Nationally Recognized Quality & Accreditations
From Magnet® nursing excellence to advanced stroke, heart and cancer designations, Riverside Healthcare pairs nationally proven practices with the personal touch our community deserves.
We constantly strive to improve our offerings, services, and programs. Along the way, we’re proud to gain recognition from outside groups for our efforts. These awards, accreditations, and affiliations remind us that we are fulfilling our mission: providing the best care to the communities we serve. Thank you to everyone who helps make these recognitions possible—our care teams, leaders, community members, and you.
Nursing Excellence
Magnet® Recognized Hospital – ANCC
The Magnet designation is one of the highest honors a hospital can earn concerning the standard of nursing care provided. With this designation, Riverside ranks in an elite group of only about 7 percent of healthcare organizations in the United States for nursing excellence.
Brain & Stroke Care
- Primary Stroke Center Certification by DNV Healthcare
Heart & Vascular Achievements
ACC NCDR Chest Pain–MI Registry Platinum Performance Award
ACC HeartCARE Center: National Distinction of Excellence- Chest Pain Center, Full Cycle 2, with PCI – SCPC
- Full Heart Failure Accreditation – SCPC
- Blue Distinction® Center+ for Cardiac Care (BCBS)
- Daily Journal “Innovator in Healthcare” – Riverside Heart & Vascular Institute
Cancer Care Accreditation
- American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as Comprehensive Community Cancer Program
Imaging & Diagnostics Credentials
- ACR Accreditation – Obstetrical & General Ultrasound
- ACR Accreditation – Vascular Ultrasound
- ACR Accreditation – Mammography Services
- Women’s Choice Award (2024) – Best Hospitals for Mammogram Imaging
Rehabilitation & Pulmonary Recognition
- AACVPR Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation – Re-accredited
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
Laboratory & Pathology Excellence
- CAP Accreditation for Laboratory Excellence – rigorous standards for accuracy, quality and patient safety
Maternal & Infant Care
- National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification – Gold
- Blue Distinction® Center+ for Maternity Care (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
Orthopedic Excellence
- Blue Distinction® Center+ for Knee & Hip Replacement — high-quality outcomes and cost-efficient orthopedic surgery
Hospital Accreditation & Professional Education
- DNV Accredited Hospital — meets the comprehensive standards of DNV Healthcare
- Accredited for Continuing Medical Education by the AMA / Illinois State Medical Society
Workplace & Well-Being Honors
Military Friendly Employer, Gold 2025
Military Friendly, Spouse Employer
VETS Indexes Recognized Employer
The Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health, Platinum
Illinois Healthiest Employers- Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America
Digital Innovation Awards
CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired 2024, earned for the fifth consecutive year
Women’s Choice Awards 2024
Women’s Choice Award – Best Hospitals for Patient Safety
Women’s Choice Award – Best Hospitals for Heart Care
Women’s Choice Award – Best Hospitals for Mammogram Imaging
Leadership & Organizational Recognition
- Chief Medical Officers to Know by Becker's Hospital Review – Dr. Stonewall McCuiston Jr.
- Community Hospital CEOs to Know by Becker's Hospital Review – Phil Kambic
- Great Community Hospitals by Becker's Hospital Review
- Black Healthcare Leaders to Know by Becker's Hospital Review – Dr. Stonewall McCuiston Jr.
- Women Hospital & Health System CFOs to Know by Becker's Hospital Review – Patt Vilt
Our Accreditations
- Magnet® Recognized Hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- Primary Stroke Center Certification by DNV Healthcare
- Chest Pain Center, Full Cycle 2, with PCI Accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPS)
- Full Heart Failure Accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPS)
- American College of Radiology and Obstetrical General and Vascular Ultrasound and Mammography Services
- American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Program
- American Diabetes Association
- American Medical Association Through the Accreditation Committee of the Illinois State Medical Society for Continuing Medical Education
- American Osteopathic Association
- College of American Pathologists (CAP) for Laboratory Excellence
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- Accredited Hospital by DNV Healthcare
Our Affiliations
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (now known as LeadingAge)
- American Hospital Association
- American Red Cross Blood Bank
- Healthcare Forum Advisory Board (National Quality Forum)
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Illinois Health and Hospital Association
- Illinois Pioneer Coalition
- Life Services Network of Illinois
- Mather Institute of Chicago
- Midwestern University
- Rush Health
- The University of Chicago Medicine
- University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital
- Voluntary Hospitals of America (now known as Vizient, Inc.)
Clinical Partnerships
Riverside has established collaborative working relationships, cultural exchange programs and partnerships to bring quality and performance initiatives, new treatment methodologies, advanced cardiovascular surgical expertise and 24-hour pediatric specialists to patients. Our partners include Rush Health, University of Chicago Medicine and Comer Children’s Hospital pediatric specialists.