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status is the highest level of formal recognition
for nursing excellence and is considered the
gold standard for hospitals. Only about 7% of
6000 eligible hospitals nationwide are Magnet
facilities.
■ Press Ganey announces 2013 award

winners
Two BHCS hospitals and a HealthTexas
Provider Network group are Press Ganey 2013
Beacon of Excellence Award winners. Baylor
Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular
Hospital and The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
are Beacon of Excellence Award winners
for inpatient satisfaction. The Heart Hospital
Baylor Plano also received a Beacon Award for
emergency department satisfaction. This year,
HealthTexas Provider Network—Signature
Medicine also received the Beacon Award.
The Beacon of Excellence Award, formerly the
Summit Award, is one of Press Ganey’s most
prestigious awards, honoring health care organizations that sustain an overall patient satisfaction rank above the 95th percentile for at least
the past three consecutive years. This award
is given to the top three performing organizations by category on the basis of extraordinary
achievement. Only 100 organizations receive
the award in each category