Recognitions Accreditations and Certifications

Saint Francis Medical Center is noted for high-quality healthcare services on regional, state and national levels and has received numerous recognitions, accreditations and certifications.

Saint Francis Medical Center


• Named on Modern Healthcare 
magazine’s 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2008 and again in 2009
• Ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for outstanding patient experience by HealthGrades®, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings company (2009/2010)
• Awarded Medal of Honor by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for helping achieve organ donation consent rates at or above 75 percent

• Holds an A+ revenue bond rating from Standard & Poor’s for managing a major construction project while increasing market share, managing expenses and exhibiting a solid operating performance

• Holds an AA- revenue bond rating from Fitch Ratings for the Medical Center’s growing role as a regional tertiary care provider, reflected in strong revenue and volume growth

• Ranked among the top 10 in Missouri for gastrointestinal medical treatment by HealthGrades (2008)

• Five-star rated for treatment of pancreatitis by HealthGrades (2008)

Saint Francis Medical Center Cancer Institute

• American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer three-year reaccreditation with commendation
 (2009-2011)
• Exclusive local affiliation with MD Anderson Physicians Network®

Saint Francis Medical Center Diabetes Education and Management Center

• Diabetes Self-management Training program recognized by the American Diabetes Association® for meeting National Standards for Diabetes Self-management Education

Saint Francis Medical Center Diagnostic Services


• Accredited by the American College of Radiology for ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (2009-2011)

Saint Francis Medical Center Gene E. Huckstep Emergency Center/Level III Trauma Center

• State-designated by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Unit of Emergency Medical Services

Saint Francis Medical Center Heart Hospital


• Accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories

• Certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation for the Cardiac 
Rehabilitation Program

• Quality Respiratory Care Recognition by the American Association for Respiratory Care

• Full Cycle II accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) (2009-2012)
• Accredited by the American College of Radiology in vascular peripheral, cerebrovascular, abdominal and deep abdominal ultrasound
• Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac CareSM, as designated by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri
• VHA® Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence for meeting or exceeding national performance standards on clinical care measures for acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia and heart failure (2006 and 2007)
• Ratings from HealthGrades:
  • Recipient of the HealthGrades Vascular Surgery Excellence Award™ (2008)
  • Five-star rated for treatment of atrial fibrillation (2008)
  • Five-star rated for carotid surgery (2008)
  • Ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for vascular surgery (2008)
  • Ranked among the top five in Missouri for vascular surgery (2008)
  • Best rated in the Southeast Missouri region* for vascular surgery (2004, 2007, 2008)

Saint Francis Medical Center Laboratory Services


• Accredited by the College of American Pathologists
• Certified by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Saint Francis Medical Center Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

• One of more than 800 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in the Vermont Oxford Network, an international network of NICUs

Saint Francis Medical Center Neurosciences Institute


• Three-time recipient of The Joint Commission’s Certificate of Distinction in Disease-Specific Care for Primary
 Stroke Treatment
• 
The area’s only pain center accredited by the American Academy of Pain Management

• Neurophysiology EEG Laboratory accreditation from the Laboratory Accreditation Board of the American
 Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET) (2009-2014)
•  Blue Distinction Center for Spine SurgerySM, as designated by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri
•  Ranked among the top five in Missouri for spine surgery by HealthGrades three years in a row (2006-2008)

Saint Francis Medical Center Sleep Disorders Center


• The area’s only sleep center accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Saint Francis Medical Center Thomas G. Otto, MD, Orthopedic Institute


• Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip ReplacementSM, as designated by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri
• Ratings from HealthGrades:
  
  • Recipient of the HealthGrades 2010 Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™
  • Ranked among the top 10 in Missouri for overall orthopedic services – nine years (2001-2007, 2009, 2010)
  • Ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for overall orthopedics (2010)
  • Ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for joint replacement (2010)
  • Ranked among the top 10 hospitals in Missouri for joint replacement (2010)
  • Ranked best in the St. Louis surrounding region* for overall orthopedics (2002-2005, 2007, 2009)

  • Five-star rated for total hip replacement surgery – seven years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)

  • Only five-star rated hospital in the St. Louis surrounding region* for hip replacement surgery (2009)

  • Five-star rated for hip fracture repair — two years in a row (2009-2010)
  • Five-star rated for overall orthopedics (2010)
  • Five-star rated for joint replacement (2010)
  • Five-star rated for total knee replacement (2010)

Saint Francis Medical Center Womancare


• Accredited by the American College of Radiology for mammography

• Bone-density services offered by clinical staff certified by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD)

Clinical/Teaching Affiliations


• Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

• Shawnee Community College, Ullin, Ill.

• Cape Girardeau Career & Technology Center, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

* Region as defined on www.healthgrades.com