Awards and Designations

Cottage Health

• #10 for Best Places to Work in Health Care 2019 by Fortune & Great Place to Work 
• Environmental Sustainability Certificate, Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE), 2017
• Hospital Quality Institute 2017 C. Duane Dauner Quality Award finalist for Turning Up the HEAT (harm event action team) on Harm

Heart & Vascular Center

• Blue Distinction Center® from Blue Cross Blue Shield 
• Designated STEMI Receiving Center

Center for Orthopedics

• Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement from The Joint Commission
• Blue Distinction Center from Blue Cross Blue Shield

Neuroscience Institute

• Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers from The Joint Commission

Center for Advanced Imaging

• American College of Radiology accredited for CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Mammography, and Lung Cancer Screening

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

• Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement from The Joint Commission
• 4- and 5-star ratings by CMS
• 5-star CMS rating for patient experience
• 2017 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience (Inpatient)

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

• Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers from The Joint Commission

• Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement from The Joint Commission

• Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

• 2018 Excellence in Professionalism Award, American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses (ABCGN)

• Designated Baby-Friendly® hospital by Baby-Friendly USA Inc.

• Smart Care California C-section Honor Roll for reducing C-sections

• 5-star rating by CMS, 5 quarters

• Level I Adult Trauma Center

• Level II Pediatric Trauma Center

• Recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) as achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care

• ACOS Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation

• Blue Distinction Center-Comprehensive Bariatric Surgery from Blue Cross Blue Shield

• ACOS Cancer Program Accreditation

• Sustainability Certificate from Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) of the American Hospital Association

• Joint Commission Sepsis Certification

• Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) certification for Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital

• 2019 Top 20 Best Practices in Patient Satisfaction designation, National Rural Health Association

• Stroke Ready certified by The Joint Commission and Santa Barbara County Emergency Medical Services

• 4-star CMS rating

• Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience (ED)

• California Critical Access Hospital Network member

• Certified Nurses Improving Care of Hospitalized Elderly (NICHE) Hospital

Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital

• Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in Brain Injury Specialty Programs, Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs and Stroke Specialty Programs

Ridley-Tree Center for Wound Care Management

• Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for Wound Care and Treatment Center of Distinction Award
• National Awards for Center of Excellence and Center of Distinction from Healogics