Company Profile
Stormont Vail Health
Company Overview
Stormont Vail Health has a deep commitment to the community and to Kansas to provide the best possible health care.
Stormont Vail is an integrated health care system based in Topeka, Kansas, serving a multicounty region in northeast Kansas. It comprises Stormont Vail Hospital, Cotton O’Neil and Cotton O’Neil Pediatrics with more than 200 employed physicians and a variety of ancillary services. Stormont Vail achieved Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing services in 2009.
Stormont Vail Health is committed to education: educational programs for future health care professionals, and continuing education for its own staff and others in the health care community.
The organization houses the Baker University School of Nursing on its main campus in Topeka, and has close ties to other area nursing and medical schools. It also provides training experiences to university students in a variety of areas.
Stormont Vail Hospital is a 586-bed acute care referral center in northeast Kansas. It is the product of the 1949 merger between Christ’s Hospital (opened in 1884) and the Jane C. Stormont Hospital and Training School for Nurses (1895). Stormont Vail Hospital and Cotton O’Neil joined in 1995 to form Stormont Vail Health. Stormont Vail has the region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care and only verified trauma center.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Magnet Designation by the American College of Nurses Credentialing Center, Member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.
Accreditations: The Joint Commission, Level II Trauma Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Advance Primary Stroke Center (The Joint Commission), Advanced Perinatal Care Certification (The Joint Commission), Chest Pain Center, Stormont Vail Echocardiography Lab, Comprehensive Cancer Program, Radiation Therapy Services, Transfusion Services.
Awards and Recognitions: Top 100 Integrated Health Care Network, The Joint Commission Top Performer on Key Quality Measures, American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline STEMI Gold Receiving Center, American College of Cardiology's NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award, The Joint Commission award for Total Joint Center Disease-Specific Care for Hip and Knee Replacement, VHA Excellence Award for Clinical Effectiveness, U.S. News & World Report 2017-19 Best Regional Hospital, Blue Distinction Center+ for Knee and Hip Replacement, Maternity Care, Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, Spine Surgery.