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Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center

Accreditations and Distinctions

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Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center is committed to delivering excellent care to our patients and is recognized by national organizations for meeting high quality standards.


Distinctions:

  • Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center has physicians who are leaders in their fields and teaching a new generation of doctors. Medical residents train each year in Family Practice.

  • Advanced obstetrical care/gynecology program and well-known behavioral health, alcohol/substance abuse and diabetes programs.

  • The Culture of Excellence initiative and ongoing patient satisfaction survey ensures the delivery of excellent patient care.

  • Employees, physicians, nurses and staff, who speak many languages ranging from Polish and Spanish to Tagalog, Portuguese and Hindi.

  • A wide range of education programs offered year-round to address the health care needs of the community.

  • Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center is a Primary Stroke Center certified by The Joint Commission for using stroke care protocols that have been proven as efficient and high quality.

Accreditations:

  • Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - Residency Review Committees for Family Medicine, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery.
  • American Association of Blood Banks
  • American College of Radiology
  • American College of Surgeons - Teaching Hospital Cancer Program
  • CME Accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society
  • College of American Pathologists
  • Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics (EDAP)
  • Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)

Licensed By:

  • Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS)
  • Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Division of Nuclear Safety
  • The State of Illinois Department of Public Health
  • The City of Chicago

Memberships:

  • American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • American Hospital Association
  • Association of Hospital Medical Education
  • Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN)
  • Catholic Health Association of the United States
  • Chicago Asthma Consortium
  • Illinois Catholic Health Association
  • Illinois Hospital Association
  • LifeSource
  • Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
  • National Network of Libraries of Medicine
  • Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy
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