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Awards & Recognition

Clinical Awards and Recognitions 

  • 2022 Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award™ for two years in a row. This places Holy Cross Hospital among the top two percent of all hospitals for clinical care and patient outcomes across treatment of the most common conditions and procedures. Holy Cross Hospital is one of only five hospitals in Maryland to be recognized as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals, and the only recipient
    in Montgomery County, Maryland.
  • 2022 Get with the Guidelines®– Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award for Holy Cross Hospital and Holy Cross Germantown Hospital from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Holy Cross Hospital has been recognized for 10 or more consecutive years of Gold Plus achievement in Get
    with the Guidelines® – Stroke and/or Get with the Guidelines® – Heart Failure.
  • Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Award for Holy Cross Hospital and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award for Holy Cross Germantown Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
  • 2022 Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades.
  • 2022 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades for Holy Cross Hospital for the seventh consecutive year.
  • 2022 Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades for Holy Cross Hospital for the third consecutive year.

Clinical Designations and Accreditations

  • The Joint Commission accreditation for Holy Cross Hospital and Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, from the main accreditation organization for U.S. hospitals.
  • Primary Stroke Center designation for Holy Cross Germantown Hospital by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Service Systems (MIEMSS).
  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center designation for Holy Cross Hospital by The Joint Commission and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS).
  • Bariatric Surgery Program accreditation as a Comprehensive Center at Holy Cross Germantown
    Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP).
  • Holy Cross Germantown Hospital RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT WE DO & WHO WE ARE 14 / 2022 ANNUAL REPORT
  • Breast Center accreditation by the American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). Holy Cross Hospital was the first hospital in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties to receive this prestigious accreditation.
  • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BIOCE) designation for Holy Cross Hospital by the American
    College of Radiology.
  • Cardiac Interventional Center designation for Holy Cross Hospital by the Maryland Institute for
    Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) to perform emergency angioplasty for acute heart attacks.
  • Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (COEMIG) designation for Holy Cross
    Hospital by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).
  • Certification from The Joint Commission for Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement and Spine
    Surgery. Holy Cross Hospital was the first hospital in Montgomery County to receive Spine Surgery Certification from The Joint Commission.
  • Comprehensive Community Cancer Program accreditation at Holy Cross Hospital by the
    American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer since 2000.
  • Laboratory Services accreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
  • Level IIIB Perinatal Referral Center designation for Holy Cross Hospital by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS).
  • Level 3 Epilepsy Center accreditation for the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Holy Cross Hospital by
    the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC).
  • Perinatal Diagnostic Center accreditation at Holy Cross Hospital by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
  • Radiation Oncology Practice accreditation for the Radiation Treatment Center by the American College of Radiology.

Leadership Awards

  • Holy Cross Health President and CEO Norvell V. Coots, M.D., was a 2022 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Award recipient, presented by Support Our Aging Religious (SOAR), a nonprofit organization that raises funds and provides grants to help U.S. Catholic religious congregations support their elderly and infirm members. This award recognizes Dr. Coots’ lifelong commitment to providing compassionate health care. He is one of only 43 members of a national network of individuals recognized for their contributions to ensuring the safety and dignity of aging and infirm Catholic sisters, brothers and priests.
  • Annice Cody, president of Holy Cross Health Network, was named to Washingtonian’s 2021 list of the region’s most powerful women. The prestigious list includes the First Lady and the Vice President of the United States, along with national and local leaders from medicine to business and government to philanthropy.