THE FOLLOWING IS A CARLE RELEASE
Magnet Recognition Program® says Carle Health entities exceed scoring thresholds in patient outcomes and nursing support.
URBANA, Ill. — Carle Health on Aug. 19 became only the seventh healthcare organization nationwide to receive – with Distinction – the nation’s highest honor for nursing and organizational excellence.
Carle Foundation Hospital (CFH) in Urbana, Carle Physician Group (CPG) offices throughout the area and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center (CHRHC) in Hoopeston earned Magnet with Distinction Recognition® from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®.
Healthcare centers attain Magnet designation when they prove they support and empower nurses and interdisciplinary teams. Only ten percent of healthcare organizations nationwide are Magnet-designated and less than three percent have earned four or more designations.
“As an organization focused on providing top decile care and service to our patients and community, our continued Magnet designation demonstrates and validates our commitment to excellence,” Lynette Marx, MBA, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, nurse retentionist, said. “Quality care and service have long been proven at Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Physician Group. We have always known that care at Carle Hoopeston is high quality. Patients there receive excellent care and service and benefit from the strength of the Carle Health system.”
Facilities that receive this designation retain it for four years. It has been 15 years since Carle Foundation Hospital first received Magnet designation, which its maintained ever since. This is the first year that CHRHC received this honor, a unique achievement for a Critical Access Hospital.
“Achieving Magnet designation exemplifies how special the care teams are in Hoopeston and throughout the Carle Health system,” said Heather Tucker, Hospital Administrator, Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center. “We are so proud that our patients are able to receive the level of care and quality you can expect in a bigger city so close to home. This recognition will continue to foster performance improvement and care excellence that will highlight positive outcomes for those we serve.”
The application was 3,000 pages and included 105 stories highlighting initiatives, projects and accomplishments, and virtual site visits by appraisers from the Magnet program office. The ANCC reviews Magnet designated facilities for their transformational leadership, structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge and empirical outcomes.
The recognition was announced during a video conference attended by more than 600 nursing team leaders and nurses.
Other Carle Health entities that are Magnet-designated include Carle Health Methodist Hospital and Carle Health Proctor Hospital, both in Peoria; Carle Health Pekin Hospital in Pekin; and Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
Learn more about the incredible Carle Health nursing team at Carle.org or contact Carle Health Public Relations for more information at publicrelations@carle.com or (217) 902-5201.
