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Awards & Accreditations

 

We have received numerous awards and accolades over the years for high quality, compassionate care. These achievements are a direct reflection of the talented, caring professionals who work at our facilities all across St. Peter’s Health Partners. 

St. Peter’s Hospital (482 Staffed Beds):

  • U.S. News & World Report (USN&WR) has awarded St. Peter’s Hospital (SPH) some of its highest rankings in New York state for excellent quality of care for 11 consecutive years.
    • In rating nearly 5,000 hospitals nationally on key indicators of patient care, the magazine placed St. Peter’s Hospital 17th among all hospitals in New York state. (2024-2025)
    • It also ranked St. Peter’s Hospital No. 1 in the Capital Region (2023-2025).
    • St. Peter’s Hospital had 14 adult specialties, adult procedures, and conditions singled out as “high performing” – gastroenterology/GI surgery, urology, aortic valve surgery; colon cancer surgery; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); heart attack; heart bypass surgery; heart failure; hip replacement; kidney failure; knee replacement; lung cancer surgery; pneumonia; prostate cancer surgery (2024-2025)
  • Newsweek has recognized St. Peter's Health Partners as a "Best Place to Work for Women." (2024) 
  • USN&WR recognized St. Peter's Hospital as "Best Hospital for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy)." St. Peter's was the only hospital in the Capital Region to receive the designation. (2021-2022)
  • St. Peter's Hospital is the only hospital in the Capital Region to receive a "Baby Friendly" designation (for a second time) from Baby-Friendly USA, Inc. This is considered the gold standard in maternity care, launched by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund. (2022-2027)
  • St. Peter's Hospital has received the American Heart Association's Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG)-Stroke Quality Achievement Award. (2023)
  • St. Peter's Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) Stroke Gold Plus with Target:Type 2 DiabetesTM Honor Roll Quality Achievement Award. (2021-2022)
  • St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing is ranked fifth by Nursing Schools Almanac for best associate degree in nursing (ADN) programs in New York. (2024)
  • St. Peter's Hospital was voted as "Best Hospital" in the Times Union's "Best of the Capital Region Poll." (2022-2024) 
  • St. Peter's and Samaritan Hospitals are currently ranked among the top 1% in the country for robotic surgeries (2024). Together, they have performed more than 27,000 robotic procedures to date.  
  • St. Peter's Hospital has been recognized as a Magnet®-designated organization (for the fourth consecutive time) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC) Magnet® Recognition Program. (2021-2024)
  • The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has accredited:
    • St. Peter's Hospital in echocardiology (adult transesophageal, adult transthoracic). (Through 2026)
    • St. Peter's Cardiac Imaging Center  2 Palisades Drive, Albany – in echocardiology (adult stress, adult transthoracic). (Through 2024)
  • St. Peter's Health Partners Nursing Professional Development Department has been honored with the Teamwork Award from The Northeast New York Professional Nurses Organization. (2022)
  • St. Peter's Hospital has achieved "The Gold Seal of Approval®" from The Joint Commission®. (2022)
  • St. Peter’s Hospital Breast Center has received a full, three-year accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). (2024-2027, 2020-2023)
  • St. Peter's Hospital has been designated as a New York State Department of Health Primary Stroke Center. (2024, 2022)
  • St. Peter's Cancer Care Center is accredited by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO). (2022-2025)
  • St. Peter's Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit has been awarded the Silver-Level Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). (2021-2024)
  • St. Peter's Hospital has an overall four-star Medicare rating. (2024, 2022)
  • St. Peter's Bariatric & Metabolic Care has received accreditation from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). (2021-2024) 
  • St. Peter's Hospital received Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It was the first hospital in New York state to receive this accreditation. (2022)
  • The American College of Radiology has approved accreditation for St. Peter's Hospital Medical Imaging in the following areas:
    • general; gynecological; obstetrical; pediatric; vascular-abdominal; vascular-cerebrovascular; vascular-deep-abdominal; vascular-peripheral (2022-2024)
    • body; cardiac; head; MRA; MSK spine (2022-2025)
    • oncology (2022-2024)
    • abdomen; chest; head/neck; and recognized as an Image Gently® facility accredited in pediatric CT imaging (2022-2025)
    • nuclear-cardiology; planar; and SPECT (2022-2024)
  • The American College of Radiology has approved accreditation for:
    • St. Peter's Medical Imaging – Clifton Park (2022-2025)
  • St. Peter's Breast Center at St. Peter's Hospital in the following areas:
    • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) for Core-Needle-Biopsy and Stereo (2022-2024)
    • Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center (through 2027)
  • St. Peter's Breast Center–  Troy as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) (2024)
  • St. Peter's Breast Imaging Center – 317 S. Manning Blvd., Albany – as a Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center Designation for digital, breast, tomosynthesis, full-field. (Through 2025)
  • St. Peter's Breast Center – Washington Ave., Albany – in digital, breast, tomosynthesis, full-field. (Through 2026)
  • Albany Advanced Imaging, PLLC. (2024)

Samaritan Hospital (457 Staffed Beds): 

  • St. Peter's and Samaritan Hospitals are currently ranked among the top 1% in the country for robotic surgeries (2024). Together, they have performed more than 27,000 robotic procedures to date. 
  • Samaritan Hospital College of Nursing is ranked sixth by Nursing Schools Almanac for best associate degree in nursing (ADN) programs in New York. (2024)
  • Samaritan Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) Target: Type 2 DiabetesTM Honor Roll Quality Achievement Award. (2022)
  • St. Peter's Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Wellness Program (at Samaritan Hospital and the Albany Memorial Campus) has been certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). (2024, 2023, 2022)
  • Samaritan Hospital has been designated as a New York State Department of Health Primary Stroke Center. (2024, 2022)
  • The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has accredited Samaritan Hospital in adult transthoracic echocardiography. (2021-2026)
  • Samaritan Hospital has been awarded a Certificate of Distinction for Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. (2022-2024)  
  • Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine at Samaritan Hospital (Albany Memorial Campus) has been accredited by the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society. (2022-2024) 
  • The Samaritan Hospital Cancer Treatment Center has been accredited by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO). (2022-2025)
  • St. Peter's Bariatric & Metabolic Care at Samaritan Hospital received accreditation from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). (2022-Sept. 2023)  
  • St. Peter's Breast Center at Samaritan Hospital has received accreditation from The American College of Radiology (ACR) as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE). (2022-2024)
  • The American College of Radiology (ACR) has approved accreditation for:
    • St. Peter's Breast Center at Samaritan Hospital as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE). (2022-2024)
    • St. Peter's Medical Imaging (operated by Samaritan Hospital) in the following areas:
      • body; head; MSK; and spine (2022-2024)
      • abdomen; chest; head/neck; and recognized as an Image Gently® facility accredited in pediatric CT imaging (2022-2024) 
      • general; gynecological; obstetrical; vascular-cerebrovascular; vascular-deep-abdominal; and vascular-peripheral (2022-2024)

Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital (115 Staffed Beds):

  • Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital has been accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) since 1985. Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital holds CARF accreditations (2022-2023) in:
    • Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs for adults and children
    • Inpatient Amputation Specialty Program for adults
    • Inpatient Brain Injury Specialty Programs for adults, children, and adolescents
    • Inpatient Stroke Specialty Program for adults
    • Interdisciplinary Outpatient Brain Injury Specialty Program for adults, children, and adolescents
  • Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital has been awarded The Gold Seal of Approval® accreditation from The Joint Commission®. 

St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates (SPHPMA):

  • St. Peter's Vascular Associates is the only accredited Vein Center in the Capital Region, accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). (2022-2024)
  • St. Peter's Vascular Associates is accredited in Vascular Testing by IAC. (2023-2025)
  • Other practices accredited by the AIC include:
    • Albany Associates in Cardiology (AAC) has been granted three-year terms of accreditation in nuclear cardiology, positron emission tomography (PET), and computed tomography (CT) in the areas of coronary calcium scoring and coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA). (2022-2025)
    • AAC is also accredited in:
      • Adult transthoracic echocardiography (2021-2024)
      • Myocardial perfusion imaging nuclear/PET (2021-2024)
    • Cardiology Associates of Schenectady is accredited in:
      • adult transthoracic echocardiography through 2024 and nuclear/PET (myocardial perfusion imaging) through 2027 (Schenectady and Amsterdam practices)
      • adult transthoracic echocardiography through 2024 (Clifton Park and Gloversville practices)
  • The American Medical Association/American Heart Association awarded SPHPMA its second Target: BPTM Gold+ Award in recognition of achieving an exceptional 70% or greater blood pressure control and committing to accurate measurement among our adult patient populations. (2022, 2023)

St. Peter's Home Care:

  • St. Peter's Home Care received The Gold Seal of Approval® from the Joint Commission®. (2022)

St. Peter's Laboratory Services: 

  • St. Peter's Laboratory Services received The Gold Seal of Approval® from the Joint Commission®. (2021)
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