Awards & Recognition
U.S. News and World Report “Best Hospitals”
- Saint Luke’s Hospital
- Nationally ranked (2022-2023)
- Cardiology & Heart Surgery (No. 22)
- Regionally ranked (2022-2023)
- No. 2 in Kansas City Metro Area
- No. 2 in Missouri
- High Performing specialty areas (2022-2023)
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
- Geriatrics
- Orthopedics
- Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
- High Performing procedures and conditions (2022-2023)
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- Heart failure
- Heart bypass surgery
- Heart attack
- Aortic valve surgery
- Lung cancer surgery
- Colon cancer surgery
- Stroke
- Back surgery (spinal fusion)
- Kidney failure
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
- Hip fracture
- COPD
- Nationally ranked (2022-2023)
- Saint Luke's East Hospital
- Regionally ranked (2022-2023)
- No. 3 (tied) in Kansas City Metro area
- No. 8 (tied) in Missouri
- High Performing procedures and conditions (2022-2023)
- COPD
- Colon Cancer Surgery
- Diabetes
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Hip fracture
- Kidney failure
- Knee replacement
- Pneumonia
- Stroke
- Regionally ranked (2022-2023)
- Saint Luke's South Hospital
- High Performing procedures and conditions (2022-2023)
- COPD
- Heart failure
- Hip fracture
- Hip replacement
- Knee replacement
- Stroke
- High Performing procedures and conditions (2022-2023)
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
- High Performing procedures & conditions (2022-2023)
- COPD
- Heart failure
- Hip fracture
- High Performing procedures & conditions (2022-2023)
- Kansas City Orthopedic Institute
- High Performing procedures and conditions (2022-2023)
- Back surgery (spinal fusion)
- Hip replacement
- Knee replacement
- High Performing procedures and conditions (2022-2023)
Learn more about the ranking methodology used by U.S. News & World Report.
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Cardiovascular Program Certification
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke's East Hospital
- Saint Luke’s North Hospital
- Saint Luke's South Hospital
- Hedrick Medical Center
- Pulmonary Program Certification
- Saint Luke's East Hospital
- Hedrick Medical Center
American College of Surgeons
- Commission on Cancer Accredited Program
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
- Saint Luke's East Hospital
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke's South Hospital
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Stroke
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Advanced Therapy Award (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award (2022)
- Heart
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Plus Heart Failure (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Plus Receiving Achievement Award (STEMI) (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Achievement Award (NSTEMI) (2022)
- Stroke
- Saint Luke’s East Hospital
- Stroke
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2022)
- Heart
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Achievement Award (NSTEMI) (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Silver Plus Receiving Achievement Award (STEMI) (2022)
- Stroke
- Saint Luke’s South Hospital
- Stroke
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2022)
- Heart
- Get With The Guidelines®–Silver Plus Receiving Achievement Award (STEMI) (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Silver Achievement Award (NSTEMI) (2022)
- Stroke
- Saint Luke’s North Hospital
- Stroke
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2022)
- Heart
- Get With The Guidelines®–Bronze Receiving Achievement Award (STEMI) (2022)
- Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Achievement Award (NSTEMI) (2022)
- Stroke
- Hedrick Medical Center
- Heart
- Get With The Guidelines®–Bronze Receiving Achievement Award (STEMI) (2022)
- Heart
American Nurses Credentialing Center
- Magnet Recognition (2004-present)
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
Becker’s Hospital Review
- 100 Great Hospitals (2019, 2020)
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas City
- Blue Distinction Center+ for Cardiac Care
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Blue Distinction Center+ for Heart Transplant
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s East Hospital
- Saint Luke’s South Hospital
- Saint Luke’s North Hospital
- Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Blue Distinction Center+ for Knee and Hip Replacement
- Saint Luke’s East Hospital
- Saint Luke’s South Hospital
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Five-Star Quality Rating
- Anderson County Hospital Residential Living Center
- Saint Luke's Bishop Spencer Place
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke's South Hospital
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus
- Saint Luke's Physician Group
Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
- Gold Center of Excellence in Life Support Award (2015)
- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
- Certified Gold Healthy KC Organization (2016)
- Saint Luke's Health System
Health Finance Management Association
- Top Nine Healthcare Systems, Patient Communications Best Practices (2016)
- Saint Luke's Health System
Healthcare Equality Index
- Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality (2014 - present)
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s North Hospital
- Saint Luke’s South Hospital
- Saint Luke’s East Hospital
- Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality (2017 - present)
- Anderson County Hospital
- Hedrick Medical Center
- Wright Memorial Hospital
HealthStream
- Excellence through Insight® (2015)
- Saint Luke's Health System
Hospitals & Health Networks
- Health Care’s Most Wired (1999-present)
- Saint Luke’s Health System
IBM WatsonHealth
- Top 15 Health System (2020)
- Saint Luke's Health System
The Joint Commission
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Comprehensive Cardiac Center
- Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Advanced Certification in Heart Failure (2014)
- Saint Luke’s South Hospital
- Primary Stroke Certification
- Gold Seal of Approval® for Orthopedic Joint Replacement for Hip and Knee Certification (2015)
- Gold Seal of Approval® for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Certification (2015)
- Saint Luke’s East Hospital
- Primary Stroke Certification
- Primary Acute Myocardial Infarction Certification
- Advanced Certification in Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement (2019)
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
- Primary Stroke Certification
- Hedrick Medical Center
- Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® (2014)
- Gold Seal of Approval® (2013)
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
- Accredited Center
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s South Hospital
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
Midwest Transplant Network
- Excellence in Donation Tissue Conversion (2015)
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Saint Luke’s Hospital
- Level I Trauma Center
- Level I Stroke Center
- Level I STEMI Center
- Saint Luke’s East Hospital
- Level II Stroke Center
- Level II STEMI Center
- Saint Luke’s North Hospital
- Level II Stroke Center
- Level II STEMI Center
- Hedrick Medical Center
- Level III Stroke Center
- Level IV STEMI Center
Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association
- 2017 Heart of Hospice
- Saint Luke’s Hospice House
National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR®)
- Saint Luke’s Hospital
- ACTION Registry® 2017 Silver Performance Achievement Award
- Saint Luke’s East Hospital
- ACTION Registry® 2017 Silver Performance Achievement Award
- Saint Luke’s North Hospital
- American College of Cardiology's Chest Pain – MI Registry™ 2019 Platinum Performance Achievement Award
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute Multiple Sclerosis Center
- Center for Comprehensive Care
Newsweek
- World’s Best Hospitals (2020)
- Saint Luke's Hospital - US Top 100 Hospital
- Best Maternity Hospitals (2020)
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Press Ganey
- Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award (2016)
- Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence Award (2016)
- Hedrick Medical Center
U.S. Green Building Council
- LEED Certified
- Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute
Vizient
- Saint Luke’s South Hospital
- Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award for Community Hospitals (2018)
- Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Quality Leadership Rising Star Award (2018)