Quality & Safety News

12/08/2025
OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center honors Janette Hernandez-Flores with Sunflower Award
OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center is proud to announce that Janette Hernandez-Flores, a Peru patient care technician on the medical-surgical unit, …
12/08/2025
Madison Gerkitz, RN, recognized with DAISY Award for extraordinary nursing care
OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center is proud to recognize Madison Gerkitz, RN, as a DAISY Award recipient. Madison, a valued member of the medical-su…
11/24/2025
Luke McLachlan, RN, recognized with DAISY Award for extraordinary nursing care
OSF HealthCare is proud to recognize Luke McLachlan, RN, with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for his outstanding compassion and dedication to patient…
11/16/2025
OSF Saint Anthony’s earns fourth consecutive “A” hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group
New grade for Fall 2025 is national recognition for patient safety same as Spring 2025, Fall 2024 and Spring 2024
11/14/2025
OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center earns an “A” for patient safety from Leapfrog Group
The biannual Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for the fall of 2025 have been announced by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization for patient safet…
09/17/2025
Emergency preparedness drill planned at OSF Saint Luke
In collaboration with area first responders, OSF Saint Luke will host an emergency preparedness drill September 19.
09/17/2025
OSF Saint Anthony’s achieves the highest designation for nursing: ANCC’s Magnet with Distinction
This is SAHC’s first time receiving this honor - an elite benchmark for patients to measure the quality of nursing care
09/08/2025
Brittany Lewis, RN, recognized with DAISY Award for extraordinary nursing care
OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center is pleased to announce that Brittany Lewis, RN, an emergency department nurse, has been honored with the DAISY Aw…
09/03/2025
OSF Home Health has earned the 2024 SHPBestTM “Superior Performer” Patient Experience Award
OSF Home Health, located in Peru, has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a 2024 SHPBest™ “Superior Performer” for outstanding patient ex…
08/28/2025
OSF Home Health in Alton earns the SHPBestTM Superior Performer Patient Experience Award for second consecutive year
SHPBest™ award program acknowledges home health agencies that consistently provide high quality service