At St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center, we take great pride in the high quality, skilled, and compassionate care we provide to our patients. This focus on excellence has resulted in national accreditation, honors, and awards that recognize our commitment to safety and performance improvement. What this means to our patients, their families, and our community is enhanced and safer care and an overall better experience.

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.

Avatar International Bronze Innovation Award
2009
St. Luke's Magic Valley received Avatar International’s Bronze Innovation Award for 2009 in recognition of our Patient Room Cleanliness Team. Avatar International is a leader in health care research and consulting.

Qualis Health Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality
2009
St. Luke’s Magic Valley has earned a Qualis Health Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality for work with “Pre-Op Shower Kits: Reducing the risk for surgical site infections.” The Pre-Op shower kits were a cooperative effort among the Infection Prevention, Peri-Anesthesia, Pre-Admissions, and Surgery departments at St. Luke’s, and orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. David Christensen and his staff. The shower kits were designed to decrease the chance of patients acquiring an infection following surgery, leading to shorter hospital stays and faster recovery time.

The Most Wired – 2009
St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center along with 20 other regional hospitals that utilize health information technology solutions from Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS),earned the distinction of being among the most technologically-advanced hospitals in the country, according to results of the 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

Hospitals and Health Networks surveyed more than 1,300 hospitals to name the “100 Most Wired” hospitals in the annual survey, measuring the hospitals’ use of information technologies for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues.

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.

Joint Commission Accreditation
2008
St. Luke’s Magic Valley was fully accredited by the Joint Commission in 2005. 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.

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.

Home Health and Hospice Accreditation
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Diagnostic Imaging Accreditations
American College of Radiology (Mammography Imaging Service)
Food and Drug Administration (Mammography Imaging Service)

Laboratory Accreditations
College of American Pathologists
State of Idaho Bureau of Laboratories

Vascular Laboratory Accreditation
Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories

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