Recognition for Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center
Bariatric Surgery
Blue Cross®/Blue Shield® Designated Blue Distinction® Center – Bariatrics
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Accredited Center (2015-2021)
Cardiovascular
American Heart Association® Get With The Guidelines Silver Plus Heart Failure Award* (2020)
American Heart Association® Mission: Lifeline® 2020 Gold Receiving STEMI Quality Achievement Award
Society for Cardiovascular Patient Care Chest Pain Center with PCI (2015-2021)
The Joint Commission – Heart Failure Program (2019-2021)
American College of Cardiology NCDR®-ACTION Registry® Gold Performance Achievement Award (2015)
Diabetes
American Association of Diabetes Educators – Accreditation for Outpatient Diabetes Education (2017-2021)
American Diabetes Association® Recognized Outpatient Diabetes Program (2019-2023)
The Joint Commission – Advanced Diabetes Inpatient Program (2015-2021)
Hospital Achievements
Nevada Department of Health Licensed
The Joint Commission Accredited (2013-2021)
The Joint Commission Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® (2016)
Gold winner in the Best Hospital category in the 2020 "Best of Las Vegas" program sponsored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal
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)
American Heart Association® Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite (2020)
The Joint Commission – Advanced Primary Stroke Center (2019-2021)
*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.
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