Accreditation & Awards
Children’s is accredited and recognized by many agencies and organizations, including:
We are a Joint Commission Accredited Hospital and Home Care Agency. The Joint Commission’s accreditation is a nationwide seal of approval. Children’s was re-accredited on July 28, 2006, meeting all Joint Commission standards in safety and quality of care. We are currently eligible for our next survey.
We are a designated Magnet Nursing Hospital, an award given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This prestigious award recognizes the highest levels of excellence in nursing. Children’s Hospital was designated a Magnet Nursing hospital in April 2004 by the ANCC and redesignated in 2008. Children’s was the first children’s hospital west of the Rockies to receive Magnet designation. We continue to be one of only 5% of hospitals in the nation that have Magnet Recognition. Magnet is the highest nursing benchmark in the nation.
The only free-standing pediatric rehabilitation center in California accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Children’s is one of only two free-standing pediatric rehab centers on the west coast certified by CARF.
We are accredited for Pediatric/Family Centered Rehabilitation and Comprehensive Medical Inpatient Rehabilitation by CARF, acknowledging compliance with stringent national standards for rehabilitation facilities. The latest accreditation is the seventh consecutive Three-Year Accreditation outcome that the international accrediting commission has awarded the Hospital.