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National Standards for Excellence in Women's Health

Whether you are facing a disease or feeling great and want to stay that way, you deserve a hospital, doctors, nurses, and healthcare providers that are committed to PARTNERING with you on your lifelong journey to health.

We know that journey is not always easy. Spirit of Women hospitals are committed to making good health easier and to helping you take ACTION that results in better health for you and your family.

Spirit of Women hospitals aspire to the following Standards for Excellence in Women's Health.

Standard 1: Community Assessment and Targeted Women's Programming ensures that hospitals survey what women want in their own lives as well as in the community and use the results of these surveys to plan educational and clinical programming.
Spirit hospitals LISTEN to the women they serve.

Standard 2: Life Stage Program Planning requires that Spirit hospitals offer programs and services that address the unique health needs of women at all stages of their lives.
Spirit hospitals UNDERSTAND women have different needs in different decades of their lives.

Standard 3: Diversity demands that Spirit hospitals are culturally-appropriate and welcome all women, regardless of their race, age, ethnic or socio-economic status.
Spirit hospitals EMBRACE the diversity in the women they serve.

Standard 4: Strategic Alignment of Women's Services encourages women's health to be regarded as the life blood of a hospital, acknowledging that women make upwards of 85 percent of all household healthcare decisions.
Spirit hospitals BELIEVE in women as the gatekeepers of a family’s health.

Standard 5: Innovation in Outreach requires that Spirit hospitals are creative in their approach to the education and healthcare of women in the community.
Spirit hospitals INNOVATE when it comes to reaching women.

Standard 6: Quality Improvement evaluates a hospital's educational events and community outreach on their effectiveness in reaching more women and motivating them to take action for their health.
Spirit hospitals CREATE programs that work to make women healthier.

Standard 7: Multidisciplinary Integration plans that a Spirit hospital involves multiple departments and services in outreach to women and brings in community groups to assist in the successful implementation of wellness programs and health campaigns.
Spirit hospitals CONNECT to everyone in the hospital and in the community.


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