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The ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support Application, revised for the 2012 award period, is now available for download!
 
Please note:  The Application Deadline is April 15th!!
 
Absolutely no late applications will be accepted!!!
 
If your centers’ Award expires in 2012, you must apply for renewal by April 15th to assure continuous designation as a Center of Excellence.
 
 
NEW!!
The ELSO Award Committee will be providing a workshop at the Keystone ECMO Meeting.
 
“How to Fill Out an ELSO Award Application – All Your Questions Answered”
 
Monday – February 27th, 2012
After the Morning Session
1015 – 1200
 

 

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The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

Award for Excellence in Life Support

 

The Excellence in Life Support Award recognizes ECLS programs worldwide that distinguish themselves by having processes, procedures and systems in place that promote excellence and exceptional care in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

ELSO’s goal is to recognize and honor ECLS programs who reach the highest level of performance, innovation, satisfaction and quality.

 

A designated Center of Excellence has demonstrated extraordinary achievement in the following three categories:

1)      Excellence in promoting the mission, activities, and vision of ELSO

2)      Excellence in patient care by using the highest quality measures, processes, and structures based upon evidence

3)      Excellence in training, education, collaboration, and communication that supports ELSO guidelines and contributes to a healing environment.

 

Why is it important to be designated as a Center of Excellence in Life Support?

 

The ELSO Award signifies to patients and families a commitment to exceptional patient care. It also demonstrates to the health care community an assurance of high quality standards, specialized equipment and supplies, defined patient protocols, and advanced education of all staff members.

 

ECLS Centers may use the award to market themselves as distinguished leaders in critical care as it provides evidence of the commitment of the institution to high quality state of the art healthcare. The ELSO Award of Excellence is recognized by the US News and World Report and Parents magazine as one criteria for top institutions.

 

 

Award for Excellence Application (Updated Nobember 2011)

Instructions

Frequently Asked Question

ELSO Award Readiness Tool

Payment Form

 

 

ELSO is proud to list those centers who are currently designated as a Center of Excellence

 

Through September 2013
(listed in the order the application was received)

Children’s Hospital of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
 
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, DC
 
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Madison, Wisconsin
 
Rady Children’s Hospital
San Diego, California
 
Duke University Hospital
Durham, North Carolina
 
Cohen Children’s Medical Center at North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, New York
 
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital
Oak Lawn, Illinois
 
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
 
University Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona
 
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
Atlanta, Georgia
 
Karolinska University Hospital, ECMO Centrum Karolinska
Stockholm, Sweden
 
Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Palo Alto, California
 
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa
 
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
 
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
 
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
 
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
 
Texas Children’ Hospital
Houston, Texas
 
Primary Children’s Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
 
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, Ohio
 
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, Washington
 

 

 

Through September 2012
(listed in the order the application was received)

UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
 
St. Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis, MO
 
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
 
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH
 
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Dallas, TX
 
Arnold Palmer Medical Center
Orlando, FL
 
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, TX
 
Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven
New Haven, CT
 
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
Nijmegen,  The Netherlands
Mayo Clinic
 
Rochester, MN
Miami Children's Hospital
Miami, FL
 
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics
Minneapolis, MN
 
Our Lady's Children's Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
 
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
 
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
 
Cook Children's Medical Center
Fort Worth, TX
 
Hanuola – ECMO Program of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
 
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
 
Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics
Kansas City, MO
 
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt 
Nashville, TN
 
All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL
 
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Shreveport, LA
 
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 
Philadelphia, PA
 
Christus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital  
San Antonio, TX
 
LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center
Memphis, TN