PEORIA, Ill. – OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria has become the first hospital in Illinois to earn verification through the American College of Surgeons’ Emergency General Surgery Verification Program.
The hospital announced the achievement Monday, becoming just the 18th hospital nationwide to receive the designation.
The verification recognizes hospitals that meet national standards for providing high-quality emergency general surgical care around the clock.
Emergency general surgery involves treating conditions requiring urgent surgical intervention that are unrelated to traumatic injuries, including appendicitis and gallbladder disease.
The American College of Surgeons developed the program to help hospitals improve patient outcomes, strengthen safety practices and provide consistent access to emergency surgical services.
“Achieving this verification is a meaningful accomplishment for our hospital and reflects the commitment of our entire team to providing high-quality care for patients who need emergency surgery,” said Dr. Vishnu Mani, Emergency General Surgery Medical Director and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at OSF Saint Francis.
Mani said the recognition highlights the collaboration among surgeons, specialists and other hospital staff who provide care 24 hours a day.
The verification program was developed in partnership with the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and builds on other national surgical quality improvement initiatives.
According to the American College of Surgeons, the program aims to address variations in emergency surgical care between hospitals, including differences between rural and metropolitan facilities.
As a verified hospital, OSF Saint Francis also receives the designation of an American College of Surgeons Surgical Quality Partner, recognizing its commitment to evaluating and continuously improving surgical care.
“Participation is an important measure of a hospital’s surgical quality,” said Dr. Patricia Turner, Executive Director and CEO of the American College of Surgeons.
Turner said the designation reflects the hospital’s commitment to evaluating patient care and pursuing ongoing improvements.
OSF Saint Francis officials say the achievement reinforces the hospital’s efforts to provide coordinated, high-quality emergency surgical services to patients throughout Central Illinois.
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