Awards & Accreditations

St. Peter’s Hospital (482 Staffed Beds): 

U.S. News & World Report

• "Best Regional Hospital" by U.S. News & World Report for 12 consecutive years (No. 1 in the Capital Region, 14th in New York state); singled out as "high performing" in 19 adult specialties, procedures, and conditions – Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Urology, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Back Surgery/Spinal Fusion, Colon Cancer Surgery, Heart Arrhythmia, Heart Attack, Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Hip Fracture, Hip Replacement, Kidney Disease/Kidney Failure, Knee Replacement, Leukemia/Lymphoma/Myeloma, Lung Cancer Surgery, Pacemaker Implantation, Pneumonia, Prostate Cancer Surgery
• "Best Hospital for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy)"  

"Best Hospital" (Times Union's "Best of the Capital Region" poll)

"Best Place to Work for Women" and one of America's Greatest Workplaces in Health Care (Newsweek)

"Baby Friendly Hospital" (Baby-Friendly USA, Inc.'s gold standard in maternity care)

 Magnet®-designated organization (for the fifth consecutive time) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC) Magnet® Recognition Program

 "The Gold Seal of Approval®" from The Joint Commission®

St. Peter's and Samaritan Hospitals ranked among the top 1% in the country for robotic surgeries with more than 28,000 robotic procedures performed to date

St. Peter’s Hospital Breast Center accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)

St. Peter's Cancer Care Center accredited by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer 

Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Blue Distinction Center for bariatric surgery, cancer care, and spine surgery; and Blue Distinction Center+ for hip and knee replacement 

American Heart Association Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG)-Stroke Quality Achievement Award

American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) Stroke Gold Plus with Target:Type 2 Diabetes^TMHonor Roll Quality Achievement Award

New York State Department of Health Primary Stroke Center

St. Peter's Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Wellness Program is certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) 

Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (was the first hospital in New York state to receive this accreditation)

St. Peter's Bariatric & Metabolic Care accredited by Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)

Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)-accredited programs include Community Hospice, Empire Home Infusion Services, Northeast Home Medical Equipment, and Eddy Visiting Nurse & Rehab Association (including infusion nursing and palliative care) 

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has accredited:

• St. Peter's Hospital (echocardiology: adult transesophageal & adult transthoracic)
• St. Peter's Cardiac Imaging Center (echocardiology: adult stress & adult transthoracic) 

The American College of Radiology accreditations for: 

• St. Peter's Hospital Medical Imaging
  • (CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, PET, ultrasound)  
  • Recognized as an Image Gently® facility accredited in pediatric CT imaging
• St. Peter's Medical Imaging – Clifton Park
• St. Peter's Breast Centers  
  • (breast ultrasound, mammogram, stereotactic)
  • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) for core-needle-biopsy & stereotactic
  • Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center (digital, breast, tomosynthesis, full-field)

St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing ranked fifth by Nursing Schools Almanac for best associate degree in nursing (ADN) programs in New York. (2024)

St. Peter's Health Partners Nursing Professional Development Department honored with the Teamwork Award from The Northeast New York Professional Nurses Organization. (2022)

Samaritan Hospital (457 Staffed Beds): 

St. Peter's and Samaritan Hospitals ranked among the top 1% in the country for robotic surgeries (28,000+ robotic procedures to date) 

American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) Target: Type 2 Diabetes^TM Honor Roll Quality Achievement Award

St. Peter's Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Wellness Program (at Samaritan Hospital and the Albany Memorial Campus) certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)

New York State Department of Health Primary Stroke Center 

Certificate of Distinction for Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission 

Accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) (adult transthoracic echocardiography)  

St. Peter's Bariatric & Metabolic Care accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) 

Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine at Samaritan Hospital (Albany Memorial Campus) accredited by the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society

The Samaritan Hospital Cancer Treatment Center accredited by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO)

American College of Radiology (ACR) Accreditations: 

• Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) (mammogram, breast ultrasound, stereotactic)
• St. Peter's Medical Imaging (operated by Samaritan Hospital)
  • Center of Excellence (CT, MRI, ultrasound)  
  • Recognized as an Image Gently® facility accredited in pediatric CT imaging  

Samaritan Hospital College of Nursing ranked sixth by Nursing Schools Almanac for best associate degree in nursing (ADN) programs in New York (2024)

Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital (115 Staffed Beds):

• Accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) since 1985. Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital holds CARF accreditations (2024-2025) in:
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs for adults and children
  • Inpatient Amputation Specialty Program for adults
  • Inpatient Brain Injury Specialty Programs for adults, children, and adolescents
  • Inpatient Stroke Specialty Program for adults
  • Interdisciplinary Outpatient Brain Injury Specialty Program for adults, children, and adolescents
• Gold Seal of Approval® accreditation from The Joint Commission®. 

St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates (SPHPMA):

The American Medical Association/American Heart Association Target: BP^TM Gold+ Award 

Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Accreditations:

• Only accredited Vein Center in the Capital Region (St. Peter's Vascular Associates)
• Vascular Testing (St. Peter's Vascular Associates)
• Albany Associates in Cardiology (AAC) (nuclear cardiology, positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT), adult transthoracic echocardiography)  
• Cardiology Associates of Schenectady (adult transthoracic echocardiography, nuclear/PET (myocardial perfusion imaging)
• Saratoga Cardiology Associates (nuclear/PET, adult transthoracic echocardiography)

St. Peter's Home Care:

• Gold Seal of Approval® from the Joint Commission®

St. Peter's Laboratory Services: