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Awards for Quality
Here are some of the most recent awards
Rockford Health System has received:
HealthGrades, the
nation’s leading provider of independent
hospital ratings, recently released its
2008 report and
Rockford Memorial Hospital
received outstanding marks in numerous
areas.
Here are some of the findings:
- Five-Star
Rated for Treatment of Stroke
- Five-Star
Rated for Treatment of Heart
Failure
- Only Hospital
in
Rockford
with 5-Star Rating for Treatment
of Heart Failure
- Ranked Best
in
Rockford
for Spinal Surgery
- Ranked Among
the Top 10 in
Illinois
for Spinal Surgery
- Five-Star
Rated for Spinal Surgery
- Five-Star
Rated for Treatment of Community
Acquired Pneumonia
- Five-Star
Rated for Treatment of Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Ranked Among
the Top 10 Hospitals in
Illinois
for Vascular Surgery
- Ranked Best
in
Rockford
for Overall GI Services
- Five-Star
Rated for Treatment of Bowel
Obstruction (November 2007)
Van Matre
HealthSouth earned honors for being
ranked second in clinical quality out of
93 HealthSouth rehabilitation hospitals
nationwide.
This is the third quarter in a
row VMHS has ranked in the top 5.
(August 2007)
HealthGrades has
named Rockford Memorial as a recipient
of the 2007 Distinguished Hospital Award
for Patient Safety.
Only 242 of the nation’s 5,000
hospitals and 12 in the state of
Illinois, made
the list this year. (April 2007)
Van Matre
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
earned honors as one of the top
HealthSouth rehabilitation hospitals.
Van Matre ranked second in
clinical quality out of more than 90
HealthSouth rehabilitation hospitals
nationwide for the fourth quarter for
2006. (March 2007)
Rockford Health
System again was named a “Family
Friendly Workplace” by the
United Way.
(March 2007)
The most recent
ranking by the American College
of Cardiology puts Rockford Memorial in
the top 3 percent nationwide (23 out of
536 hospitals) for providing prompt
treatment to heart attack victims.
(January 2007)
Rockford Health
System earned a three-year accreditation
from the Illinois State Medical Society
for its Continuing Medical Education
program. (November 2006)
The Commission on
Cancer awarded a three-year
accreditation with commendation to
Rockford
Memorial
Hospital’s
Cancer Program. (November 2006)
HealthGrades
announced that
Rockford
Memorial
Hospital
was rated best in the
Rockford
area for treating:
- Overall orthopedics and
spinal surgery
- Overall pulmonary services
- Critical care
- Gastroenterology
(November
2006)
Children’s
Medical Center was named a Pediatric Critical
Care Center
by the Illinois Department of Public
Health and Emergency Medical Services
for Children program. (September 2006)
Rockford Health
System was honored with the United Way’s 2005
Family Friendly Workplace Award. (March
2006)
Rockford Memorial Hospital
received the HealthGrades 2006 Pulmonary
Care Excellence award and is the only
hospital in
Rockford
area to receive the award two years in
the row, 2005 and 2006. (February 2006)
The Society of
Chest Pain Centers granted the
designation of
Accredited
Chest
Pain Center
to
Rockford Memorial Hospital.
(January 2006)
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