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"Our hospital staff is known for teamwork, following
a multidisciplinary approach and using best practices
to achieve the highest level of quality care," says CEO
Jo Ann Birdzell. "Patients can trust in our caring doctors,
staff and volunteers to treat them like family in a comfortable, state-of-the-art, forward-thinking environment."

ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER
St. Mary Medical Center has been distinguished among
America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™
in 2014, according to Healthgrades.
"Our orthopedic surgery program, which includes our
Joint Academy, is one of the most highly recognized in the
entire Chicagoland area. St. Mary Medical Center also has
earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for
both total knee and hip replacement surgeries and designation as a Blue Distinction Center by Anthem Blue Cross
and Blue Shield Companies," says CEO Janice Ryba.
"To be acknowledged by Healthgrades among America's
100 Best for orthopedic surgeries, together with high
honors from these other national organizations, serves
as conﬁrmation of our hospital's continuing commitment
to excellence."

Community Healthcare System laboratory services,
which also have a signiﬁcant impact on the patient experience, have received a systemwide accreditation from
the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the
College of American Pathologists (CAP). Facilities of
Community Healthcare System are part of some 6,800
laboratories that have received CAP-accreditation nationwide. However, there are only about 100 integrated system laboratories across the United States that have earned
this distinction.

GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND
Besides being independently evaluated by Healthgrades,
Community Hospital, St. Catherine Hospital and
St. Mary Medical Center also voluntarily seek accreditations from other professional organizations to monitor
and improve performance.
"The accreditation process involves self-assessment by
the hospitals as well as review by expert external surveyors who are also healthcare professionals," says Nancy
Moser, vice president of Compliance, Quality and Risk
Management for Community Healthcare System. "This
self-assessment or evaluation process is completed by
hospital staff before a certiﬁcate or gold seal is awarded
and results in elevated levels of care and service."
Working at every level-from educating the public to
improving coordination between ﬁrst responders-the
hospitals of Community Healthcare System have become
Accredited Chest Pain Centers through the Society of
Chest Pain Centers. This distinction has been earned
through a rigorous evaluation of their cardiac care services, practices, guidelines and treatment protocols during the critical ﬁrst stages of heart attack. Accredited
Chest Pain Centers are designed to stabilize and treat
heart attack patients immediately, when the chances of
recovery are greatest. The goal is to provide the most
urgent and direct care possible to minimize heart damage and enhance the level of recovery.
SUM MER 2014

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