Recognition for Lakewood Ranch Medical Center
Learn about the awards and accreditations earned by Lakewood Ranch Medical Center:
- The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association’s® Acute Heart Attack Ready Certification (ER at Fruitville), 2022
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Association® Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite, and Mission: Lifeline® – STEMI Receiving Center SILVER PLUS, 2022
- Recognized on Newsweek’s Best Maternity Hospitals list, 2022
- Accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in Echocardiography, 2022
- Leapfrog Top General Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety, 2021
- Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Fall 2021
- Voted "Best Hospital" three years in a row by the readers of the Sarasota Herald Tribune, 2021 Readers' Choice Award, 2020, 2019
- Five-Star Quality Rated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2021
- Achieved National Certification as a Gluten-Free Food Service Facility, 2021
- Received recognition from The Joint Commission by being awarded the Gold Seal of Approval®, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, Hip Replacement Certification, Knee Replacement Certification and Sepsis Certification
- Accredited Sleep Lab from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care
- Awarded by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association the 2021 Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines Stroke Award with Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll, 2020 Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, 2020 Mission: Lifeline Gold Receiving Achievement Award and 2019 Mission: Lifeline Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award
- Recognized by Blue Cross® Blue Shield® as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity, Blue Distinction Center+ for Knee and Hip Replacement and Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery
- Accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) with Clinical Laboratory Accreditation and Blood Gas Laboratory Accreditation
- Accredited as a Chest Pain Center with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) by the American College of Cardiology (ACC)
- Recognized by the American College of Radiology (ACR) for Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, MRI Breast, MRI Head, Spine, Body, Musculoskeletal, MRA, CT Adult – Head, Neck Chest, Abdomen, CT Pediatric – Head, Neck Chest, Abdomen, Ultrasound General – OB First Trimester, Gynecological, General, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine – Planar, SPECT, Cardiology and Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
- Received 2021 Center of Distinction Award for the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine and 2019 Center of Distinction Award for the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine from Healogics®
- Recognized for Nuclear Medicine from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Awarded the 2018 Excellence in Care Transitions Award by NCR Health
- Recognized by March of Dimes and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District XII for reducing early elective deliveries
- Recognized as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program