Awards and Accreditations
St. Luke's Meridian
Excellence is Easy to Recognize
By consistently meeting and exceeding patient expectations, St. Luke’s has been honored with several significant awards reflecting excellence in care. Each of these awards was made possible through the skills and dedication of our employees, medical staff, and volunteers. They are the reason so many people turn to St. Luke’s for a healing touch, a comforting hand, and a lifelong commitment to caring.
National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program
2010
St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI) was selected by the National Cancer Institute to expand research and care to underserved populations, particularly in rural communities. As a Community Cancer Centers Program
contract recipient, St. Luke's MSTI will receive $5 million to address ways to reduce health care disparities and improve overall quality of care.
VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence
2010
St. Luke’s Boise and Meridian Medical Centers were recognized by VHA for meeting or exceeding national performance standards for clinical care based on patient care across four clinical areas: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical infection prevention. VHA is a national network of not-for-profit health care organizations that work together to drive maximum savings, set new levels of clinical performance, and identify and implement best practices.
Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals – 2009
St. Luke’s Boise and Meridian were named a 2009 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Hospitals: National Benchmarks winner. The designation recognizes the nation’s top hospitals based on performance in nine areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, cash-to-debt ratio, patient satisfaction, and adherence to clinical standards of care. St. Luke’s was the only Idaho hospital to make the list, and one of only four in the West. St. Luke’s is one of only 13 hospitals nationwide to have made the list seven or more times.
Idaho's Consumer Choice – 2009/2010
St. Luke’s Boise/Meridian has been recognized as one of the nation’s top hospitals by the National Research Corporation (NRC) for the ninth time. The Consumer Choice Award honors hospitals chosen by consumers as having the best overall quality, best doctors and nurses, and the best image and reputation. St. Luke’s has received this designation from NRC annually since 2001.
100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for
Success – 2009
St. Luke's Boise/Meridian has been ranked among the best in the country for the second year in a row on in the 2009 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success survey. This recognition for excellence in cardiovascular care is based on a wide set of measures including survival rates for heart attack, heart failure, angioplasty, and heart bypass; and low rates for surgical complications such as infections and severe bleeding after surgery.
Society of Chest Pain Centers Accreditation – 2009
St. Luke’s Boise and Meridian Medical Centers received full Cycle II accreditation with PCI from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. This accreditation reflects that St. Luke’s has demonstrated its expertise and commitment to quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria and completing on-site
evaluations. The Society of Chest Pain Centers is a non-profit international professional organization focused on improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes and other related maladies.
Blue Cross of Idaho Hospital Quality Incentive Award – 2009
St. Luke's Boise and Meridian were awarded second place among Idaho urban hospitals by the Blue Cross of Idaho Hospital Quality Incentive Program. This program, developed in collaboration with Idaho hospitals and the Idaho Hospital Association, measures patient safety and the quality of health care in hospitals, and associates payment with good performance and outcomes.
Idaho Chapter March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Awards
2009
Eight nurses from St. Luke's Health System received 2009 Nurse of the Year awards from the Idaho Chapter of the March of Dimes. Two nurses from St. Luke’s Magic Valley, three from
St. Luke’s Wood River, two from St. Luke’s Boise, and one from St. Luke’s Meridian were honored.
Avatar International Overall Best Performer – 2008
St. Luke's Boise and Meridian were recognized by Avatar International as a 2008 Overall Best Performer. The Overall Best Performance award, based on results of 2008 patient surveys, is awarded to hospitals with the highest overall combined score for inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and ambulatory surgery. The award represents the top five percent in Avatar's national database.
Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals – 2008
St. Luke’s Boise and Meridian were named a 2008 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Hospitals: National Benchmarks winner. The designation recognizes the nation’s top hospitals based on performance in nine areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, cash-to-debt ratio, patient satisfaction, and adherence to clinical standards of care. St. Luke’s was the only Idaho hospital to make the 2008 list, and one of only five hospitals nationwide to receive the award for the sixth time.
Joint Commission Accreditation – 2008
St. Luke’s Boise and Meridian were fully accredited by the Joint Commission in November 2008. The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting important performance standards.
Magnet Hospital Designation for Nursing Excellence 
In 2006, St. Luke’s Boise/Meridian was re-designated by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as southern Idaho's only Magnet hospital. St. Luke’s shares this distinguished award with some of the nation's finest hospitals, including Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles and Mayo-Rochester in Rochester, Minnesota. The gold standard for nursing services, the Magnet Award recognizes hospitals for nursing excellence and quality patient care.
Why is Magnet designation important to patients and their families?
St. Luke’s Medical Imaging Accreditation
St. Luke’s Medical Imaging Departments are accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) in CT, MRI, ultrasound, mammography, and nuclear medicine. ACR accreditation assures patients, referring physicians, and payers that St. Luke's Medical Imaging facilities have undergone a rigorous review process and meet nationally accepted standards of care.
St. Luke’s Chest Pain Center Accreditation
St. Luke’s Chest Pain Centers, in Boise and Meridian, have been granted the first accreditations in Idaho from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), an international professional society focused on improving care for patients with acute coronary difficulties.
