Acute Stroke Ready Hospitals (ASRH) – ASRH are hospitals that can provide emergency stroke care. These hospitals can diagnose, treat, and transport acute stroke patients to a higher level of care as warranted. ASRH hospitals may pursue voluntary designation from the Illinois Department of Public Health by submitting an application and supporting documentation. ASRHs must annually attest their continued compliance to the Illinois Department of Public Health to maintain designation. ASRH hospitals may pursue a national certificate in addition to the Illinois Department of Public Health designation. These hospitals were previously called “Emergent Stroke Ready Hospitals.”

Hospitals that provide care to women and newborns at moderate risk, operate intermediate care nurseries and do not operate NICU or Special Care Nursery.

Antimicrobial Stewardship Award

The Illinois Department of Public Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll recognizes hospitals that demonstrate strong leadership and commitment to using antibiotics safely and appropriately. These efforts help protect patients from unnecessary side effects, reduce antimicrobial resistance, and support high-quality care. Designations are based on implementation of the CDC’s Priorities for Hospital Core Element Implementation, targeted strategies designed to enhance the quality and impact of existing stewardship programs. Bronze, Silver, and Gold tiers reflect increasing levels of implementation. Hospitals meeting all six CDC Priorities ensure antibiotic stewardship leaders have stewardship responsibilities built into their job roles, use a physician-and-pharmacist co-leadership model, engage leaders and clinicians with specialized stewardship training, adopt facility-specific treatment recommendations with active review of antibiotic decisions, regularly submit antibiotic use data to national tracking systems, and provide targeted prescriber feedback. The Collaboration Distinction recognizes hospitals that partner beyond their own facility to improve antibiotic use across healthcare settings and in their communities.

The magnet recognition program was developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association. It recognizes health care organizations that demonstrate excellence in nursing practice and quality patient care as a driving force. Organizations that are formally recognized must possess a number of specific qualities;

• Strong nursing leadership, shared organizational decision-making and effective communication;
• A model of patient care that emphasizes nursing accountability, coordination of patient care and vision of patient advocacy;
• Commitment to professional nursing “best practices” and professional growth;
• Continuous quality improvement in practice;
• Interdisciplinary relationships.