THE FOLLOWING IS AN OSF RELEASE
(October 5, 2023 | Urbana, Illinois) – People getting stroke care at OSF HealthCare in Urbana, Illinois, and Danville, Illinois, can continue to be confident they are getting care consistent with the best standards as laid out by three major organizations.OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana and OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville have been redesignated as primary stroke centers (PSC) by The Joint Commission (TJC), a national health care accreditation organization. TJC’s standards also incorporate best practices from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. The standards are informed by scientific literature and health care experts with a goal of helping hospitals measure, assess and improve performance.“We are in a constant state of readiness looking for new guidelines set forth by these organizations,” said Leslie Ingold, regional stroke coordinator for OSF Heart of Mary and OSF Sacred Heart. “We work with health care providers locally and at our Ministry headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, to make these best practices part of our daily work to provide safe and quality care.”
To achieve the redesignation, the two OSF hospitals recently underwent a rigorous on-site review by TJC. A TJC representative surveyed several areas, including the Emergency Department, inpatient units and radiology. The surveyor also interviewed doctors, nurses and other health care providers.
OSF Heart of Mary has maintained the PSC designation since 2010, while OSF Sacred Heart has done so since 2015.
OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare has 16 hospitals – 10 acute care, five critical access, one transitional care – with 2,131 licensed beds throughout Illinois and Michigan. OSF employs nearly 24,000 Mission Partners across 150+ locations; has two colleges of nursing; operates OSF Home Care Services, an extensive network of home health and hospice services; owns Pointcore, Inc., comprised of health care-related businesses; OSF HealthCare Foundation, the philanthropic arm for the organization; and OSF Ventures, which provides investment capital for promising health care innovation startups. In 2020, OSF OnCall was established, a digital health operating unit, including a hospital-at-home. OSF OnCall delivers care and services when, where and how patients prefer to receive them. OSF HealthCare has been recognized by Fortune as one of the most innovative companies in the country. More at osfhealthcare.org.
