Center of Excellence

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

Vision

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