Quality

Straub Benioff Medical Center is a fully integrated not-for-profit health care provider with a 159-bed medical center in Honolulu. Straub Benioff provides its patients with expert diagnoses and treatments for more than 32 different medical specialties, including bone and joint, heart, cancer, endocrinology/diabetes, family medicine, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, internal medicine, women’s health, vascular and urology.

Founded in 1921, Straub Benioff is home to the Pacific Region’s only multi-disciplinary burn care unit. The medical center consistently brings new technologies and innovative medical practices to Hawaii, such as minimally invasive cardiac surgery and total joint replacement.

In addition to the programs and services at the medical center, Straub Benioff includes a network of neighborhood clinics and a visiting specialist program that reaches throughout the state of Hawai‘i. With nearly 600 physicians who are leaders in their fields, Straub Benioff is an affiliate of Hawai‘i Pacific Health.

Straub Benioff's Quality Recognition

• American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll 2022-2023.
• Healthgrades® America’s 250 Best Hospitals™ Award in 2020-2022; top 5 percent nationwide for clinical excellence.
• Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award™; 2010-2021, 2024 and 2025.
• Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for 15 years in a row (2010-2024); for Treatment of Stroke for seven years in a row (2018-2024); for Hip Fracture Treatment for 13 years in a row (2014-2026); and for Treatment of Bowel Obstruction for three years in a row (2024-2026).
• Healthgrades 2026 Surgical Care Excellence Award™; top 10 percent nationwide for surgical care.
• Healthgrades 2026 Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack; for Pacemaker Procedures; for Cranial Neurosurgery; for Colorectal Surgeries; and for Outpatient Rotator Cuff Repair.
• Healthgrades 2024 Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™ and Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award.
• Level I & III Patient-Centered Medical Home designation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
• CMS 5-Star Rating 2016, 2017 and 2019-2023.
• Healthgrades 2020-2022 America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care; top 5 percent nationwide three years in a row.
• Healthgrades 2021-2022 Excellence Award for Cranial Neurosurgery; top 10 percent nationwide, only in Hawaii to receive.
• Healthgrades 2020-2022 Excellence Award for Stroke Care; top 10 percent nationwide three years in a row, only in Hawaii to receive.
• Healthgrades Excellence Award for Gastrointestinal Care 2018-2022; top 10 percent nationwide, five years in a row.
• Healthgrades Excellence Award for General Surgery 2015-2021; top 10 percent nationwide.
• Healthgrades 2020, 2022 Excellence Award for Pulmonary Care; top 10 percent nationwide.
• Healthgrades 2021 Five Star recipient for Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries, Small Intestine Surgeries, Total Hip Replacement, Treatment of GI Bleed, Treatment of Pneumonia.
• Straub Medical Center was rated as High Performing for Colon Cancer Surgery and Hip Replacement by U.S. News & World Report 2020-21 Best Hospitals.
• 2021 Women's Choice Award for Best Hospitals in Patient Safety, Heart Care, Emergency Care, and Orthopedics. Also named for Best Stroke Center and Best Mammogram Imaging Center. 
• 2013-2021 Awarded an “A” Hospital Safety Score by the Leapfrog Group, 17 “A’s” in a row.
• 2016 STS Three Stars for Cardiac Surgery (Society of Thoracic Surgeons).
• 2016 Blue Cross Blue Shield Award of Distinction Center Plus for Cardiac Care.
• 2016 Blue Cross Blue Shield Award of Distinction Center plus for Orthopedic Surgery.

Tradition of Medical Firsts in Hawaii