Achievements
2021 Patient Safety Excellence Award™
This hospital has been designated for superior performance in preventing the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications for patients during hospital stays. The distinction places it among the top percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
Top 10%: Research Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center
Top 5%: Menorah Medical Center
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Research Medical Center
2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award™
This hospital has been designated for superior performance in preventing the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications for patients during hospital stays. The distinction places it among the top percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
Top 10%: Research Medical Center, Belton Regional Medical Center
Top 5%: Menorah Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center, Belton Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Research Medical Center
2020 Get With The Guidelines® Stroke - Gold Plus
Menorah Medical Center received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® –Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
Additionally, Menorah received the Association's Honor Roll Elite/Target: Stroke award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke.
Menorah has also met specific scientific guidelines as a Primary Stroke Center or as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, featuring a comprehensive system for rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients admitted to the emergency department.
Menorah earned the awards by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients also received education on managing their health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center, Belton Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Research Medical Center
2020 Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Silver Plus Quality Achievement
Menorah Medical Center received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring heart failure patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines founded in the latest scientific evidence. The goal is speeding recovery and reducing hospital readmissions for heart failure patients. Additionally, Menorah received the Association's Target Type 2 Honor Roll award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed with more than 90% of compliance for 12 consecutive months for the “Overall Diabetes Cardiovascular Initiative Composite Score.”
Menorah earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and aggressive risk-reduction therapies. Before discharge, patients should also receive education on managing their heart failure and overall health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
2019 Get With The Guidelines® Stroke - Gold Plus Honor Roll Elite Plus
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association recognizes this hospital for achieving 85% or higher compliance with all Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Achievement Measures and 75% or higher compliance with five or more Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Quality Measures for two or more consecutive years and achieving Thrombolytic Therapy ≤ 60 minutes 75% and ≤ 45 minutes in 50% of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients improve the quality of patient care and outcomes.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Research Medical Center
2018-2021 Lantern Award
The Emergency Nurses Association bestows the Lantern Award to emergency departments that exemplify exceptional practice and innovative performance in the core areas of nursing leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. The Lantern Award acts as a visible symbol to patients that the receiving emergency department values excellence and delivers exceptional care.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center
2018 Patient Safety Excellence Award™
This hospital has been designated for superior performance in preventing the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications for patients during hospital stays. The distinction places it among the top 10 percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
Facilities: Lee's Summit Medical Center
2018 Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work
This hospital was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. Find a complete list of this year’s winners, in alphabetical order, on the Modern Healthcare website. Organizations making this year's list of Best Places to Work in Healthcare stand out in their efforts to create an empowered and satisfied workforce.
Facilities: Lee's Summit Medical Center
2018 Get With The Guidelines® Stroke - Gold Plus Honor Roll Elite
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association recognizes this hospital for achieving 85% or higher compliance with all Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Achievement Measures and 75% or higher compliance with five or more Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Quality Measures for two or more consecutive years and achieving Time to Thrombolytic Therapy ≤ 60 minutes 75% ore more of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients to improve the quality of patient care and outcomes.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center
2018 Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure - Gold Plus Honor Roll
The American Heart Association recognizes this hospital for achieving 85% or higher compliance with all Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Achievement Measures and 75% or higher compliance with four or more Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Quality Measures for two or more consecutive years and for documentation of all three Target: Heart Failure℠ care components for 50% or more of eligible patients with hear failure discharged from the hospital to improve quality of patient care.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Research Medical Center
2018 ACTION Registry®–GWTG™ Platinum Performance Achievement
To receive the ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award, this hospital consistently followed the treatment guidelines in the ACTION Registry–GWTG Premier for eight consecutive quarters and met a performance standard of 90% for specific performance measures. ACTION Registry-GWTG empowers health care provider teams to consistently treat heart attack patients according to the most current, science-based guidelines and establishes a national standard for understanding and improving the quality, safety and outcomes of care provided for patients with coronary artery disease, specifically high-risk heart attack patients.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center
2017 Patient Safety Excellence Award™
This hospital has been designated for superior performance in preventing the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications for patients during hospital stays. The distinction places it among the top 10 percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
Facilities: Research Medical Center, Women's & Children's Hospital
2017 Mission: Lifeline® - Silver Receiving Plus
The American Heart Association recognizes this hospital for achieving 85% or higher composite adherence to all Mission: LifeLine STEMI Receiving Center Performance Achievement indicators for consecutive 12-month intervals and 75% or higher compliance on all Mission: LifeLine STEMI Receiving Center quality measures and First-Door-to-Device time of 120 minutes or less for transfers to improve the quality care for STEMI patients.
Facilities: Research Medical Center
2017 Mission: Lifeline® - Gold Receiving
The American Heart Association recognizes this hospital for achieving 85% or higher composite adherence to all Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center Performance Achievement indicators for consecutive 24-month intervals and 75% or higher compliance on all Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center quality measures to improve the quality of care for STEMI patients.
Facilities: Overland Park Regional Medical Center
2017 Get With The Guidelines® Stroke - Gold Plus Honor Roll Elite
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association recognizes this hospital for achieving 85% or higher compliance with all Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Achievement Measures and 75% or higher compliance with five or more Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Quality Measures for two or more consecutive years and achieving Time to Thrombolytic Therapy ≤ 60 minutes 75% ore more of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients to improve the quality of patient care and outcomes.
Facilities: Lee's Summit Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
2017 Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure - Gold Plus
The American Heart Association recognizes this hospital for achieving 85% or higher compliance with all Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Achievement Measures and 75% or higher compliance with four or more Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Quality Measures for two or more consecutive years to improve quality of patient care and outcomes.
Facilities: Lee's Summit Medical Center
2017 Excellence Award for Stroke Care
Stroke care at this hospital is among the top 10% in the nation—as measured by volume-weighted performance—according to this year’s evaluation from Healthgrades® Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 34 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions. A 5-star rating indicates that this hospital’s clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when treating the condition or performing the procedure being evaluated.
Facilities: Lakeview Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center
2017 5-Star Rating for Treatment of Stroke
This hospital has achieved 5-stars—for its treatment of stroke care—from Healthgrades® Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 34 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions. A 5-star rating indicates that this hospital’s clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when treating the condition or performing the procedure being evaluated.
Facilities: Research Medical Center
2016 ACTION Registry®–GWTG™ Platinum Performance Achievement
To receive the ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award, this hospital consistently followed the treatment guidelines in the ACTION Registry–GWTG Premier for eight consecutive quarters and met a performance standard of 90% for specific performance measures. ACTION Registry-GWTG empowers health care provider teams to consistently treat heart attack patients according to the most current, science-based guidelines and establishes a national standard for understanding and improving the quality, safety and outcomes of care provided for patients with coronary artery disease, specifically high-risk heart attack patients.
Facilities: Research Medical Center
2015 General Thoracic Surgery 3-Star Quality Rating
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has a comprehensive rating system that allows for comparisons regarding the quality of cardiac surgery among hospitals across the country. Approximately 10% of hospitals receive the "3 star" rating, which denotes the highest category of quality. In the current analysis of national data covering the period from January, 2015 through December, 2015, the cardiac surgery performance of our hospital was found to lie in the highest quality tier, thereby receiving an STS 3 star rating.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center
American Diabetes Association Recognition for Self-Management Education and Support
This hospital's diabetes self-management education program has been awarded continued Recognition from the American Diabetes Association. The ADA Education Recognition effort is a voluntary process which assures that approved education programs have met the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs. Programs that achieve Recognition status have a staff of knowledgeable health professionals who can provide state-of-the-art information about diabetes management for participants.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
American Heart Association Honor Roll for Type 2 Diabetes Achievement
American Heart Association Honor Roll for Type 2 Diabetes Achievement demonstrates that the hospital has been at least 90% compliance for 12 consecutive months (Calendar Year) for the "Overall Diabetes Cardiovascular Initiative Composite Score" measure in the selected module. Ensures patients with type 2 diabetes receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized with CVD or Stroke.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery
Hospitals designated as Blue Distinction Centers+ for Spine Surgery demonstrate expertise in cervical and lumbar fusion, cervical laminectomy and lumbar laminectomy/discectomy procedures, resulting in fewer patient complications and hospital readmissions compared to other hospitals. Designated hospitals must also maintain national accreditation. In addition to meeting these quality thresholds, facilities designated as Blue Distinction Centers+ are on average 20 percent more cost-efficient in an episode of care compared to other hospitals. Quality is key: only those facilities that first meet nationally established, objective quality measures will be considered for designation as a Blue Distinction Center+.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy). Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field, have determined that this facility has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center
COECS Designation
This hospital has been designated as a Center of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery (COECS) by the Surgical Review Corporation. The COECS program identifies surgeons and facilities that provide excellent colorectal surgical care and are dedicated to continuously improving healthcare quality and patient safety.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
COEMIG Designation
This hospital has been designated as an AAGL Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology™ (COEMIG™). The COEMIG program is focused on improving the safety and quality of gynecologic patient care and lowering the overall costs associated with successful treatment. The program is designed to expand patient awareness of – and access to – minimally invasive gynecologic procedures performed by surgeons and facilities that have demonstrated excellence in these advanced techniques.
Facilities: Overland Park Regional Medical Center
COERS Designation
This hospital has been designated as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery (COERS) by the Surgical Review Corporation. The COERS program was developed to recognize surgeons and facilities performing robotic procedures and achieving defined standards for patient safety and care quality.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
Comprehensive Stroke Center
This facility has been awarded the Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Designation by the Joint Commission. The Joint Commission is an independent organization that awards a Certificate of Distinction to primary stroke centers and comprehensive stroke centers that make exceptional efforts to foster better patient outcomes related to stroke care. These certification programs were developed in collaboration with the Brain Attack Coalition.
Facilities: Research Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center
Missouri Quality Award
The program, modeled after the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is recognized as one of the strongest state-level quality award programs in the country. It offers a thorough and objective educational process through which an organization can learn and apply quality implementation techniques and assessment methods. Organizations participating in the Missouri Quality Award process join a growing number of Missouri organizations that are dedicated to promoting quality as a vital element to enhancing customer satisfaction and operational performance. Through their willingness to help others, the Missouri Quality Award Recipients have encouraged other organizations to undertake their own quality improvement efforts.
Facilities: Research Psychiatric Center
Pathway Designated
The Pathway to Excellence Program® recognizes health care organizations and long term care institutions for positive practice environments where nurses excel. Nurses trust that Pathway-designated organizations respect nursing contributions, support professional development and nurture optimal practice environments. Communities want satisfied nurses because they are better equipped to deliver higher quality care.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Research Medical Center
Top 20 Critical Access Hospital
This hospital has been named one of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) for Best Practices in quality in the country. It scored best among critical access hospitals on iVantage Health Analytics’ Hospital Strength Index™ for Best Practices in Quality. The rankings were recently announced by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). The determining factors for the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) were based on 9 indices of strength including inpatient market share, outpatient market share, population risk, cost, charge, quality, outcomes, patient perspectives, and financial stability.
Facilities: Lafayette Regional Health Center
Women’s Choice Award for Emergency Care
Hospitals earn the Emergency Care Award if they consistently rank in the top 25 percent of the 3,600 hospitals reporting on their emergency department’s performance to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The seven measures CMS publicly reports are weighted according to the priorities of women we surveyed, and determine if a hospital can earn the award if they fall outside the 25th percentile for one or more of the seven measures. We also limit the award to those hospitals with a solid HCAHPS recommendation rating.
Facilities: Lafayette Regional Health Center
Accreditations and Certifications
Advanced Certification in Heart Failure
The Joint Commission has developed an advanced level of certification for programs that must meet the requirements for Disease-Specific Care Certification plus additional, clinically-specific requirements and expectations. This certification improves the quality of care provided to patients, demonstrates commitment to a higher standard of service, provides a framework for organizational structure and management, provides a competitive edge in the marketplace, enhances staff recruitment and development and is recognized by insurers and other third parties.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Research Medical Center
Advanced Certification in Stroke (Primary Stroke Center)
The Joint Commission has developed an advanced level of certification for programs that must meet the requirements for Disease-Specific Care Certification plus additional, clinically-specific requirements and expectations. This certification improves the quality of care provided to patients, demonstrates commitment to a higher standard of service, provides a framework for organizational structure and management, provides a competitive edge in the marketplace, enhances staff recruitment and development and is recognized by insurers and other third parties.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Lakeview Regional Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center
American College of Emergency Physicians Accredited - Geriatric Emergency Department
Menorah Medical Center's Emergency Department is an American College of Emergency Physicians Accredited Geriatric Emergency Department. Geriatric EDs embrace a variety of best practices including the following. Ensuring geriatric-focused education and interdisciplinary staffing. Providing standardized approaches to care that address common geriatric issues. Ensuring optimal transitions of care from the ED to other settings (inpatient, home, community-based care, rehabilitation, long-term care) and promoting geriatric-focused quality improvement and enhancements of the physical environment and supplies Becoming a geriatric ED improves the care provided to older people in our Emergency Department and ensures the resources to provide that care are available. It also signals this is hospital is focused on the highest standards of care for the community’s senior citizens.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
American College of Surgeons Verified Trauma Center
This hospital is verified as a Level II Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). A Level II Trauma Center provides the second highest level of surgical care to trauma patients. The ACS does not designate trauma centers; instead, it verifies the presence of the resources listed in Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient.
Facilities: Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center
Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery
Blue Distinction Centers and Blue Distinction Centers+ for Bariatric Surgery provide a full range of bariatric surgery care; including surgical care, post-operative care, outpatient follow-up care and patient education. These Centers have lower complication rates and fewer readmissions.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement
Using objective information and input from the medical community, the Blues® have designated hospitals as Blue Distinction Centers that are proven to outperform their peers in the areas that matter to you – quality, safety and, in the case of Blue Distinction Centers+, efficiency.
Blue Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip Replacement and Blue Distinction Centers+ for Knee and Hip Replacement® provide comprehensive inpatient knee and hip replacement services, including total knee replacement and total hip replacement surgeries.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care
Using objective information and input from the medical community, the Blues® have designated hospitals as Blue Distinction Centers that are proven to outperform their peers in the areas that matter to you – quality, safety and, in the case of Blue Distinction Centers+, efficiency.
Blue Distinction Centers and Blue Distinction Centers+ for Maternity Care demonstrate expertise and a commitment to quality care for vaginal and cesarean section deliveries. These Centers demonstrate better overall patient satisfaction and a lower percentage of early elective deliveries.
Facilities: Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Breast MRI Accreditation
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
CAP Laboratory Accreditation
The CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program is an internationally recognized program and the only one of its kind that utilizes teams of practicing laboratory professionals as inspectors. Designed to go well beyond regulatory compliance, the program helps laboratories achieve the highest standards of excellence to positively impact patient care. The program is based on rigorous accreditation standards that are translated into detailed and focused checklist requirements. The checklists, which provide a quality practice blueprint for laboratories to follow, are used by the inspection teams as a guide to assess the overall management and operation of the laboratory.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Garden Park Medical Center, Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center, Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women and Children
Certification in Joint Replacement - Hip
Certification is available to Joint Commission accredited organizations. Certification requirements address three areas: Compliance with consensus-based national standards, Effective use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize care and An organized approach to performance measurement and improvement activities. Disease-specific programs that successfully demonstrate compliance in all three areas are awarded certification for a two-year period.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center
Certification in Joint Replacement - Hip & Knee Replacement
Certification is available to Joint Commission accredited organizations. Certification requirements address three areas: Compliance with consensus-based national standards, Effective use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize care and An organized approach to performance measurement and improvement activities. Disease-specific programs that successfully demonstrate compliance in all three areas are awarded certification for a two-year period.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
Certification in Joint Replacement - Knee
Certification is available to Joint Commission accredited organizations. Certification requirements address three areas: Compliance with consensus-based national standards, Effective use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize care and An organized approach to performance measurement and improvement activities. Disease-specific programs that successfully demonstrate compliance in all three areas are awarded certification for a two-year period.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center
Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
The American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) certification demonstrates that this hospital's program is aligned with current guidelines as approved by the AACVPR for the appropriate and effective early outpatient care of patients with cardiac or pulmonary issues. Certified AACVPR programs are recognized as leaders in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation because they offer the most advanced practices available.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center
Chest Pain Center Accreditation
Hospitals that have received accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers have achieved a higher level of expertise in dealing with patients who arrive with symptoms of a heart attack. These facilities emphasize the importance of standardized diagnostic and treatment programs that provide more efficient and effective evaluation, as well as more appropriate and rapid treatment of patients with chest pain and other heart attack symptoms. They also serve as a point of entry into the health care system to evaluate and treat other medical problems, and they help to promote a healthier lifestyle in an attempt to reduce the risk factors for heart attack.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
Chest Pain Center Accreditation with PCI
The Accredited Chest Pain Center at this hospital has demonstrated its expertise and commitment to quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria and undergoing an onsite review by a team of from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care’s accreditation review specialists. Key areas in which an Accredited Chest Pain Center must demonstrate expertise include the following: Integrating the emergency department with the local emergency medical system; Assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients quickly; Effectively treating patients with low risk for acute coronary syndrome and no assignable cause for their symptoms; Continually seeking to improve processes and procedures; Ensuring the competence and training of Accredited Chest Pain Center personnel; Maintaining organizational structure and commitment; Having a functional design that promotes optimal patient care; and Supporting community outreach programs that educate the public to promptly seek medical care if they display symptoms of a possible heart attack.
Facilities: Research Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center
Computed Tomography Accreditation
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Garden Park Medical Center, Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center
Echocardiography Accreditation
Accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) means that this hospital has undergone a thorough review of its operational and technical components by a panel of experts. The IAC grants accreditation only to those facilities that are found to be providing quality patient care, in compliance with national standards through a comprehensive application process including detailed case study review. IAC accreditation is a “seal of approval” that patients can rely on as an indication that the facility has been carefully critiqued on all aspects of its operations considered relevant by medical experts in the field of Echocardiography.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center
Kansas Medical Society Continuing Medical Education Accreditation
The Kansas Medical Society is recognized by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (CME) to accredit this hospital's CME programs. Recognition as an accredited institution enables medical staff the opportunity to receive quality educational programs designed to meet nationally accepted standards. In addition, accredited institutions help physicians fulfill their continuing medical education requirements for medical re-licensure.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Level 1 Trauma Center in Missouri
This facility has been awarded Level I Trauma Center status by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Level I is the highest designation available. Key elements of a Level I trauma center include 24-hour in-house coverage by general surgeons, and prompt availability of care in specialties such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, internal medicine, and critical care.
Facilities: Research Medical Center
Mammography Accreditation
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Garden Park Medical Center, Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lakeview Regional Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center, Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women and Children
MBSAQIP Bariatric Surgery Program Accreditation
To earn the MBSAQIP designation, this hospital met essential criteria for staffing, training and facility infrastructure and protocols for care, ensuring its ability to support patients with severe obesity. The hospital also participates in a national data registry that yields semiannual reports on the quality of its processes and outcomes, identifying opportunities for continuous quality improvement. The standards are specified in the MBSAQIP Resources for Optimal Care of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patient 2014, published by the ACS and ASMBS.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Garden Park Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center
MRI Accreditation
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Garden Park Medical Center, Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Research Medical Center, Lakeview Regional Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center
National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)
As the gold standard for breast center accreditation, NAPBC evaluates strengths across a wide spectrum of services, including prevention, early detection, diagnosis, support staff, staging, cancer treatment, rehabilitation, the quality of the multidisciplinary team and genetic counseling. To receive accreditation, breast centers must undergo a rigorous evaluation and review of their performance and adherence to NAPBC standards. Based on these stringent, nationally recognized, evidence-based quality measures, accreditation is granted only to those centers that commit to providing the best possible comprehensive care to patients with diseases of the breast.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center
Nuclear Medicine Accreditation
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Garden Park Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Lakeview Regional Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center
Nuclear/PET Accreditation
Accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) means that this hospital has undergone a thorough review of its operational and technical components by a panel of experts. The IAC grants accreditation only to those facilities that are found to be providing quality patient care, in compliance with national standards through a comprehensive application process including detailed case study review. IAC accreditation is a “seal of approval” that patients can rely on as an indication that the facility has been carefully critiqued on all aspects of its operations considered relevant by medical experts in the field of Nuclear/PET Imaging.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
Optum™ Centers of Excellence
The Optum Centers of Excellence designation indicates that our evaluation process is clinically superior and cost-effective. This hospital meets a high standard quality of care in bariatric surgery and has met strict guidelines for patient care and outcomes.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center
Sleep Medicine Accreditation
American Academy of Sleep Medicine accreditation is the gold standard by which the medical community and the public can evaluate sleep medicine services. The Standards for Accreditation ensure that sleep medicine providers display and maintain proficiency in areas such as testing procedures and policies, patient safety and follow-up, and physician and staff training.
Facilities: Centerpoint Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
The Commission on Cancer Accreditation
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program encourages hospitals, treatment centers, and other facilities to improve their quality of patient care through various cancer-related programs. These programs focus on prevention, early diagnosis, pretreatment evaluation, staging, optimal treatment, rehabilitation, surveillance for recurrent disease, support services, and end-of-life care. The availability of a full range of medical services along with a multidisciplinary team approach to patient care at accredited cancer programs has resulted in approximately 80 percent of all newly diagnosed cancer patients being treated in CoC-accredited cancer programs.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center
The Joint Commission National Quality Approval
This hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in hospitals. The accreditation award recognizes this hospital’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Garden Park Medical Center, Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lakeview Regional Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center
Ultrasound Accreditation
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.
Facilities: Belton Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Lakeview Regional Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center, Women's & Children's Hospital
Vascular Testing Accreditation
Accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) means that this hospital has undergone a thorough review of its operational and technical components by a panel of experts. The IAC grants accreditation only to those facilities that are found to be providing quality patient care, in compliance with national standards through a comprehensive application process including detailed case study review. IAC accreditation is a “seal of approval” that patients can rely on as an indication that the facility has been carefully critiqued on all aspects of its operations considered relevant by medical experts in the field of Vascular Testing.
Facilities: Menorah Medical Center, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Research Medical Center