HealthGrades Recognitions

2005 - 2018: HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent health rankings organization, has honored Berkshire Medical Center in several areas for exceptional care. BMC has been recognized with:

• 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award - 3rd year in a row, Top 5% in the Nation
• 2019 Prostate Surgery Excellence Award
• 2018 Joint Replacement Excellence Award - 4th year in a row, Top 10% in the Nation and the only hospital in Massachusetts to receive this award in 2018
• 2018 Patient Safety Excellence Award - Top 5% in the Nation
• 2017 Patient Safety Excellence Award - Top 10% in the Nation
• 2017 Healthgrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award - 9th year in a row
• 2017 Healthgrades Prostate Surgery Excellence Award

2016 America's 100 Best Hospitals, putting BMC among the best 100 hospitals in the nation, out of over 4,000 hospitals - and also recognized by Healthrades for:

• 2016 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, ranking BMC among the Top 5% of Hospitals in the Nation for Clinical Excellence - fourth year in a row and fifth time overall
• 2015 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence,ranking BMC among the Top 5% of Hospitals in the Nation for Clinical Excellence - the third year in a row and fourth time since 2009 that BMC has earned this honor.
• 2014 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, ranking BMC among the Top 5% of Hospitals in the Nation for Clinical Excellence - the second year in a row and third time since 2009 that BMC has earned this honor
• 2013 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, placing BMC in the Top 5% of Hospitals in the US for Clinical Excellence (BMC also received the 2009 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence)

BMC has also earned recognition from Healthgrades for:

• One of America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement - 2015 & 2016
• Joint Replacement Excellence Award - 2018 - 4th year in a row
• Pulmonary Care Excellence Award - 2016 - 8th year in a row

2018 Healthgrades 5-Star Rankings for BMC

• Total Knee Replacement - 5 years in a row
• Total Hip Replacement - 4 years in a row
• Hip Fracture Treatment - 6 years in a row
• Carotid Surgery - New for 2018
• Pneumonia - 10 years in a row

Fairview Hospital Healthgrades Recognition
In 2017, Fairview was honored with the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award, ranking it among the Top 10% of Hospitals for patient satisfaction. Fairview was also honored in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 with the Outstanding Patient Experience honor.

Patient Safety & Quality

• 2017 - 2019: Healthgrades awards BMC with its 2017, 2018 & 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award, placing BMC among the Top 5% of Hospitals in the Nation for Patient Safety. 
• 2012 - 2019: The Leapfrog Group rates BMC with another Straight "A" grade for Patient Safety - BMC, as of Spring 2019, is one of only 41 hospitals nationwide to achieve this Straight "A" grade since the inception of the program in 2012. 

American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines Recognitions

• 2001 - 2019:Berkshire Medical Center leads the nation in Get with the Guidelines honors and is one of an elite group of hospitals nationally to achieve Triple Gold honors. BMC has been recognized with over a dozen consecutive Gold Performance Achievement awards for outstanding performance in the care of patients with cardiac arrest and/or coronary artery disease. BMC was also the first hospital in the United States to be honored with a Performance Achievement Award for stroke, and holds numerous consecutive honors. In addition, BMC has several consecutive yearly Gold Performance Achievement awards for care of patients with heart failure, AFIB and in need of resuscitation. In 2019, BMC achieved Silver Achievement for Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI and Bronze for Mission: Lifeline STEMI Referring Center. 

Advanced Imaging

• Berkshire Medical Center's Women's Imaging Center is a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence from the American College of Radiology's Commission on Quality and Safety and the Commission on Breast Imaging. Awarded only to centers that have achieved accreditation by the ACR in stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound, ultrasound-guided biopsy and mammography.

Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery

• BMC's Weight Loss Surgery Program is a fully accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program.

Cancer Care

• 2017: The Cancer Program at BMC was named a Lung Cancer Screening Center of Excellence by the Lung Cancer Alliance. 
• Berkshire Medical Center's Cancer Center was the inaugural member of the Dana Farber Cancer Care Collaborative, signifying Berkshire Medical Center’s commitment to excellence in cancer care by meeting a wide array of standards and best practices. 
• Berkshire Medical Center - Accredited by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.

Information Systems

• Berkshire Health Systems is among the nation's Most Wired, according to the results of the annual Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study

Orthopaedic Care/Joint Replacement

• 2013 - 2019: BMC's Joint Replacement Program has achieved Joint Commission Disease Specific Certification for Hip and Knee Replacement, recognized with a Gold Seal, signifying that it is a Center of Excellence.

Renal Dialysis

• 2009 - 2018: BMC - End Stage Renal Disease Network of New England has awarded the BMC Dialysis Centers its 5-Diamond designation as part of its 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program. BMC's Units, in both Pittsfield and Great Barrington have achieved 5-Diamond status.

Sleep Disorders Center at BMC

• The BMC Sleep Disorders Center is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The Sleep Disorders Center, based at the Hillcrest Campus of BMC, was granted accreditation, which, according to the AASM, is awarded to programs that "meet or exceed all standards for professional healthcare."

Trauma Program

• 2007 - 2019: BMC - American College of Surgeons has verified Berkshire Medical Center as a Trauma Center. 

Wellness Program

• 2017 - 2019: Berkshire Health Systems' Wellness at Work Program has been named a WorkWell Massachusetts Award Program Gold Level winner for exemplary worksite health promotion three years in a row. The award recognizes Berkshire Health System’s achievements developing, implementing, and participating in corporate health improvement and wellness programs.