QUALITY
U.S. News & World Report
When the nation’s most well-known and respected rating system gives your hospital a “high performing” ranking across multiple categories, it helps make one of life’s most important decisions easier: where to turn when you need medical care. US News & World Report has given St. Elizabeth that distinction, proving once again that nationally recognized medical excellence is available close to home.
2022 Best Regional Hospital Rankings
St. Elizabeth Edgewood
- Ranked #1 in Kentucky; Recognized in Bluegrass Region
- Ranked #2 in Greater Cincinnati
2022 High Performing Procedures/Conditions
St. Elizabeth Edgewood
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion)
- Colon Cancer Surgery
- Diabetes
- Heart Failure
- Heart Attack
- Hip Fracture
- Hip and Knee Replacement
- Kidney Failure
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Pneumonia
- Stroke
St. Elizabeth Florence
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Diabetes
- Heart Failure
- Kidney Failure
- Pneumonia
- Stroke
St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Heart Failure
- Hip Fracture
- Kidney Failure
2022 Women’s Choice Awards
St. Elizabeth Edgewood
- Best Hospitals – Obstetrics
- Best Hospitals – Heart Care
- Best Hospitals – Orthopedics
- Best Hospitals – Cancer Care
- Best Hospitals – Comprehensive Breast Center
- Best Hospital – Stroke Center
- Best Hospitals – Women’s Services
- Best 100 Hospitals – Patient Experience
- Best – Mammogram Center
St. Elizabeth Florence
- Best Hospitals – Bariatric Surgery
- Best Hospitals – Extended Care
St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas
- Best – Mammogram Center
- Best Hospitals – Extended Care
St. Elizabeth Covington
- Best Hospitals – Mammogram Center
The Joint Commission
Putting patient safety and quality of care at the forefront of a hospital’s commitment to excellence is how The Joint Commission measures success. America’s leading accreditor of healthcare organizations has recognized St. Elizabeth for attaining and sustaining excellence across a spectrum of specialties. That includes the Gold Seal of Approval™ and Primary Stroke Center Recertification at St. Elizabeth Edgewood, Florence and Ft. Thomas.
Top Performer on Key Quality Measures™
Heart attack, Heart failure, Pneumonia, Surgery, Children’s Asthma, Stroke and Venous Thromboembolism, Inpatient Psychiatric Services
- St. Elizabeth Edgewood
- St. Elizabeth Florence
- St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas
- St. Elizabeth Grant
2018 Perinatal Care Certification
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare
2021 Gold Seals of Approval®
- St. Elizabeth Florence – Orthopaedic Spine Program
- St. Elizabeth Florence – Shoulder Replacement Surgery
Gold Seal of Approval™ and Primary Stroke Center Recertification
- St. Elizabeth Edgewood
- St. Elizabeth Florence
- St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association:
- Get With The Guidelines® Atrial Fibrillation Gold – 2022 (Edgewood, Florence, Ft. Thomas)
- Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold Plus with Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award – 2022 (Edgewood, Florence, Ft. Thomas)
- Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award – 2022 (Edgewood, Florence, Ft. Thomas)
- Get With The Guidelines® Atrial Fibrillation Gold – 2021 (Edgewood, Florence, Ft. Thomas)
- Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold Plus with Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award – 2021 (Edgewood, Florence, Ft. Thomas)
- Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus with Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award – 2021 (Edgewood, Florence, Ft. Thomas)
The Joint Commission/American Heart Association Comprehensive Cardiac Center:
St. Elizabeth Edgewood has attained advanced certification by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association as a Comprehensive Cardiac Center, placing us in an elite group of hospitals that have met high standards to fully address the needs of patients with complex cardiac conditions.
EXPERIENCE
Healthgrades
If you are to make the grade as one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals, the data tells the story. For Health Grades, that means measuring clinical quality based on patient outcomes and safety. Medicare medical claims records and patient-survey data are significant benchmarks that show St. Elizabeth Healthcare to be among the best in both categories across multiple service lines.
2023 America’s Best Hospitals
St. Elizabeth Edgewood
- America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2023, 2022, 2021)
Healthgrades 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards
St. Elizabeth Edgewood
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award™ (2023, 2022)
- Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award™ (2023)
- Stroke Care Excellence Award™ (2023)
- Surgical Care Excellence Award™ (2023, 2022)
2022 Leap Frog Hospital Patient Safety “A” Grade
The independent national hospital watchdog group, The Leapfrog Group, announced its 2022 hospital safety scores. The Safety Grade assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D, and F to hospitals nationwide based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections, and other harms. St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas received an “A” in Spring 2022 and St. Elizabeth Dearborn, Edgewood and Florence received an “A” in 2021 for their commitment to keeping patients safe and meeting the highest safety standards in the U.S. Learn more.
2022 Press Ganey Human Experience Pinnacle of Excellence Award® – Physician Engagement
St. Elizabeth Physicians – Dry Ridge Primary Care was named as the 2022 Human Experience (HX) Pinnacle of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey, the global leader in healthcare experience solutions and services. Learn more.
PEOPLE + CULTURE
2022 Healthiest Employers of Kentucky
St. Elizabeth has been recognized in the 2022 Healthiest Employers of Kentucky, an awards program created to honor people-first organizations that prioritize the well-being of their employee population.
2021 Best Workplaces in NKY
COVID-19 Response
American Heart Association – 2022 Well-being Works Better™
Gold Recognition
The American Heart Association has defined best practices for employers to use to build a culture of health and well-being for their workforce. The American Heart Association’s Workforce Well-being Scorecard measures the extent to which the company has implemented those best practices. Companies recognized at the Gold level have achieved a score of 183 – 216 out of a maximum 230 points.
St. Elizabeth Healthcare is proud to have met American Heart Association criteria for Gold recognition in the Association’s Workforce Well-being Scorecard. See www.heart.org/workforce for more information.
2021 WELCOA Well Workplace, Bronze
St. Elizabeth Healthcare was awarded the WELCOA Well Workplace Bronze award for 2021. The award recognizes an organization for protecting and enhancing the health and well-being of all associates.
HERO Health and Well-Being Best Practices Scorecard in Collaboration with Mercer©
St. Elizabeth Healthcare received an overall HERO score of 168 out of 200, 73 points higher than the national average! This scorecard recognizes St. Elizabeth’s commitment to health and well-being in the workplace.
Beacon Award of Excellence
The St. Elizabeth Edgewood Medical Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular-Surgical ICU and the St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas ICU have received the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).
The Beacon Award is a prestigious honor given to critical care units that exemplify excellence in a variety of areas:
- Leadership
- Staffing/staff engagement
- Communication
- Knowledge management and learning development
- Evidence-based practice
- Outcome measurement
Patient safety and quality programs consider the Beacon Award to be a significant achievement in their evaluation process. It signifies a positive and supportive work environment, as evidenced by collaboration, higher morale, and lower turnover than other critical care units across the nation.
The Beacon Award showcases the exceptional care St. Elizabeth patients receive through improved outcomes and greater overall satisfaction.
Magnet® Recognized 2006, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020
Being designated as a Magnet™ hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) means that your organization has been successful in aligning strategic nursing goals with improving patient outcomes. Put another way, St. Elizabeth Healthcare is where you’ll find front line personnel whose passion and performance are second to none.
St. Elizabeth Covington, Edgewood and Grant County proudly announced designation as the first ANCC Magnet™ hospital in the Greater Cincinnati area. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) shared the news on April 18, 2007. St. Elizabeth Florence and Ft. Thomas followed suit, achieving this recognition on May 3, 2018.
COMMUNITY
Cincinnati Business Courier 2022 Health Care Heroes Award
Health Care Heroes Winner, Provider Category
- Dr. Dora Savani, Medical Director of Infectious Disease Response Team
Health Care Heroes Finalist, Patient Experience Category
- Dr. Chanti Flanagan, Family Medicine Physician and Hospitalist
2020 NKY Community Award
St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s award follows the opening of a 250,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Cancer Center designed to meet the individual needs of our region’s cancer patients. According to the American Cancer Society, Kentucky faces the highest rates of overall cancer incidence and death in the United States. Read More
SERVICE LINE
- Top Performer in Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery – Consumer Reports, July, 2018
- Fitness for Life Around Grant County Platinum Award — Northern Kentucky Health Department, ’17, ’18
- Workplace Wellness Achievement Index Bronze Award – American Heart Association, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19
- Health Champion — American Diabetes Association, ’17
- The St. Elizabeth Breast Centers are accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
- The Cancer Program is proud to be accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC), highest attainable “Golden Award” 2013-2016 at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.
- UNICEF – Certified Baby Friendly Hospital (The Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched by WHO and UNICEF in 1991, following the Innocenti Declaration of 1990. The initiative is a global effort to implement practices that protect, promote and support breastfeeding.)
- Healthcare’s Most Wired – American Hospital Associate and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), ’18
