND INFANTS Five-Star Rated for Maternity Care – 2007 to 2010 HealthGrades |