NYU Langone No. 1 in care

NYU Langone Health was crowned the top spot for patient care out of more than 100 academic medical centers across the country, the hospital announced Thursday.

The New York City hospital clinched the accolade from Vizient Inc. Wednesday when it accepted the Bernard A. Birnbaum Quality Leadership Award for top-notch patient care and also earned the Ambulatory Quality and Accountability Award for its superior outpatient care.

Vizient is the US’s largest health-care performance improvement organization and considered 107 academic medical centers in its rankings for patient care this year. About 97% of all academic medical centers are part of the organization.

Dr. Robert Grossman, NYU Langone’s CEO, lauded the designations.

“Outstanding quality and safety standards are the hallmarks of our institution, reflecting a culture dedicated to excellence,” said Grossman, who is also dean of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

“No other health system in the country has our aggregate of top quality and safety rankings from respected arbiters, including this most recent leadership designation from Vizient.”

The Birnbaum award considers six categories: safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient centeredness and equity.

The Ambulatory Quality and Accountability Award honors NYU Langone as the best in physician practice out of 55 networks. The health system has been a top performer in outpatient care since the award was created.

Vizient considers five domains for that award: access to care, quality, efficiency, continuum of care and equity.

NYU Langone HospitalBrooklyn and NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island were within the top 10 of the Birnbaum Quality Leadership ranking of specialized complex care medical centers.