Nationally Recognized Quality

At Provena Health, we are committed to providing the very best care to our patients. Our well-trained and dedicated staff strives to provide the highest quality outcomes. We're investing over $700 million over the course of five years on new construction, enhancing existing facilities and implementing new technologies in order to continue to provide our patients with powerful healing.

Here are the recent accolades our ministries have received in recognition to the quality care they provide to the communities they serve. 

 Provena Covenant Medical Center - Urbana

• Earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval^TM for certification as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center
• Dual accreditation for Cycle III Chest Pain Center accreditation with PCI and full Cycle I Heart Failure accreditation
• Area's largest inpatient rehabilitation center
• Champaign-Urbana's only eICU, which has contributed to timely interventions and positive patient outcomes
• Offering Sensei X® robotic technology for electrophysiology procedures
• Current renovation of Blessed Beginnings Birthing Center (to be completed in late fall 2011) utilizes LEAN principles
• Largest EMS system in Central Illinois, complete with its own ambulance system
• Three newly remodeled state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization laboratories
• As a member of the Healthcare Value Leaders, ranked among the top performing hospitals in the country for utilizing LEAN principles in continuous improvement and process redesign
• Human Motion Institute offers state-of-the-art musculoskeletal care
• Center for Healthy Aging offers health and wellness programs
• Early Detection Center offers a variety of screenings 

Provena Health

• Named to 2011 Top Technology Innovators List by InformationWeek 500
• Provena Wellness Program Wins WOWIE Award
• Named to 2010 Top Technology Innovators List by InformationWeek 500
• Provena Health Hospitals Among the First To Join International Coalition Aimed At Decreasing Sepsis Fatalities 

Provena Life Connections

• Provena Sacred Heart Home included in U.S. News and World Report's "Best Nursing Homes in America" edition
• 2010 Elite of Home Care (five years in a row)
• Accredited by The Joint Commission
• Provena Sacred Heart Home (Avilla, IN) is a Eden Alternative Certified Home recognized as a pioneer in person-centered care 

Provena Medical Group

• Accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care

Provena Mercy Medical Center - Aurora

• Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers
• 2011 - Top 5% in the Nation for GI  Surgery by HealthGrades®
  • Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award^TM
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award^TM
  • Top 10% in the Nation for Overall GI Services
  • Top 10% in the Nation for GI Surgery
  • Top 5 or 10 in State for GI Surgery (Ranked 6)
• 2011 - Five-star Rated by HealthGrades® for:
  • Valve Replacement Surgery for 2 Years in a Row (2010-2011)
  • Heart Failure for 3 Years in a Row (2009-2011)
  • GI Surgery
  • Treatment of Bowel Obstruction For 2 Years in a Row (2010-2011)
  • Cholecystectomy
• Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Hip and Knee Joint Replacement
• Designated Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
• Certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission
• Re-designated as a Level II with Extended Neonatal Capabilities Perinatal Facility
• Accredited in mammography by the American College of Radiology
• Re-accredited by The Joint Commission 

Provena Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin

• Rated as "high performing" by U.S. News & World Report
• 2011 - HealthGrades® Stroke Care Excellence Award^TM For 4 Years in a Row (2008-2011)
  • Top 10% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke For 4 Years in a Row (2008-2011)
  • Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Stroke For 4 Years in a Row (2008-2011)
  • Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Attack For 2 Years in a Row (2010-2011)
• 2010 - Emergency Medicine Excellence Award^TM by HealthGrades® - ED is among the top 5% in the nation
• Stroke Care Program Awarded Certification from The Joint Commission
• Cardio diagnostics accredited by the ICAEL, Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories.
• Cardiac Rehabilitation program certified by the American Association of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
• Regional Cancer Care Center accredited  by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer a Community Cancer Program
• State-designated Level II Trauma Center EDAP (Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics) state designated and a designated pediatric waiting area
• CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) accredited comprehensive rehabilitation unit providing inpatient medical rehabilitation
• Laboratory Accredited by the College of American Pathologists and the American Association of Blood Banks
• Mammography and MRI accredited by the American College of Radiologists
• Vascular Lab accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories
• Diabetes Education Program is recognized by the American Diabetes Association
• Respiratory care program certified by the American Association of Respiratory Therapists.
• Provena Acute Care awarded accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP)
• Re-accredited by The Joint Commission

Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet

• Rated as "high performing" by U.S. News & World Report
 
• Named among the best metropolitan-area hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
• Respiratory Care department awarded Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program presented by the American Association for Respiratory Care
• Named Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Knee and Hip Replacements
• 2011 - Top 5% in Nation for Overall Clinical Excellence by HealthGrades®
• Named a Distinguished Hospital by HealthGrades® (4th consecutive year)
• 2011 - Top 5% in the Nation by HealthGrades® for:     
  • Cardiac Care
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Stroke Care
  • Pulmonary Care
  • Gastrointestinal Care
  • Critical Care
  • Women's Health
  • Emergency Medicine
• Designated by the Joint Commission as a Certified Primary Stroke Center
• Full accreditation of our Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers and Providers (SCPCP)
• Three Year Accreditation with Commendation from the Commission on Cancer for our Cancer Care Unit
• Neurology Lab is one of only two in Illinois to be accredited by ABRET
• Accredited Vascular Lab
• Three-year accreditation by CARF (Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities) for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Unit
• CARF-accredited stroke specialty rehab
• Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
• Gold Performance achievement award from the American College of Cardiology
• Re-accredited by The Joint Commission
• Awarded Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program presented by the American Association for Respiratory Care 

Provena St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee

• 2010 Patient Safety Award^TM from HealthGrades® - three years in a row
• Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers
• Advanced Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission
• Workplace of Distinction Award from Morehead Associates
• Regional Cancer Center accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
• Diabetes Education Program is recognized by the American Diabetes Association
• State-designated Level II Trauma Center approved for emergency care of infants & children (EDAP)
• Re-accredited by The Joint Commission

Provena United Samartians Medical Center - Danville

• American College of Radiology (ACR) Accreditation 
• Best of Danville Awards: "Best Medical Clinic/Hospital" 
• Partnership with Danville Area Community College Earns 2011 Business/Industry Partnership Award
• 2010: 5-star Rated by HealthGrades® for Heart Attack care
• Regional Cancer Center Earns Three-Year Approval from ACS's Commission on Cancer
• I Sing the Body Electric Recognized on State and National Level
• Nationally Recognized for Employee Satisfaction
• Hospitals Awarded Accreditation from The Joint Commission
• Provena's Heart Aware Program Recognized
• Earned Three-Year Accreditation for Digital Mammography
• Laboratory Accredited by College of American Pathologists
• Recognized as Performing in the Top 30% of Peer Group Hospitals on The BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois 2010 Blue Star Report