Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Orthopedic Surgery Award recognizes South Nassau as one of the top 100 hospitals that are among the top 5% or 10% in the nation in this specialty.

Healthgrades recognizes South Nassau with superior performance in Orthopedic Surgery with its Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award.

Healthgrades five-star rating indicates that South Nassau’s Total Hip Replacement clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when performing the evaluated procedures.

Healthgrades five-star rating indicates that South Nassau’s Total Knee Replacement clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when performing the evaluated procedures.

Healthgrades five-star rating indicates that South Nassau’s Hip Fracture Treatment clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when performing the evaluated procedures.

South Nassau was recognized as a Magnet^® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. We’re one of just six hospitals on Long Island to hold this national distinction for nursing excellence.

 
South Nassau is the only hospital on Nassau’s South Shore to be named ‘Baby-Friendly™’ by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.

• Promoting breastfeeding education
• Fostering maternal-infant bonding

South Nassau Communities Hospital has earned the American College of Surgeons (ACS) verification as a Level II Trauma Center and remains the only one of its kind located on the South Shore of Nassau County, providing critical emergency care to some 900,000 residents in the hospital’s service area.

Our Breast Health Program is accredited by a the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.

South Nassau has been named on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2015 annual “100 Hospitals with Great Women's Health Programs” list. We’re one of two hospitals on Long Island to be recognized for offering outstanding health services geared toward women.

South Nassau has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ Certification in seven specialties: Heart Failure, Primary Stroke Center, Joint Replacement Hip, Joint Replacement Knee, Bariatric Surgery, Wound Care and End-Stage Renal Disease.

South Nassau’s cancer program has earned the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer’s Outstanding Achievement Award for three consecutive (three-year) survey cycles (2009, 2012, 2015).

South Nassau has received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines^® — Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Ranked as a Target: Stroke Honor Roll-Elite hospital and the only Stroke Center on the South Shore, providing high-quality care.

South Nassau has received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines^® — Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Ranked as a Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll hospital, and the only Stroke Center on the South Shore, providing high-quality care.

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has named South Nassau Communities Hospital's weight loss program a MBSAQIP Accredited – Comprehensive Center. This means our patients experience a program distinguished for its superior efficiency and safety

Becker’s Hospital Review recently named South Nassau the only Long Island-based hospital to its 2015 listing of “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs.”

For the 11th year in a row, South Nassau’s home health program has been named to the HomeCare Elite™ list of 500 top-performing home health agencies in the country.