Marketing/Communications Team Wins Aster and Alfred Knight Awards
AAMC Awards
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Nurse Receives Environmental Health Leadership Award
Wallace is one of two nurses in the state to hold a sustainability position in a hospital
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Silver Medal Honor for Organ Donation Efforts
AAMC given award by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for achieving and sustaining national goals for organ donation.
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Recognized as a Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite
AAMC recognized by the American Heart Association for implementing programs to help employees eat better and move more.
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Anne Arundel Medical Center Recognized for Chest Pain Response
This rapid diagnosis and treatment of patients with chest pain due to heart disease is one of the reasons AAMC is one of only nine hospitals in the state to receive Chest Pain Center Accreditation with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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ACR-ASTRO Accreditation
Accreditation represents the highest level of quality and patient safety.
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Honors for Cancer Institute Lung Program
Association of Community Cancer Centers Honors Anne Arundel Medical Center’s Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute for Its Rapid Access Chest and Lung Assessment Program
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AAMC Earns an Excellence Through Insight Award
Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) was recently recognized with an Excellence through Insight award for “Highest Community Perception of Quality” by HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM). In addition, AAMC’s Spine Center was recognized for their overall inpatient satisfaction score. AAMC was awarded for making the commitment to measure and improve its brand and perception in the …
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AAMC Marketing & Communications Wins Best in Show
AAMC was awarded top honors from the Maryland Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (MSHMD).
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AAMC named Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group’s annual class of top hospitals – 65 from a field of nearly 1200 – was announced December 6th in Washington, D.C. and included Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) in Annapolis. The announcement came at Leapfrog’s Annual Meeting where the group celebrated the five year anniversary of its ground breaking Never Events Policy. …
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Anne Arundel Medical Center Awarded LEED® gold Green Building Certification
Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) has been awarded LEED® certification to the Gold level, as established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. AAMC is the only acute care facility …
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AAMC Recognized by American College of Cardiology
Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2011 – one of only 167 hospitals nationwide to do so. The award recognizes AAMC’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients, and signifies that AAMC has …
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Anne Arundel Medical Center Named Most Wired
Nation’s Most Wired Hospitals Make Progress in Adoption of Health Information Technology Anne Arundel Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s Most Wired Hospitals, according to the results of the 2011 Most Wired Survey in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. This is the fourth time AAHS has been …
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Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute and Annapolis Oncology Receive Recognition for Cancer Care from Prestigious National Oncology Organization
Annapolis Oncology, part of AAMC’s Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute, has become one of the first in the nation to be recognized by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The QOPI® Certification Program is a new initiative to certify oncology practices that …
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Picker Institute Awards Always Events Grant to Anne Arundel Medical Center
Picker Institute, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving patient-centered care, announced today that it had awarded a matching grant to Anne Arundel Medical Center. The grant is being administered under Picker Institute’s Always Events /Always Experiences initiative, which was launched in April 2010. The grant is one of 20 awarded to institutions around the …
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Anne Arundel Medical Center Wins Silver Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace Award
DC/Maryland Breastfeeding Coalitions Recognize AAMC With Region’s First Award of its Kind— (Annapolis, MD) February 7, 2011 – The District of Columbia and Maryland Breastfeeding Coalitions have jointly awarded Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) with the Silver Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace Award for the hospital’s efforts on behalf of breastfeeding mothers. To be eligible for consideration, a …
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Anne Arundel Medical Center Receives Maryland Trailblazer Award from Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
Today, Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment presented Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) with the “Maryland Trailblazer Award,” which recognizes hospitals that lead the way with sustainable practices and philosophies that others can replicate. The winners were announced at the annual Environmental Excellence in Health Care Conference at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. …
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Breast Center Earns National Accreditation
Center Lauded for ‘Significantly’ Exceeding Standards ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 29, 2010) — The Breast Center at the AAMC Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute has been granted a three-year/Full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. Accreditation by the NAPBC is given …
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Commission on Cancer Award
The Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute has been awarded the Commission on Cancer (CoC) Outstanding Achievement Awardfor 2008 following an intensive on-site survey completed in November 2008. The DeCesaris Cancer Institute is one of only four cancer programs in Maryland – and one of only 95 programs nationwide – …
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