Awards and Designations

Cottage Health

• Named to Great Place To Work® and PEOPLE Magazine’s 2026 Companies that Care list
• Recipient of 2026 Great Place To Work® Certification™ for the 8th time
• Named a 2024 Seramount 100 Best Companies for Working Parents
• Nursing Residency Program at SBCH, GVCH and CRH earned national accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Practice Transition Accreditation Program® (PTAP)
• Designated a Digital Health Most Wired organization: Acute Level 7 and Ambulatory Level 7
• Recipient of Technology Excellence Award: Interfacility Blood Transfer Program, ECRI

Heart & Vascular Center

• Blue Distinction Center® — Cardiac Care by Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Designated STEMI Receiving Center
• Named one of America’s Best Cardiac Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek

Center for Orthopedics

• Certified Advanced Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Program by The Joint Commission
• Blue Distinction Center® — Knee and Hip Replacement by Blue Cross Blue Shield

Neuroscience Institute

• Certified Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission
• Certified Brain & Spinal Tumor Program by The Joint Commission

Center for Advanced Imaging

• Accredited by the American College of Radiology in: CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Mammography and Lung Cancer Screening

Ridley-Tree Center for Wound Care Management

• Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for Wound Care and Treatment Center of Distinction Award

Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital

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

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

• 5-star CMS rating for Overall Quality & Safety
• 4-star CMS rating for Patient Satisfaction
• Silver Level Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
• California Department of Public Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll, SILVER Status for Healthcare-Associated Infections Program

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

• 5-star CMS rating for Overall Quality & Safety
• 4-star CMS rating for Patient Survey
• Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Achievement with Stroke Honor Roll Elite recognition by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association
• Get With The Guidelines® – Coronary Artery Disease Hospital Recognition: NSTEMI – Silver
• Named one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit honored with the Silver-Level Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
• Certified for Sepsis Care by The Joint Commission
• Accredited Echocardiography facility for Adult Transthoracic and Adult Transesophageal services by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)
• Accredited Comprehensive Center with Adolescent Care, recognized by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)
• Blue Distinction Center® — Bariatric Surgery by Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cottage Epilepsy Center, accredited as a Level 3 Adult Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC)
• Designated Baby-Friendly® hospital by Baby-Friendly USA Inc.
• Silver Level Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
• California Department of Public Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll, SILVER Status for Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
• Recognized by Cal Hospital Compare for achieving the highest level of performance in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Care for two consecutive years
• Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis Clinic designated Clinical Associate Center by the Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network
• Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award® for Emergency Department Patient Experience
• Emergency Department recipient of Lantern Award by the Emergency Nurses Association

Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital

• 5-Star Rating from the National Rural Rating System
• Accredited Critical Access Hospital by The Joint Commission
• Certified Acute Stroke Ready by The Joint Commission
• Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Rural Silver recognition
• Silver Level Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
• California Department of Public Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll, SILVER Status for Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
• Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award® for HCAHPS Patient Experience
• Emergency Department recipient of Lantern Award by the Emergency Nurses Association