The hospital performance report provides a quarterly ranking of Mississippi hospitals’ collection and handling of newborn screening specimens. The goal for the Mississippi Newborn Screening program is for all hospitals to have 99% acceptable specimens.
Performance results are based on the percentage of dried blood spot specimens that were unsatisfactory or unacceptable due to improper collection and/or transport.
The following birthing hospitals are recognized for achieving satisfactory ratings of 5 stars (top performing) or 4 stars (meeting expectations) for the collection of newborn screening specimens. Their hard work and continuing efforts set the standard for other birthing facilities in the state.
January - March 2021
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Singing River Hospital
- Magnolia Regional Health Center
- Delta Regional Medical Center
October - December 2020
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- MS Baptist Medical Center
- Singing River Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Rush Foundation Hospital
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- Merit Health Natchez
- Merit Health Biloxi
July - September 2020
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Ocean Springs Hospital
- South Sunflower County Hospital
- Wayne General Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Rush Foundation Hospital
- Singing River Hospital
- Merit Health Wesley
April - June 2020
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Hancock Medical Center
- Kings Daughters Hospital Brookhaven
- Panola Medical Center
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- Merit Health Gilmore Memorial
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - North MS
- Southwest MS Regional Medical Center
January - March 2020
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County
- Garden Park Hospital
- South Sunflower County Hospital
- Wayne General Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Kings Daughters Hospital Brookhaven
- Merit Health Natchez
- Ocean Springs Hospital
October - December 2019
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Hancock Medical Center
- Kings Daughters Hospital Brookhaven
- Rush Foundation Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - North MS
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- Singing River Hospital
- Merit Health Woman's Hospital
- Forrest General Hospital
July - September 2019
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County
- Greenwood Leflore Hospital
- Merit Health Madison
- South Sunflower County Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Merit Health Woman's Hospital
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle
- Ocean Springs Hospital
- North Mississippi Medical Center
- Merit Health Northwest MS
- Merit Health River Oaks
- Merit Health Biloxi
- Rush Foundation Hospital
- Merit Health Natchez
April - June 2019
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- George County Hospital
- South Sunflower County Hospital
- Southwest MS Regional Medical Center
- University of MS Medical Center - Grenada
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Merit Health Woman's Hospital
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- Rush Foundation Hospital
- Merit Health Natchez
- Merit Health River Oaks
- Merit Health Wesley
January - March 2019
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County
- Garden Park Hospital
- Hancock Medical Center
- Magnolia Regional Health Center
- Merit Health Natchez
- North MS Medical Center — West Point
- South Sunflower County Hospital
- Southwest MS Regional Medical Center
- Wayne General Hospital
- Highland Community Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- St. Dominic Hospital
- Greenwood Leflore Hospital
- Merit Health River Oaks
October - December 2018
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Merit Health Northwest MS
- South Sunflower County Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Merit Health Woman's Hospital
- Merit Health Biloxi
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle
- Singing River Hospital
- Merit Health River Oaks
- Merit Health Wesley
- Rush Foundation Hospital
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- Garden Park Hospital
- OCH Regional Medical Center
July - September 2018
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Anderson Regional Medical Center
- Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle
- Hancock Medical Center
- Kings Daughters Hospital - Brookhaven
- South Sunflower County Hospital
- University of MS Medical Center - Grenada
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Merit Health Woman's Hospital
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- Baptist Memorial Hospital – North MS
- Merit Health River Oaks
- Ocean Springs Hospital
April - June 2018
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County
- Garden Park Hospital
- Merit Health Woman's Hospital
- Rush Foundation Hospital
- South Sunflower County Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Ocean Springs Hospital
- Magnolia Regional Health Center
- Merit Health Northwest MS
- OCH Regional Medical Center
- Merit Health Biloxi
- South Central Regional Medical Center
January - March 2018
Hospitals with 100% satisfactory (0% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Anderson Regional Medical Center - South Campus
- Merit Health River Oaks
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- South Sunflower County Hospital
Hospitals with 99% satisfactory (fewer than 1% unsatisfactory) newborn screening specimens
- Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union County
- Rush Foundation Hospital
- Merit Health Biloxi
- Merit Health Northwest MS
- Garden Park Hospital
- Greenwood Leflore Hospital
- Merit Health Woman's Hospital
- North Mississippi Medical Center
