At St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center, we take great pride in the high quality, skilled, and compassionate care we provide to our patients. This focus on excellence has resulted in honors from national entities, such as Qualis Health and Solucient. These awards recognize that our commitment to safety and performance improvement means enhanced and safer care, and an overall better experience for you, your family, and everyone we serve.

Qualis Health Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality - 2009
St. Luke’s Magic Valley has earned a Qualis Health Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality for work with “Pre-Op Shower Kits: Reducing the risk for surgical site infections.” The Pre-Op shower kits were a cooperative effort among the Infection Prevention, Peri-Anesthesia, Pre-Admissions, and Surgery departments at St. Luke’s, and orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. David Christensen and his staff. The shower kits were designed to decrease the chance of patients acquiring an infection following surgery, leading to shorter hospital stays and faster recovery time.

Idaho Chapter March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Awards – 2008
Nine nurses from St. Luke's Health System received 2008 Nurse of the Year awards from the Idaho Chapter of the March of Dimes. Three nurses from St. Luke’s Magic Valley, three from
St. Luke’s Wood River, two from St. Luke’s Boise, and one from St. Luke’s Meridian were honored.

Joint Commission Accreditation – 2008
St. Luke’s Magic Valley was fully accredited by the Joint Commission in 2005. The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting important performance standards.

VHA Award for Excellence in Critical Care – 2007
St. Luke's Magic Valley received the 2007 VHA Award for Excellence in Critical Care for our TICU (Transformation of the ICU) program. TICU is a national clinical effort to support evidence-based practice initiatives that improve outcomes and safety for patients in critical care units. The award honors organizations that have distinguished themselves from other VHA members by achieving national performance standards.

Solucient 100 Top Hospitals Performance Improvement Leaders Award – 2005
This award recognizes our improvement of hospital-wide performance, and ranks our ability to increase the value of services for the community as among the best in the nation.

Qualis Award of Excellence in Health Care Quality – 2005
St. Luke's Magic Valley was honored to receive a 2006 Qualis Health Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality. This distinctive award recognizes our commitment to improve patient safety and increase consistency of care.

St. Luke’s Medical Imaging Accreditation
St. Luke’s Medical Imaging departments are accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) in CT, MRI, ultrasound, mammography, and nuclear medicine. ACR accreditation assures patients, referring physicians, and payers that St. Luke's Medical Imaging facilities have undergone a rigorous review process and meet nationally accepted standards of care.

Home Health and Hospice Accreditation
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Diagnostic Imaging Accreditations
American College of Radiology (Mammography Imaging Service)
Food and Drug Administration (Mammography Imaging Service)

Laboratory Accreditations
College of American Pathologists
State of Idaho Bureau of Laboratories

Vascular Laboratory Accreditation
Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories