Former Bevo Mill-area resident fights back from pneumonia.

The community benefited from more than $7 million in charity care and uncompensated care from St. Anthony's in 2011.

Quality Extras

Patient surveys help deliver satisfaction

Faster test for for infections implemented

Commitment to Quality

Quality Awards & Recognition

St. Anthony's Medical Center strives for excellence and is committed to continually improving quality.

• St. Anthony’s was one of 49 hospitals nationwide to receive an “Excellence in Patient Care Award” and the only hospital honored with the “Ambulatory Care Unit Award” in 2010, from the Studer Group, a healthcare performance improvement and leadership development firm. 
• St. Anthony’s received the Hospital Quality Program “Meritorious Award” for Improving Patient Throughput, from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, in 2009, to recognize its achievements in improving the speed and quality of patient care in its Emergency Department.
• St. Anthony’s Medical Center earned the highest level of accreditation available as a Chest Pain Center with PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) from the Society of Chest Pain Centers in 2011.
• St. Anthony’s earned recertification as a Primary Stroke Center from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in 2011.
• St. Anthony’s Acute Rehabilitation Department received a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in 2011.  St. Anthony’s is one of only four facilities in the area to earn that accreditation for adult inpatient rehabilitation.
• St. Anthony’s Breast Center has consistently been ranked the industry leader nationwide in patient satisfaction through surveys conducted by Press Ganey Associates.
• St. Anthony’s Diabetes Education Program received a recognition certificate for quality from the American Diabetes Association in 2011.
• St. Anthony’s earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition from the American Association for Respiratory Care in 2008, for the sixth year in a row.  St. Anthony’s is one of only 17 hospitals in the state and one of only two in the St. Louis area to receive this award.

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