Southern California

St. Mary Medical Center – Apple Valley, CA

•  St. Mary Medical Center has been designated a “Baby-Friendly” hospital by Baby-Friendly USA - one of only 70 hospitals in the nation to receive the designation.

• St. Mary has been designated an “ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Receiving Center” by the Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency - one of only three STEMI certified hospitals in San Bernardino County..

Orange County


St. Joseph Hospital – Orange, CA

• St. Joseph Hospital achieved “Magnet” hospital designation for nursing excellence, the highest recognition in the nursing profession.

• St. Joseph Hospital was selected by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to participate in its Community Cancer Center Pilot Program – the only hospital on the West Coast named to participate in this prestigious program.

• St. Joseph Hospital achieved “Superior” rating in overall patient experience again in 2008 by CalHospitalCompare.org.

• St. Joseph Hospital achieved “Top Ten Healing Hospital in America for 2007 and 2008” designation by the Baptist Healing Trust.

• St. Joseph Hospital-Orange achieved St. Joseph Health System’s “Top Performer” quality award for the fourth consecutive year.

• St. Joseph Hospital received four Avatar International Inc. patient satisfaction awards and is ranked as one of the top 12 hospitals in the nation.

• St. Joseph Hospital received the highest possible three-star rating for their Cardiac Surgery program from the American Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

• St. Joseph Hospital received the highest possible three-year Approval Award in nine areas of commendation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.

• St. Joseph Hospital named by US News & World Report as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for orthopedic care for the second consecutive year.

• The Orange County Medical Association recognized More than 40 St. Joseph Hospital physicians as “Physicians of Excellence.”

SJHS Home Care Network - Southern CA

• SJHS Home Care Network - Southern CA is a recipient of Avatar's Exceeding Patient Expectations for four consecutive years.

Mission Hospital – Mission Viejo, CA

• Mission Hospital is one of only six centers in the nation to receive a Premier Award for Clinical Excellence in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.

• Mission Hospital received its fourth U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Medal of Honor for excellence for sustaining an organ donation conversion rate of 75 percent or more for at least 12 consecutive months.

• Mission Hospital was named by the Joint Commission as a 2008 recipient of the 12th Annual Ernest Amory Codman Award for excellence in the use of outcomes measurement - one of only three in the hospital category nationwide.

• Mission Hospital received the American Association of Clinical Care Nurses with a Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence.

• Mission Hospital received a Blue Center of Excellence designation for Cardiac Care from Blue Shield and Blue Cross.

• Mission Hospital received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer - one of only 66 hospitals in the nation to receive the award.

• St. Jude’s Virginia K. Crosson Cancer Center earned one of the nation’s highest scores by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer – the accrediting body for the nation’s cancer programs.  St. Jude Medical Center was distinguished with a three-year Accreditation and presented with the Outstanding Achievement Award—an honor received by only 15 percent of the 1350 programs surveyed.

•  St. Jude Medical Center’s cancer program also received the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer’s highest honor, the Outstanding Achievement Award, an award given to less than 18 percent of the programs surveyed nationwide.

• St. Jude Medical Center achieved a “Superior” rating in overall patient experience by CalHospitalCompare.org.

• St. Jude Medical Center’s Neighborhood Health Center received the Exceeding Patient Expectations Award for 2008 from Avatar International, Inc.

• St. Jude Medical Center was the recipient of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses’ Excellence in Collaboration Award for 2008.

• St. Jude Medical Center was designated a Stroke-Neurology Receiving Center by the Orange County Health Care Agency.

• St. Jude Medical Center has been designated a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care by Blue Shield of California.