Accreditations

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Accreditations

• The Joint Commission
  (for Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Westmoreland Nursing Center, Home Health and Wood-Prince Family Stroke Center as a Primary Stroke Center)
  
  
• The Leapfrog Group, "A" Hospital Safety Score^SM*
  (for Patient Safety)
   
• American Association of Blood Banks
  (for Blood Bank)
   
• American Association of Diabetes Educators
  (for Outpatient Diabetes Education Program)
  
  
• American College of Radiology
  (for Breast Imaging as a Center of Excellence, CT, Mammography, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, PET, Radiation Oncology and Ultrasound)
  
  
• American College of Surgeons: Commission on Cancer
  (for Comprehensive Community Cancer Programs)
  
  
• American Nurses Credentialing Center: Magnet Recognition
  (for Nursing)
   
• College of American Pathologists
  (for Laboratory Services)
  
  
• Illinois Department of Public Health 
  (for Trauma Center, EDAP and Level II+ Special Care Nursery)
  
  
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
  (for Dearhaven Child Care and Learning Center)
   
  
• National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
  (for Posy Krehbiel Breast Care Center and Northwestern Grayslake Women's Center)
   
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  (for Dearhaven Child Care and Learning Center)
   
  
• Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
  (for Chest Pain Center Accreditation)
  

Approvals

• Illinois Department of Public Health
  (for Hospital, Home Health, Long-term Care and Hospice)
  
  
• Medicare Program
  (for Outpatient, Acute and Extended Care)
  
  
• Illinois Department of Transportation – Division of Aeronautics
  (for Helipad)

Affiliations

• Chamberlain College of Nursing
• Chicago Medical School
• College of Lake County
• J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management
• National-Louis University
• North Park University
• Northern Illinois University
• Northwestern Perinatal Network
• Northwestern University
• Purdue University Calumet
• University of Illinois-Chicago

Memberships

• The Advisory Board
• American Hospital Association
• Illinois Foundation for Quality Health Care
• Illinois Homecare & Hospice Council
• Illinois Hospital Association
• Illinois Hospital & HealthSystem Association
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Leapfrog Survey
• Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
• National Committee for Quality Healthcare
• National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators
• The National Quality Forum
• Voluntary Hospitals of America, Inc.

*For more information on the Hospital Safety Score, visit hospitalsafetyscore.org.