| 2019 |
Top 100 hospital for the 8th time. |
| 2019 |
CMS 5-star rating achieved. |
| 2018 |
Magnet designation received for third time |
| 2017 |
Becker's Hospital Review Top 100 hospital for the fourth time. |
| 2016 |
Named a Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital for the sixth time
|
| 2015 |
Member of the American Joint Replacement Registry
|
| 2015 |
Heart & Vascular Institute formed |
| 2015 |
Named a Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital for the 5th time
|
| 2014 |
Mayo Clinic Care Network member |
| 2014 |
Achieved Magnet recognition for
the second time from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC),
signifying successful implementation of the national Magnet standards
for nursing excellence. |
| 2013 |
Named a Top 100 hospital for the fifth time
|
| 2012 |
Named a Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital
|
| 2012 |
Named a Top 100 hospital for the fourth time |
| 2011 |
U.S. News and World Report names St. Luke's a high-performing hospital |
| 2011 |
Helen G. Nassif Community Cancer Center opened |
| 2010 |
IRPE Gold Award - First hospital in state to achieve gold level |
| 2010 |
St. Luke's Cancer Care earns Commission on Cancer designation |
| 2010 |
Press Ganey Top Improver Award for patient satisfaction |
| 2010 |
Received Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and Get With the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association. |
| 2010 |
Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers |
| 2010 |
Designated a Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacement |
| 2009 |
Named a Top 100 hospital for the third time
|
| 2009 |
Awarded Magnet status by the ANCC |
| 2009 |
St. Luke's Marion Campus opened |
| 2009 |
St. Luke's opened new Emergency Department |
| 2008 |
Named a Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital
|
| 2008 |
St. Luke's Children's Campus in Hiawatha opened |
| 2008 |
First hospital in Iowa to acquire the Robotic Catheter System to treat heart rhythm disorders |
| 2008 |
First pediatric hospitalist program in Cedar Rapids began at St. Luke's |
| 2008 |
Helen G. Nassif Pavilion opened |
| 2007 |
Named a Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital
|
| 2007 |
Named a Press Ganey Success Story Award Winner for patient satisfaction |
| 2007 |
St. Luke's new Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation unit opened |
| 2007 |
First in Iowa to install SOMATOM Definition CT scanner |
| 2006 |
First hospitalist program in Cedar Rapids began at St. Luke's. |
| 2006 |
10,000 open-heart surgeries performed at St. Luke's |
| 2006 |
First hospital in Iowa to receive the CARF Inpatient Stroke Specialty Program accreditation |
| 2005 |
Named a Top 100 Hospital for second consecutive year |
| 2005 |
First robot-assisted surgery performed at a Cedar Rapids hospital |
| 2004 |
St. Luke's named a Top 100 Hospital, Top 50 Heart Hospital |
| 2001 |
St. Luke's recognized as a Top 100 Stroke Hospital |
| 2001 |
Helen G. Nassif Center for Women's & Children's Health opened |
| 2000 |
Nassif Heart Center opened |
| 1998 |
Surgery Center Cedar Rapids opened |
| 1995 |
First Cedar Rapids hospital to put in cardiac stents |
| 1994 |
St. Luke's joined UnityPoint Health |
| 1983 |
First cardiac rehabilitation facility in eastern Iowa opened |
| 1983 |
Birth Care Center established |
| 1983 |
SurgiCare for outpatient surgery opened |
| 1981 |
Lifeguard air ambulance program arrived |
| 1978 |
First open-heart surgery performed at a Cedar Rapids hospital |
| 1977 |
Newborn Intensive Care Unit opened |
| 1972 |
First total joint replacement performed at a Cedar Rapids hospital |
| 1972 |
Family Practice Residency program initiated |
| 1972 |
St Luke's and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics established the Iowa's only emergency medicine residency program |
| 1966 |
St. Luke's Cardiac Care Unit began operation |
| 1960 |
Intensive Care Unit opened and east wing completed |
| 1951 |
St. Luke's main hospital expansion completed |
| 1948 |
Women's Auxiliary organized |
| 1944 |
School of X-ray Technology started |
| 1925 |
Cornerstone laid for west wing |
| 1924 |
Medical staff organized and St. Luke's recognized as a "standardized" hospital by the American College of Surgeons |
| 1914 |
Cedar Rapids' first caesarean delivery |
| 1892 |
Nursing school founded |
| 1884 |
Cornerstone laid |