Awards & Recognition
Maintaining safety and delivering high-quality care is important to us. Learn more about the awards and recognitions we've received.
Performance you can trust
It's one thing to say that you're better, but it's another thing altogether to demonstrate that you are. Alaska Regional Hospital is proud of our track record of excellence in patient care. The high-quality care we consistently deliver has earned national and state recognition from third-party healthcare ratings organizations - year after year:
- The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Total Hip, Total Knee and Spine programs for more than 10 years
- One of Healthgrades' "America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™" for the second straight year (2024-2025), and the Spine Surgery Excellence Award™ (2024-2025) and the Joint Replacement Excellence Award™
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2022-2024)
- Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Patient Safety for 3 Years in a Row (2022-2024)
- Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from DNV, making us the first hospital in Alaska to receive this designation, reflecting the highest level of competence for treatment of serious stroke events
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke & Honor Roll Elite Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
- Chest Pain Center accreditation, as well as accreditation for the treatment of Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
- ER staff certified in advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support trauma care, and stroke screening (National Institute of Health)
- Cancer program certification (American College of Surgeons)
- Center of Excellence: Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery (COERS) by Surgical Review Corporation
- CNOR(R) Strong designation from the Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI) for having at least 50 percent of its OR nursing staff CNOR certified