February 27, 2025
Craig Hospital Receives 2024 HX Press Ganey NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality®
Craig Hospital recognized as a leader in rehabilitation within the health care industry for excellence in nursing
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. – February 27, 2025 – Craig Hospital has been named a 2024 Human Experience (HX) National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality® winner by Press Ganey, the global leader in health care experience solutions and services. This award is part of Press Ganey’s annual ranking of the top hospitals and health systems in the country according to performance in nursing quality in the category ofrehabilitation hospital.
The NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality® honors seven of the best-performing academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, community hospitals, pediatric hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals and international hospitals for delivering outstanding nursing quality to patients.
Craig Hospital has now received this award nine times as the nationally top-performing rehabilitation hospital that has achieved excellence in overall performance in nursing quality indicators, such as total nursing hours per patient, staff education and certifications, RN experience and tenure, quality of care, and patient safety.
“At Craig, we witness the compassion and expertise of our nursing teams every day” said Jandel Allen-Davis, MD, Craig Hospital president and CEO. “It’s an honor to see them recognized for their commitment to providing person-first, empowering, and safe care. Their dedication to our patients, families and one another is truly remarkable.”
“Craig Hospital’s clinical nurses and nurse team leaders are making a real difference in the lives of their patients and are a testament to the transformative impact of nursing,” said Patrick T. Ryan, CEO and chairman at Press Ganey. “The compassion, empathy and dedication they bring to their roles, while providing exceptional care, is truly commendable.”
About Craig Hospital
Craig Hospital is a world-renowned neurorehabilitation hospital and research center specialized in the care of people who have sustained a spinal cord and/or a brain injury. Located in Englewood, Colo., Craig Hospital is a 93-bed, private, not-for-profit care facility providing a comprehensive system of inpatient and outpatient medical care, rehabilitation, neurosurgical rehabilitative care, and long-term follow-up services. Half of Craig’s patients come from outside of Colorado. Craig has been ranked as a Best Hospital for Rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report for 35 consecutive years. Craig received the NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality® nine times since 2009 for the highest quality outcomes in nursing care in a rehabilitation facility. Craig also received its 4th recognition for excellence in nursing by the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® in 2020, ensuring Magnet designation until the year 2025. Craig was voted by employees as a Top Workplace by the Denver Post nine times since 2012 and named a 2021, 2023 and 2024 Top Workplace USA by Energage. For more information, visit craighospital.org.
About Press Ganey
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