Awards and Recognition

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Through the years, St. Mary’s Health Care has been honored in many ways and for many different facets of our service to patients and community.  This recognition has included:     

2011 Awards and Recognitions    

Maine Health Care Association’s Innovative Program Award - St. Mary's d'Youville received this award for its Patient/Resident Centered Staffing Model and a Quality Award for their Readmission Reduction Plan, both of which are a true testament to the facility's evidence-based and best practices approach. (August 2011)

Partner for Change, with Distinction Award - St. Mary’s Health System has been honored with a 2011 “Partner for Change, with Distinction” award from Practice Greenhealth, a national membership organization for health care facilities committed to environmentally responsible operations.  The Partner for Change, with Distinction award recognizes healthcare facilities that have achieved improvements in their mercury elimination, waste reduction, and pollution prevention programs (above the Partner for Change basic criteria.) This includes at least 15% recycling, a more extensive sustainability program, and a show of leadership in the local community and/or in the health care sector.

Red Cross Medical Outreach Award
St. Mary’s Haiti Work Retreat Team was honored by the United Valley chapter of the American Red Cross with an award for Medical Outreach in recognition of its many years of work at Pwoje Espwa, the boys' orphanage run by Fr. Marc Boisvert and at St. Boniface Foundation, a hospital in Fonds-des-Blancs serving 250,000 rural poor living in an area of 107 square miles.  

Dorland Health Silver Crown Awards Honorable Mention - The Rehab Center at St. Mary’s d’Youville Pavilion has been recognized with an ”Honorable Mention” in Dorland Health’s annual Silver Crown awards competition. The award was announced on March 8 at Dorland’s annual conference in Las Vegas, NV. St. Mary’s Rehab Center was recognized in the Long Term Care category for “creating a comfortable, private healing environment for patients during their time of need between hospital stays and home care.” (March 2011)  

Maine Tobacco-Free Hopsital Network Bronze Star Standards of Excellence award - The award provides an annual opportunity for hospitals to be recognized for the work they have done to create a tobacco-free environment and to support tobacco-free lifestyles.  The Maine Tobacco-Free Hospital Network also acknowledges those champions of smoke- and tobacco-free living on each campus. 

Maine Fitness Award - This award recognizes Maine people who are involved in promoting physical activity and offers the opportunity for organizations, businesses, schools, civic groups, and individuals to feature their accomplishments in physical activity.  (Prevention & Wellness - April 26, 2011)

2010 Awards and Recognitions   

	Three-year Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) Accreditation - Awarded to St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion Rehab Center. (November 2010)

• American Heart Association’s Gold Level Fit/Friendly award for workplace wellness (October 2010)
• Hanley Center Honors for Exceptional Leadership and Service in Medical and Humanitarian Relief
• CRRN - Mary’s d’Youville Pavilion and its parent organization, St. Mary’s Health System, wish to congratulate Lori Fortier, Amanda Lednum, Cathy Ouellette, and Sarah Trafford for their achievement in becoming Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses (CRRN).  This certification from the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses shows colleagues, patients, and the public they are committed to excellence in caring for people with physical disabilities and chronic illnesses. It indicates that they are experienced rehabilitation and restorative nurses who have achieved a level of knowledge in this practice area.
• Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) - Awarded accreditation to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Main Laboratory in Lewiston based on the results of a recent onsite inspection.
• Excellence in Long Term Care Award - Reagan Baker has been working as a CNA and Restorative Aide at d’Youville since 2004. Raegan displays an extraordinary level of detail to our elders every day. She provides restorative programming to those in need, as quoted from her supervisor, “Raegan is flexible, she will work as a CNA when needed and can also cover two floors as a Restorative Aide, prioritizing her schedule to accommodate the need. Raegan has broad shoulders and can work with the most challenging of care needs and still leave smiling.”
• CoC Accreditation - The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) has granted a Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation to St. Mary’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders  (August 2010)
• "Partner for Change Award" - Honors work toward mercury reduction, waste reduction, pollution prevention.  A National Award for Environmental Achievement (April 2010).

2009 Awards and Recognitions  

	Maine Health Care Association Quality Improvement Award -St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion was recognized for making quality improvements and culture-based advances in care-giving.  To receive the award, facilities must show achievements in staff retention, consistent assignment, clinical quality measures, and customer satisfaction.
	Chest Pain Certification- The Chest Pain Center at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center has demonstrated its expertise and commitment to quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria and completing on-site evaluations by a review team from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.  It is one of only two Chest Pain Centers in Maine to receive this distinction.
	2009 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Honor Roll - St. Mary's Regional Medical Center was again highlighted for being in the top 25% of acute care hospitals nationally for its quality scores and patient experience.
	American Hospital Association Foster G. McGaw Award - This award was presented to St. Mary's Health System for demonstrating exceptional commitment to community service.  It is the highest community service recognition awarded by the AHA.
	Energy Star Certification- St. Mary's Regional Medical Center is the first Maine hospital to earn Energy Star certification.  This designation is a testimony to the hospital's 15-year commitment to environmental stewardship.
	Practice Greenhealth Partner for Change Award - St. Mary's Health System was recognized for significantly reducing waste, preventing pollution, and eliminating mercury.
	National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) in Heart/Stroke and Diabetes - The NCQA recognizes providers for having the highest standards in key areas of clinical quality and care coordination.  Those who received these prestigious awards were twenty-seven primary care providers associated with St. Mary's recognized for excellence in diabetes care, and twenty providers for heart and stroke.
	Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement - St. Mary's Center for Joint Replacement earned this distinction by demonstrating expertise and reliability in quality special care on a consistent basis, resulting in better overall outcomes for patients.
	Pink Ribbon Facility - St. Mary's Regional Medical Center Radiology Department has earned the Pink Ribbon designation.  This distinction is awarded only to elite health care facilities that offer digital mammography, excellent customer service, and Soft Touch Mammograms.

• Foster G. McGaw Award (finalist) by the American Hospital Association for community outreach and involvement by St. Mary’s Health Care.
• Citation Award by the Catholic Health Association for efforts in helping our communities learn about nutrition through St. Mary’s Nutrition Center.
• Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council Award for more than 100 years of investment in the well being of our community.
• NOVA Award by American Hospital Association for effective collaborative programs focused on the health of our community.
• Sister Consuela White Spirit of Nursing Award by the American Nursing Association awarded to St. Mary’s Health System care nurse Denise Deschenes, RN.
• Quality First Award from the American Health Care Association for significant improvements made to the quality of patient care at d’Youville Pavilion.
• William Stringfellow Award for Peace and Justice by Bates College in recognition of St. Mary’s Lots to Gardens program.
• 2008 Harvard Pilgrim Hospital Honor Roll. The Hospital Honor Roll names those hospitals whose performance was among the top 25% of those measured nationally on a set of composite quality metrics.  The quality metrics are based on Hospital Quality Alliance measures, as reported by CMS on Hospital Compare, and Leapfrog patient safety measures.
• 25th Anniversary Community Building Award by Maine Community Foundation honor recognizing the contributions that St. Mary’s Health System has made to Androscoggin County
• AVON Foundation  $500,000 grant
• Lance Armstrong Live Strong grant
• 2008 Adopt-A-School Partnership and recognition for our work with McMahon Elementary School in Lewiston.