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 2008 Weight loss Surgery Program designated a Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons (ACS)

2008 Accredited by the American Surgery Center Network (BSCN) Accreditation Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) as a Level 1b facility

2008 HealthGrades Maternity Care Excellence Award™  Palmetto earned five-star rating for clinical excellence and is ranked among the Top 5% of hospitals in the nation for Maternity Care Services – Six Years in a Row (2003 – 2008)

2008 American Heart Association Get With The Guidelinessm (GWTG) Silver Performance Achievement Award for demonstrating that, for at least one year, that 85% of coronary patients have been treated by recommended treatment guidelines  Learn more.  Silver Award hospitals received:

.  Recognition in the U.S. News and World Report “Best Hospitals” issue, July 2008
. Recognition event, Scientific Sessions, December 2008
. Recognition event, International Stroke Conference, March 2009

2008 Life Alliance Luminare Award
75% conversion rate achieving the conversion rate goal established by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the “Gift of Life Donation Initiative”

 2007 Six-time Thomson Top 100 Hospital (1997-2001, 2003)


2007 HealthGrades Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award
Ranked Five-star rating for Clinical Excellence in Bariatric Surgery from HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings organization, in the Second Annual HealthGrades Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals Study

2007 American Heart Association Start! Miami Dade Heart Walk Top Hospital.

2007 American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines Bronze Performance Achievement Award Bronze Award hospitals follow treatment guidelines in certain key measures at least 85% of the time for a minimum of 90 days.  Bronze Award Hospitals were recognized at Scientific Sessions Recognition event, International Stroke Conference, February 2008

2007 American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease Initial Performance Achievement Award


2007 Life Alliance Luminare Award
75% conversion rate achieving the conversion rate goal established by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Gift of Life Donation Initiative


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