SSM Health St Mary’s Hospital in Centralia and Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon have earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation.
The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects continuous compliance with the commission’s performance standards and shows an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.
The accreditations that are good through October 2026 were earned following a rigorous three-day survey completed in October and November of last year to evaluate compliance with standards of care for inpatient and outpatient departments as well as the health care practices. Emergency management, environment of care, infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management were all observed.
The President of SSM Health St. Mary’s and Good Samaritan Hospitals says they are pleased to receive the full accreditation. Damon Harbison says staff from across the organization continue to work together to develop and implement approaches to improve care. He says the staff’s dedication and commitment to patients, their families, and each other was on full display for the surveyors who cited exceptional work in a number of departments.
