Quality at ECMC – 2022
Dec 14, 2023 / Awards
January
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) informed ECMC that its ECMC Family Health and Internal Medicine Centers have again achieved recognition status for “Patient-Centered Medical Home™ (PCMH™), Recognized–Level 3.”
March
- Erie County Medical Center named among the top 50 hospitals in the United States for racial inclusivity. The Lown Hospital Index has developed the first ranking to examine the racial inclusivity of over 3,200 hospitals in the country to assess their success at serving the people of color living in their communities.
- ECMC one of 496 national healthcare institutions to earn an “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign; more than 2,000 healthcare facilities nationwide evaluated for their dedication and commitment to LGBTQ inclusion.
April
- ECMC has been reverified with zero deficiencies as a Level 1Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
- ECMC recognized by the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative for superseding its goal in 2021for spending with businesses owned by people of color by 44%. In addition, Nicholas Long was recognized with a Best of BPI Award for the great work he is doing to reach out to new vendors and providing them with resources and support for strengthening and certifying their businesses.
May
- Synergy Bariatrics/Center for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery was accredited for a third consecutive three-year period as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®) – a joint program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). This accreditation extends from 3/27/2022 through 3/27/2025.
August
- ECMC announced that its hip replacement surgery service has been ranked in the nation’s top 7% by US News & World Report. ECMC earned the highly respected publication’s High Performing ranking, placing it among 437 hospitals out of 6,000 evaluated for the service.
- The Commission on Dental Accreditation adopted a resolution granting the ECMC maxillofacial prosthetics fellowship program the accreditation classification of “initial accreditation.” There are currently only five domestic and two military CODA-accredited 12-month Maxillofacial Prosthetics certificate training programs in the United States: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), Mayo Clinic, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Alabama, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), United States Air Force & United States Navy. In the past 20 years, multiple maxillofacial prosthetics fellowship programs have closed, making the training less accessible to residents and the care less accessible to patients. The new program will be opening in July 2023 at ECMC.
- ECMC was awarded its first NIH grant as the prime institution. The grant, totaling $900,368 over two years, was awarded to ECMC under National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health. The principal investigator for the grant is Dr. Jennifer L. Frustino, DDS. The goal of the research, “HPV and HIV Coinfection: Clinical, Socio-Behavioral, and Microbiome Implications”, is to identify markers that will help predict, prevent, and ultimately treat HPV infection and its resulting conditions in people living with HIV.
September
- Terrace View Long-Term Care Facility has been recognized on Newsweek’s Best Nursing Homes 2023 list. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Only four percent of nursing homes nationwide received this distinction. Of the 600 skilled nursing facilities state-wide that operate, 42 received this recognition. It is a distinct honor to be ranked amongst the best nursing homes within both the state and the nation. This is the third consecutive year Terrace View has received this recognition.
November
- The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted Three-Year Accreditation to the cancer program at Erie County Medical Center. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care.
- ECMC announced that it is one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery, according to new research released by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. This achievement reflects ECMC’s outstanding clinical outcomes for Orthopedic Surgery and puts ECMC in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for overall Orthopedic services. ECMC was also honored with the 2023 Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™, a Five-Star rating in Total Knee Replacement for 2 years in a row (2022-2023), a Five-Star rating for Hip Fracture Treatment for 13 years in a row (2011-2023) and a 2023 Five-Star Distinction in Total Hip Replacement.
- Erie County Medical Center named among the top 100 hospitals in the United States and #5 in New York State for racial inclusivity by the Lown Hospital Index. ECMC also received ‘A’ Grades in: Social Responsibility, Health Equity, Value of Care, Community Benefit, Inclusivity, Avoiding Overuse. The Lown Hospital Index developed the first ranking to examine the racial inclusivity of over 3,200 hospitals in the country to assess their success at serving the people of color living in their communities.