Awards & Recognition

A world-class reputation for outstanding patient care

At BJC HealthCare, we’re fiercely proud of the work we do for our patients and their families. BJC has received recognition and accolades as a top health care system in the St. Louis region and across the nation.
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Honors include:

Newsweek–America’s Best Large Employers 

BJC Health has been named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women.” 

BJC HealthCare and Saint Luke's America's Greatest Workplaces for Women award banner

Forbes–America’s Best Large Employers 

BJC Health has been named to Forbes’ listing of “America’s Best Large Employers 2026.”

Five medical workers smiling and clapping in hospital uniforms in a graphic with text at the bottom that says: Forbes names BJC Health a 'Best Large Employer 2026 along with a BJC Health corporate logo.

Top physicians

BJC HealthCare hospitals are home to 52% of the physicians recognized in St. Louis Magazine's Best Doctors® 2023 list. 

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Hospital safety & quality

BJC HealthCare hospitals rank on the U.S. News & World Report list of America's top Hospitals and Best Children's Hospitals.

See the complete list.

Barnes Jewish Hospital


Service line excellence

Barnes-Jewish Hospital is ranked in Becker's Hospital Review of the nation’s “hospitals and health systems to watch” for the services of spine and neurosurgery, heart, and orthopedics.
 

Doctor in full medical setup in an operating room holding defibrillator paddles.

 


Patient satisfaction

BJC HealthCare hospitals, service organizations, and medical practices earned 171 Excellence in Healthcare Awards from Professional Research Consultants (PRC) in 2023, including 15 teams and providers that earned “Top Performer” awards for being in the 100th percentile nationally.

Patient and caregiver high-fiving


Nursing quality

Several BJC HealthCare facilities have earned Magnet® designation—the only facilities awarded this distinction in the St. Louis metro area:

Magnet designation was developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center to designate health care organizations showing quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. 

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Cancer care

BJC HealthCare’s Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine is the only cancer center in Missouri to be designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), earning an "exceptional" rating, NCI's highest accolade. Siteman also is listed among Becker's Hospital Review of the nation's great oncology programs.

Siteman Cancer Center