Accreditation & Certifications
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a letter grade program that rates an MTF’s patient safety measures through more than 30 national performance indicators. Each indicator reflects errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent patient harm.
NMCPs "A" grade signifies that we are leading the way in quality and safety assurance in healthcare today!
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and our Branch Medical Clinics have once again earned the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval™ as a Joint Commission Accredited Hospital.
Founded in 1951, the Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit standards setting and health care accreditation and certification body that seeks to continuously improve health care for the public by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe, high quality care. The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting certain performance standards. To earn and maintain The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™, an organization must undergo an on-site survey by a Joint Commission survey team at least every three years.
American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) Meritorious Status
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) has recognized Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) as one of 77 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals that have achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2023. As a participant in ACS NSQIP, NMCP is required to track the outcomes of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures and collect data that assesses patient safety and can be used to direct improvement in the quality of surgical care.
Our Laboratory and Blood Bank are Accredited by:
American Association of Blood Banks
College of American Pathologists