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Awards and Accreditations of Baptist Health Paducah

Baptist Health Paducah is a member of Baptist Health, Kentucky’s largest healthcare system. We are proud of the following awards and accreditations:

  • American College of Cardiology HeartCare Center of Excellence, 2023
  • The American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation, 2023
  • Get With the Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus award with Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll quality achievement award for meeting national guidelines for stroke care, as defined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, 2022.
  • Recognized as a high performing hospital for 2022-23 by U.S. News & World Report, earning a high performing rating for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart attack, heart failure, stroke and kidney failure, 2022.
  • Baptist Health Medical Group Bariatric and General Surgery programs is accredited under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for meeting the highest standards for patients safety and quality of care; 2022
  • The Carson-Myre Heart Center was awarded the prestigious distinction from the American College of Cardiology as HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence for 2022. Baptist Health Paducah was first recognized for this award in 2021. Baptist Health Paducah is one of 3 hospitals in Kentucky, the only hospital in the region, and one of only 43 in the nation, to earn the distinction as HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence.
  • Get With the Guidelines® Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for meeting national guidelines for stroke care, as defined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, 2021.
  • Recognized as a high performing hospital for 2021-22 by U.S. News & World Report, earning a high performing rating for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart attack and kidney failure, 2021.
  • Heart attack treatment recognized among the nation’s best by the American College of Cardiology for the ninth year. Baptist Health is one of only 212 hospitals nationwide to receive the NCDR® (National Cardiovascular Data Registry) Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award. Platinum status is the highest level awarded, 2021.
  • Recognized by Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Kentucky as a Blue Distinction Plus Center for Maternity Care – a distinction held by only 489 hospitals nationwide, 2021.
  • The  Carson-Myre Heart Center was awarded three prestigious honors from the American College of Cardiology: HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence, Transcatheter Valve Certification, and Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI, 2021.
  • Get with the Guidelines® achievement award, Stroke Gold and Target: Stroke Gold Plus; Mission: Lifeline STEMI Bronze (2017). Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for stroke: 2021, 2020.
  • American Heart Association & American Stroke Association Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, 2021.
  • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence designation by the American College of Radiology (ACR) gold seal of accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy and breast ultrasound. (2020). Accredited in Computed Tomography (CT), including cardiac imaging, 2021.
  • Baptist Health Paducah radiation oncology department, reaccredited by American College of Radiology, 2021.
  • Baptist Health Paducah MRI department, including four scanners, reaccredited for three years by the American College of Radiology, 2021.
  • Gold Seal of Approval as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, awarded by The Joint Commission for the fourth consecutive cycle, 2020.
  • Get with the Guidelines™ -- Resuscitation Gold Plus Award for heart attack, 2020.
  • Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in Echocardiography for the fourth time, 2020.
  • U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals #6 in Kentucky, 2019.
  • Pathway to Excellence® designation awarded by American Nurses Credentialing Center: 2017, 2019.
  • National Cardiovascular Data Registry ACTION Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award, given by American College of Cardiology for the sixth year, 2019.
  • President’s Circle Center of Distinction, awarded by Healogics™. Baptist Health Wound Care is one of only 32 centers nationwide to receive the distinction and the one in Kentucky, 2019.
  • Center for Excellence in Robotic Surgery, awarded by Surgical Review Corporation: 2018, 2020.
  • Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology, awarded by Surgical Review Corporation, since 2014.