Accreditations & Certifications

Accreditation Medallions | Gold Plus Stroke American Stroke Assocation Achievement Award
In 2010, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center was upgraded from Silver status to Gold Plus, the highest possible American Stroke Association's "Get With The Guidelines" rating. The award specifically recognizes OSF St. Joseph for its use of evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients.
 

Accreditation Medallions | Blue Distinction

 Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois designated OSF St. Joseph Medical Center a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery in February 2010. The Blue Distinction designation is awarded to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality health care in the area of spine surgery. OSF St. Joseph Medical Center offers comprehensive spine surgery services, board certified physicians, and evidence-based evaluation protocols that are overseen by a team of spine surgery professionals.
   
Accreditation Medallions | ACR Medallion American College of Radiology Accreditation
OSF St. Joseph Medical Center has been awarded a three-year accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). With this recent designation, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center has maintained ACR accreditation in mammography since 2000. OSF St. Joseph Medical Center also has maintained American College of Radiology accreditation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) since 2003 and in ultrasound since 2007.
   
Accreditation Medallions | ASA Achievement Medallion American Stroke Association Achievement Award
In 2009, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center received the American Stroke Association's "Get With The Guidelines" - Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award for the medical center's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care.  The award ensures that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.
   
  Best-in-Class Nursing Organization
The Nursing Executive Center serves chief nursing officers and their leadership teams by tracking, reporting, and analyzing the most critical issues facing hospital-based nursing organizations today and into the future.  The Nursing Executive Center announced in September of 2008, they would like to profile OSF St. Joseph Medical Center as a "Best-in-Class Nursing Organization."
   
Accreditation Medallions | ICAEL Medallion Echocardiography Accreditation
In January of 2009, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center's echocardiography laboratory was granted accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories.  Accreditation status signifies the facility has been reviewed by an independent agency recognizing the laboratory's commitment to quality testing for the diagnosis of heart disease.
   
Accreditation Medallions | JC Medallion Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval
By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's national standards for health care quality and safety, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center has earned the Commission's Gold Seal of Approval in 2005 and again in 2008.
   
Accreditation Medallions | Magnet Medallion Magnet Certification
In December 2008, the American Nurses Credentialing Center designated OSF St. Joseph Medical Center a Magnet hospital, making it the only Magnet hospital in McLean County and only the 18th in Illinois.  The Magnet Recognition Program acknowledges healthcare organizations that demonstrate excellence in nursing practice and adherence to national standards for the organization and delivery of nursing services.
   
Accreditation Medallions | JC Medallion Primary Stroke Center
In 2007, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers.  This means OSF St. Joseph Medical Center is now a certified stroke center, a rare distinction for hospitals providing neuroscience care.
   
Accreditation Medallions | ADA Medallion Self-Management Education Recertification
In February of 2009, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center was granted recertification for its nationally recognized American Diabetes Association (ADA) Self-Management Education Program.  This designation means OSF St. Joseph Medical Center has continued to meet national standards in diabetes education services (both individual and group class instruction) and is formally recognized by the ADA as a hospital-based outpatient diabetes education program.
   
Accreditation Medallions | Bedside Medallion Transforming Care at the Bedside
In 2007, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center became one of only 68 hospitals nationwide chosen to participate in Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), a national program designed to improve the quality and safety of patient care on medical and surgical units, increase the vitality and retention of nurses, and to improve the effectiveness of the entire care team.
   
 Accreditation Medallions | US News & World Report Best Hospital List U.S. News & World Reports: America's Best Hospitals List
OSF St. Joseph Medical Center was listed as the seventh best orthopedic hospital in Illinois, and the best orthopedic hospital outside of Chicago, by the U.S. News & World Reports: America's Best Hospitals list for 2009-2010. The medical center scored an 18.1 in the Orthopedics category, based on reputation, mortality index, patient safety index, discharges, nurse staffing, Magnet hospital designation, key technologies, patient services and trauma center availability.