Awards & Accreditations

We are fully accredited by the Joint Commission, as well as having earned its Gold Seal of Approval. Combined, these recognitions demonstrate our consistently meeting the commission’s high standards, which deal with organizational quality of care issues and the safety of the environment in which care is provided.

About the Joint Commission

The Joint Commission can conduct an accreditation survey of Lahey Clinic and Lahey Clinic, Peabody, at any time. The purpose of the survey is to evaluate our organization’s compliance with nationally established Joint Commission standards. The survey results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which, accreditation should be awarded the organization.

The Joint Commission standards deal with organizational quality of care issues and the safety of the environment in which care is provided. In the past, when the surveys were announced/scheduled, anyone believing that they had pertinent and valid information about such matters could request an interview with a Joint Commission surveyor.

The Joint Commission encourages the public to seek resolution of their concerns through the channels of hospital management by calling Lahey’s Customer Relationship Management Department at 781-744-8556. If concerns brought to their attention are not satisfied, the Joint Commission may be contacted.

Joint Commission
Phone: 1-800-994-6610
Email: complaint@jointcommission.org

Lahey was among the less than 10 percent of 4,600 hospitals that received five stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as part of its Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating.

We earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog. Our "A" grade demonstrates strong adherence to over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them. Lahey continues to receive high ratings in The Leapfrog Group’s Patient Safety Scores.

We have received Healthgrades America's 50 Best Hospitals Award several times. Healthgrades assesses hospital quality based on clinical outcomes, giving patients information they need to understand, compare and evaluate hospital performance.

In recognition of the quality of our nursing care, we have also received the Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence award. This is a rare achievement that demonstrates our commitment to providing compassionate and evidence-based nursing to our patients.

Our Center for Surgical Weight Loss is accredited as a Level 1A facility by the Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program. The American College of Surgeons awards Level 1A accreditation to hospitals that have high-volume practices and can manage the most challenging and complex patients.

The Comprehensive Breast Health Center at Lahey is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, a group of national professional organizations dedicated to improving the quality of care for people with breast cancer and other breast diseases. We are one of nineteen centers in Massachusetts to have earned this accreditation.

Our Landsman Heart & Vascular Center has been consistently named by Thomson Reuters as one of the 50 top cardiovascular hospitals in the United States. This honor is awarded to cardiovascular centers for achievements such as low complication rates, better survival rates, shorter hospital stays and fewer readmissions.

Our Gynecology Program has officially earned Center of Excellence Accreditations in Minimally Invasive Gynecology and Multidisciplinary Endometriosis Care from the Surgical Review Corporation, a significant achievement that reflects the dedication, expertise, and collaboration of our entire team.

This recognition affirms the exceptional quality, safety, and innovation that define the program’s approach to advanced surgical care and comprehensive, team-based endometriosis treatment.

Lahey is committed to meeting the unique needs of older adults and their loved ones. We provide evidence-based, age-sensitive nursing care for our older patients, which lead to the best possible clinical outcomes. Because of this commitment to elder care, we are proud to be accredited as a Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystems Elders) (NICHE) organization.

Our Comprehensive Stroke Center is certified by DNV Healthcare in recognition of our commitment to stroke care excellence. Because of this certification, patients can have the highest confidence that the care they receive at Lahey meets the highest quality and safety standards.

Designated as a primary stroke service by the Massachusetts DPH, our Stroke Center received the American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award. This award recognizes our commitment to and success in providing excellent care for stroke patients.

Our Stroke Center has also earned a place on the American Stroke Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll for improving stroke care. For at least consecutive months, hospitals on the honor roll demonstrated 50 percent or higher adherence to all relevant target measures in addition to current Bronze, Silver or Gold Get With the Guidelines – Heart Failure or Stroke recognition status.

Lahey's Transplantation Program is among a select group recognized by the Health Resources and Services Administration for success in increasing organ donation rates.

Lahey has been named one of five programs who will receive the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)’s 2024 Telehealth Equity Catalyst (TEC) Awards. Led by Jagriti Upadhyay, MD, the winning program is titled “Community Diabetes Care Enhancement Program at Dimock Community Health Center (DCHC).”