Awards and Accreditations

2011

• Second consecutive designation as a "Baby Friendly" hospital by the World Health Organization and UNICEF

2010

• Newport Hospital nurse receives Rhode Island's first DAISY award for extraordinary nurses
• Primary stroke center by The Joint Commission

2009

• Second consecutive Magnet designation from the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center.

2008

• Named to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care honor roll
• College of American Pathologists accreditation of clinical laboratory
• Joint Commission accreditation
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities accreditation
• American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer approval with commendation
• Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories accreditation

2007

• VHA Leadership award for clinical excellence
• Named a Stage 6 hospital by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Analytics, making Newport Hospital one of six in the country
• Rhode Island Quality Partners Hospital Innovations in Health Care award for patient safety
• Gold Workplace award from the Rhode Island Department of Health for breastfeeding support
• Accreditation by the American Association of Blood Banks

2006

• VHA Leadership award for clinical excellence

2005

• VHA Leadership award for clinical excellence 
• Gold Well Workplace designation from the Wellness Council of America
• American Association of Blood Banks certification for the Newport Hospital laboratory blood bank
• Barnet Fain Quality award for the deep-vein thrombosis team
• Advancing Excellence in Health Care award from Rhode Island Quality Partners

2004

• World Health Organization and UNICEF “Baby Friendly” designation, making Newport one of only 40 hospitals in the country to receive such status
• Silver Well Workplace award from Wellness Council of America
• Magnet designation from the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center

2003

• American Association of Blood Banks certification for the Newport Hospital laboratory blood bank

2002

• The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities ranks Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center in the nation’s top 3 percent
• Silver Well Workplace award from Wellness Council of America