About Newport Hospital

Recent Awards

2006:

VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence

2005

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

2000

The Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center was ranked in the top two percent compared with more than 200 hospitals' obstetrics departments by national marketing researcher Parkside Associates
Physician care was significantly higher than the national norm, while nursing care garnered an exceptionally high score of 96.8 percent, also by Parkside Associates.