Awards & Accreditations
Enloe Health has been recognized for the top-rate, quality care we provide. We thank our employees, medical staff, and the many volunteers and community members who have made the following recognitions and designations possible.
Hospital Safety
Enloe Health has been recognized by Healthgrades as a 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient. This distinction places Enloe Health Enloe Medical Center among the top 10% of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers.
The honor marks the third straight year Enloe is both a Patient Safety recipient and in the top 10% in the country from Patient Safety.
Based on a study from 2019-2021, on average, patients treated in hospitals that received this recognition were 61.4% less likely to experience a hip fracture from an in-hospital fall, 52.7% less likely to experience a collapsed lung from a procedure or surgery in the chest area, 66.1% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores, and 67.3% less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections, than if treated in a hospital that didn’t receive this award.
In spring 2023, Enloe Medical Center achieved the highest possible Hospital Safety Score: an A, ranking us among the safest facilities in the country.
Enloe has earned this recognition 14 of the previous 15 grading periods.
The rating is based on hospital performance in five general areas: Infections, Problems with Surgery, Practices to Prevent Errors, Safety Problems, and Doctors, Nurses and Hospital Staff. These areas measure such items as surgical site infections, blood clots after surgery, documentation, handwashing, patient falls, pressure sores, sufficient staffing, medication administration, leadership, training, and communication and responsiveness to patients.
To see Enloe Health’s full grade and to access patient safety tips, visit Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
Healthgrades 250 Best
Enloe Medical Center is one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals, as well as one of 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care, according to research released by Healthgrades.
Enloe Medical Center was also recognized for the following clinical achievements:
- Healthgrades Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ for four years in a row (2019-2022)
- Healthgrades Critical Care Excellence Award™ for four years in a row (2021-2024)
- Healthgrades Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award™ in 2023
- Healthgrades Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™ in 2023
- Five-Star recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack for four years in a row (2021-2024)
- Five-Star recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure for two years in a row (2022-2023)
- Five-Star recipient for Valve Surgery for three years in a row (2022-2024)
- Five-Star recipient for Cranial Neurosurgery in 2023
- Five-Star recipient for Total Hip Replacement for two years in a row (2023-2024)
- Five-Star recipient for Treatment of Bowel Obstruction in 2023
- Five-Star recipient for Treatment of GI Bleed in 2023
- Five-Star recipient for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in 2024
- Five-Star recipient for Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism for two years in a row (2023-2024)
- Five-Star recipient for Treatment of Respiratory Failure for six years in a row (2019-2024)
- Five-Star recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for six years in a row (2019-2024)
- Five-Star recipient for Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery in 2023
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report designated Enloe Medical Center as a Northern Sierras Best Regional Hospital for 2024-2025. The medical center was also highlighted as a high performer in these nine lines of service:
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Colon cancer screening
- Heart failure
- Hip replacement
- Kidney failure
- Knee replacement
- Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma
- Pneumonia
- Stroke
Planetree Gold Re-Certification
Enloe Health is one of only seven organizations worldwide to earn Planetree’s highest honor. Enloe was honored with the Certification with Distinction for Leadership and Innovation in Person-Centered Care by Planetree International. The honor recognizes Enloe’s work to advance person-centered care through outreach, research, scholarship and innovation.
Achieving Distinction status requires organizations to earn re-certification at the Gold level while growing their success beyond the standards outlined in the
Person-Centered Care Certification Program.
Planetree is an internationally recognized not-for-profit organization that partners with health care providers around the world to advance patient-centered approaches to care.
Learn more about Planetree at Enloe Health.
Licenses & Accreditations
California Department of Public Health
Enloe Medical Center is licensed by the State of California to operate as an acute care hospital.
Joint Commission Accredited
Enloe Medical Center, Enloe Health Stroke services, Enloe Health Home Health, and Enloe Health’s Pathology and Clinical Laboratory are Joint Commission-Accredited Programs. Learn more about quality and safety at Enloe Health.
American College of Surgeons Accreditation
The Enloe Health Regional Cancer Center has been granted three-year accreditation by the Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.
The distinction recognizes the Cancer Center for maintaining levels of excellence in patient-centered care. It also highlights the center as a local resource where patients can access comprehensive, state-of-the-art cancer care.
Blue Distinction Centers
Enloe Medical Center is designated as a Center of Accreditation from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
The ASMBS has awarded Enloe Health with this three-year designation five times: in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. Learn more about Enloe Health Bariatric & Metabolic Services.
Enloe Medical Center is designated as a Blue Distinction Center+ for knee and hip replacement.
This two-year designation from Anthem Blue Cross was granted in 2019. Blue Distinction is given to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality health care and is based on rigorous, evidence-based criteria.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California have named Enloe Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care. In 2018, facilities that received designations under the Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care program cared for more than 40% of Blue Cross and Blue Shield commercially insured women giving birth across the country.
Blue Distinction is given to medical facilities that meet the rigorous quality selection criteria for maternity care set by the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California have named Enloe Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center in Spine Surgery. The Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care® program is a national designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality specialty care.
The criteria for designation recently expanded to include more robust quality measures focused on improved patient health and safety, as well as new cost-efficiency measures.
Recognition for Services
FlightCare
Enloe Health FlightCare has been fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Air Medical Transport since 2008. CAMTS is an organization that is dedicated to improving the quality and safety of medical transport services.
The accreditation recognized that our medical transport rotor-wing service provides “highly skilled flight nurse/paramedic teams to care for adult and pediatric patients.”
Designated STEMI Receiving Center
Enloe Medical Center has been designated as a STEMI Receiving Center by the Sierra-Sacramento Valley EMS Agency since 2010.
A designated STEMI Receiving Center has been deemed particularly qualified to treat STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) heart attacks, a particular kind of attack, considered to be the most severe and caused by a clot in one or more of the coronary arteries. Learn more about STEMI Receiving Centers.
Enloe Health’s Nettleton Mother & Baby Care Center
Enloe Medical Center is designated as a Baby-Friendly birth facility. This international award recognizes birth facilities that offer breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence, and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.
We first received this designation in 2011, making Enloe Medical Center the first hospital between Butte County and Oregon to achieve this status. In 2022, we received another five-year designation, making us one of only 417 U.S. hospitals to hold this designation. This global initiative was launched by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in 1991.
Enloe Medical Center also earned recognition as a High Performing Hospital for maternity care by U.S. News & World Report, an organization focused on consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.
The award is attributed to Enloe Health’s safety and quality. U.S. News & World Report measured cesarean section rates in lower-risk pregnancies, newborn complication rates, exclusive breast milk feeding rates, early elective delivery rates, birthing-friendly practices and transparency on racial/ethnic disparities, among other measures.
Enloe Health was also named to the California Health & Human Services Agency and Cal Hospital Compare 2020 Honor Roll for Maternity Care for hitting a statewide target rate of 23.9% or lower for low-risk C-sections in first-time moms with low-risk pregnancies.
Physical Therapy - Continuing Competency Approval Agency
The Physical Therapy Board of California (PTBC) has made Enloe Medical Center a Continuing Competency Approval Agency, meaning that we are an approved provider of continuing competency courses. Physical therapists must take 30 hours of approved courses every two years to maintain their license. By offering the classes here in Chico, Enloe Health provides a value to these professionals.
Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award
Enloe Medical Center received the 2024 American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines ® - Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award.
Hospitals receiving this award have reached an aggressive goal of treating patients to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association® for one calendar year. In addition, those hospitals have demonstrated compliance to an additional level of heart failure quality during the 12-month period.
Additionally, Enloe Health has received the following recent Get With The Guidelines Achievement Awards:
- Gold Plus (2023 and 2020)
- Silver Plus (2022)
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2023 and 2020)
Get With The Guidelines - Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Receiving Center
Enloe Medical Center received the 2024 Get With The Guidelines ® - Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Receiving Center Gold Plus Award.
Hospitals receiving this award from the American Heart Association have demonstrated their commitment to offering rapid, research-based care to people experiencing a type of heart attack known as an ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). These are known to be more severe and dangerous than other types of heart attacks.
Each year, about 285,000 people in the U.S. experience this type of heart attack, caused by a complete blockage in a coronary artery. Recognition as a STEMI Receiving Center is designed to showcase hospitals that provide 24/7 support for STEMI. These important facilities coordinate with a network of referring hospitals and emergency medical services to provide guideline-directed STEMI and NSTEMI care.
Transfusion Services
Enloe Health’s Transfusion Service has been accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) since 1981. AABB-accredited facilities are responsible for collecting almost all of the U.S. blood supply and transfusing more than 80%. The AABB accreditation process takes place every two years.
The Accreditation Program supports high standards for medical, technical and administrative performance, scientific investigation, clinical application, and education. It assesses quality systems and operational areas. Accreditation is granted for collection, processing, testing, distribution, and administration of blood and blood components, and perioperative activities.
Robotic Surgery
Enloe Medical Center was accredited by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery. The hospital was recognized for sustaining a culture of excellence by committing to safety, high-quality surgical care and optimal patient outcomes.
SRC accreditation distinguishes Enloe Health and its robotic surgery service from other health care providers without accreditation by advancing surgical team leaders in improving care quality and adopting proven clinical approaches to drive best-in-class surgical care.
Respiratory Therapy
The California Society for Respiratory Care recognized Enloe Health’s Respiratory Therapy team for winning service in 2022. Our team received the CSRC RT Department of Excellence Award for the Northern California Region in October.
In bestowing the honor, the society touted Enloe Health Respiratory Therapy for its collaboration and advocacy of patients, families, and clinical outcomes, through:
- Use of telehealth to help fragile patients receive care without long-distance travel
- Participation in daily multidisciplinary patient rounding in our Intensive Care units
- Staying current in best practices and equipment
