Recognition for Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center

Bariatric Surgery

Blue Cross®/Blue Shield® Designated Blue Distinction® Center – Bariatrics  
Designated Blue Distinction Center – Bariatrics
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Accredited Center (2015-2021)  
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Accredited Center

Cardiovascular

American Heart Association® Get With The Guidelines Silver Plus Heart Failure Award* (2020)  
GWTG_HF-PLUS_2020_Silver_4C.png
American Heart Association® Mission: Lifeline® 2020 Gold Receiving STEMI Quality Achievement Award  
ML-RECEIVING_2020_Gold_4C.png
Society for Cardiovascular Patient Care Chest Pain Center with PCI (2015-2021)  
Chest Pain Center And PCI Accreditation Logos
The Joint Commission –  Heart Failure Program (2019-2021)  
the-joint-commission-logo.png
American College of Cardiology NCDR®-ACTION Registry® Gold Performance Achievement Award (2015)   
American College of Cardiology NCDR

Diabetes

American Association of Diabetes Educators – Accreditation for Outpatient Diabetes Education (2017-2021)  
AADE Logo
American Diabetes Association® Recognized Outpatient Diabetes Program (2019-2023)  
american-diabetes-association-logo.png
The Joint Commission – Advanced Diabetes Inpatient Program (2015-2021)  
the-joint-commission-logo.png

Hospital Achievements

Nevada Department of Health Licensed  
State of Nevada’s Department of Health – licensed
The Joint Commission Accredited (2013-2021)  
the-joint-commission-logo.png
The Joint Commission Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® (2016)   
Gold Key image
Gold winner in the Best Hospital category in the 2020 "Best of Las Vegas" program sponsored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal   Best of Las Vegas Gold Award

Stroke

The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association®/American Stroke Association® Heart-Check Mark for Advanced Primary Stroke Certification (2020)   The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association®/American Stroke Association® Heart-Check Mark for Advanced Primary Stroke Certification (2020)
American Heart Association® Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite (2020)  
GWTG_TS_ELITE-TT2D-PLUS_2020_Gold_4C.png
The Joint Commission – Advanced Primary Stroke Center (2019-2021)  
the-joint-commission-logo.png

Wound Care

Last updated 4/2019
Award notes:
*The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recognize hospitals for success in using Get With The Guidelines to improve quality of care for heart disease and stroke patients.
Gold hospitals follow treatment guidelines in certain key measures at least 85 percent of the time and have maintained this performance level for consecutive twelve month intervals.
The Plus awards represent a current gold or silver award and additional 75 percent compliance with module specific quality measures for at least twelve consecutive months.