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Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Healthcare Organization.

Diabetes Services is recognized by the American Diabetes Association for meeting strict standards of patient education.

The Seacoast Cancer Center is approved by The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.

The Laboratory is accredited by the College of American Pathologists.

Women's Life Imaging Center is accredited by the American College of Radiology and Certified by the Food and Drug Administration.

The Vascular Laboratory is accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Vascular Labs.

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Achieves Accreditation by the Joint Commission:
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital recently underwent a rigorous survey process and achieved accreditation at time of survey, earning a Gold Seal of Approval^TM by the Joint Commission.

To earn The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval^TM, a hospital must demonstrate it meets national standards of excellence, and undergoes an on-site survey by a Joint Commission survey team. The Joint Commission standards address the organization's level of performance in key functional areas, such as patient rights, patient treatment, and infection control. The standards focus not simply on an organization's ability to provide safe, high quality care, but on its actual performance as well. Standards set forth performance expectations for activities that affect the safety and quality of patient care. If an organization does the right things and does them well, its patients will experience good outcomes.

Accreditation helps hospitals improve their performance, raise the level of
patient care, and demonstrate accountability in the rapidly changing health care marketplace.

WDH Listed in U.S.News Best Hospitals

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is the only Seacoast hospital and one of 1,569 hospitals nationwide listed on the 19^th annual U.S.News Best Hospitals list.

According to U.S. News.com 5,453 hospitals were initially "put through a rigorous statistical mill" to determine rankings in 12 specialty areas. "To be considered," U.S. News.com reported, "a hospital had to meet a least one of three requirements: membership in the Council of Teaching Hospitals, affiliation with a medical school, or availability of a least six of 13 key technologies such as robotic surgery.  This year, nearly two-thirds of all hospitals failed the first test."

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital made the first cut with 1,569 hospitals on the list.  Hospital President and CEO Gregory Walker, FACHE, is grateful for the hard work of so many employees and members of the medical staff who contributed to the hospital's achievement.

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Named 2008 Most Wired Hospital

Patient Satisfaction Higher at Most Wired Hospitals

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital has been named to the nation's MOST IMPROVED of the MOST WIRED hospitals according to the results of the 2008 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

The 100 Most Wired hospitals show better outcomes in patient satisfaction, risk-adjusted mortality rates and other key quality measures through the use of information technology (IT), according to a new analysis.  Marking its 10^th year, the Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study continues to lead the field in analyses and benchmarking of healthcare IT.