Awards and Recognition

Bayhealth’s commitment to excellence has been recognized both statewide and nationwide.
 

Awards

• Clinical Excellence Award for Overall Critical Care (2009 & 2010)
• Ranked Best (#1) in Delaware for Overall Critical Care (2010)
• Ranked #1 in Delaware for Overall Cardiac Services (2010)
• Ranked #1 in Delaware for Cardiac Surgery (2008, 2009 & 2010)
• Ranked #2 in Delaware for Cardiology Services
• Five-Star Rated for Valve Replacement Surgery (2008, 2009 & 2010)
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Attack (2008, 2009 & 2010)
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure (2007 - 2010)
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Sepsis (2010)

Recognized by J.D. Power and Associates for providing an "Outstanding Inpatient Experience" (2007 – 2009)
 

Becker Hospital Review has named Bayhealth Kent General as one of the nation’s top 100 community hospitals in 2012.

Bayhealth Kent General’s Intensive Care Unit is the recipient of the 2009 - 2010 Beacon Award for Critical Care, given by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).

Most Wired – the Most Improved by Hospitals & Health Networks® magazine (2008)

McKesson Chairman’s Achievement Award (2008)

Four 2008 Silver Annual Performance Awards for having 12 consecutive months of 85 percent or higher adherence to all performance measures in "Get with the Guidelines" latest evidence-based guidelines for Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure (2008)

American Heart Association Delaware Heart Walk top fundraiser in Southern Delaware 2012.

Bayhealth Kent General received the Get With The Guidelines^®–Resuscitation Silver Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association in 2012.

Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association in 2012.
 

10th Annual Summer Blood Challenge 1st in Participation in the Extra Large Employer Category, 2nd in points Earned Overall, 3rd in Highest New Members Overall and 3rd in Total Number of Blood Donations Overall in 2012.

W. L. (Bill) Gore Award of Excellence received by the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center for demonstrating high levels of performance excellence (2007)

Child Care & Early Learning Center received the Delaware Quality Commitment Award (2008) and Quality Award of Merit (2009)

Home Care Elite (2006 – 2012)

Quality Leader Golden Apple Award from Quality Insights of Delaware (2008)

EwingCole, has earned the 2012 Best Interior Design Award given by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware Chapter in 2012.
 

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Philadelphia awarded a $90,000 grant to the Bayhealth Cancer Institute for the grant year April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013.
 

Patriotic Employer Award given by the Employer Support of Guard and Reserve (ESGR) from the U.S. Department of Defense in 2012.
 

Accreditation

• Accredited by the Joint Commission (JC), Bayhealth is committed to providing advanced medical technology and treatment options, state-of-the-art equipment and extensive consumer health education programs.
• Cancer program – American College of Surgeons (ACS), Commission on Cancer (COC) – Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program – Kent and Milford
• Diagnostic Imaging – American College of Radiology (ACR) – Mammography, Ultrasound & Vascular, Milford, Middletown, OP, MOB and Kent; Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Milford and Kent
• Home Care – Skilled Home Health Agency License
• Inpatient Rehabilitation program – Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Laboratory Services – American Association of Blood Banks; Joint Commission – Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Services
•  Pharmacy – American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Pharmacy Residency Program; DEA Controlled Substance Certificate; Certification with State of Delaware Division of Professional Regulation; Uniform Controlled Substance Certificate
• Trauma – American College of Surgeons (ACS), Commission on Trauma (COT) – Level III, Kent and Milford
• Sleep Disorders Center at Kent – American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Women’s Centers – ACR Mammography Accreditation and ACR Ultrasound & Vascular Accreditation, Kent and Milford
• Cardiac Diagnostic Center – Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) –Vascular Accreditation