Beacon teams maintained a laser focus on clinical excellence, garnering several distinctions during 2018:
Community Hospital of Bremen received the Women’s Choice Award for America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experience, a Performance Leadership Award for outcomes and patient perspective from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH), and a Certificate of Excellence from the Indiana State Department of Health for outstanding contributions through the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project.
Elkhart General Hospital earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers.
Since March 2018, Elkhart General has operated as a Level III “in the process” Trauma Center, accepting and treating our community’s most seriously injured patients in accordance with the State Triage and Transport Rule. Following a review of program documentation and a site visit in spring 2019, the hospital expects to receive a three-year certificate of verification from the American College of Surgeons.
The Elkhart General Breast Center was named as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence in the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program™ (NQMBC™). The achievement is based on meeting the highest set of certification criteria, including quality of care and timeliness of care.
IBM Watson Health named Memorial Hospital as one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals.
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association honored Elkhart General and Memorial Hospital for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
- Elkhart General Hospital – Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Quality Achievement Award
- Memorial Hospital – Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award
Click here to see more of Beacon’s accreditations, awards and accolades.