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St. Luke's in Boise and Meridian, Idaho

By constantly meeting and exceeding patient expectations, St. Luke's has been honored with several significant awards reflecting excellence in care.  Each award was made possible through the skil and dedi8cation of our medical staff, employees and volunteers.  They are the reason so many people turn to St. Luke's for a healing touch, a comforting hand, and a lifelong commitment to care.  

St. Luke's Boise/Meridian is the only hospital in southern Idaho to earn the prestigious Magnet Hospital designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The gold standard for nursing services.

Thomson Healthcare named St. Luke's Boise/Meridian a 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks for Success award winner in 2008, which means we rank well above the top 90 percent on hospital-wide performance when compared with 3,000 of our national peers (teaching hospitals).

Idaho health care consumers have voted us the Consumer's Choice every year since 1999.

St. Luke's Meridian was recognized by the VHA Mountain States Leadership Conference as an Improvement Award Winner for Operational Excellence for our "Optimizing Patient Flow for the Emergency Department" initiative.  Meridian has the busiest Emergency Room in the state.

St. Luke's general facts: http://www.stlukesonline.org/boise/about_us/general_facts.php 

Southwest Idaho 
Forested mountain peaks. High desert plains. Sun drenched valleys. Pick fresh fruit, sample at a winery, dine in downtown Boise. The capital city of Boise offers cultural experiences from the Boise Art Museum, Idaho Opera, Shakespeare under the Sky, Linen District, to the Basque Block and the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial. Just minutes outside of Boise you'll find raptors gliding above high deserts and rocky canyons. Natural sand dunes. Mountain hot springs. Open meadows and mountain lakes. Windsurf. Jet-ski. Cast a line. Southwestern Idaho, enjoy the harvest of the valleys, the culture of the city, the best of the outdoors.  

http://www.visitidaho.org/placestogo/southwestern.aspx#more

• Idaho Outdoor articles, scenes, and activities: http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/TripBrowse.aspx?mode=ByState&state=ID
• Treasure Valley Community Resources and online interactive activities:  http://www.idahostatesman.com/discover/ 
• Boise Chamber of Commerce www.boisechamber.org 
• Boise Convention and Visitors Center www.boise.org 
• Idaho State Parks and Recreation www.idahoparks.org 
• Bogus Basin Ski Resort www.bogusbasin.com 
• City of Boise www.cityofboise.orhg 
• Idaho's official web site www.state.id.us 
• Boise Valley Fly Fishermen www.bvff.com 
• Idaho Opera http://www.operaidaho.org/

  Education

  Here you will find outstanding schools in a district on the leading edge of education. We serve 25,000 students and employ 3,900 people, of whom 1,700 are certified staff. Our purpose statement of Educating Today for a Better Tomorrow symbolizes our commitment to provide the finest education possible for every student.

  • Boise Schools: http://www.boiseschools.org/
  • Education:  http://education-portal.com/boise_schools.html
  • Boise High School is a public school here in the heart of Boise.  This year they graduated 25 merit scholars.  For the size of the school, statistically they should have only graduated 1.7.   Our public school system really is good but we also have Bishop Kelley etc. 
  • Boise State University www.idbsu.edu 

  
  Economics

  • Boise Valley Economic Partnership demographics http://www.bvep.org/ 
  • Money Best Places to Live "Boise, ID: What do you think of Boise, ID, the No. 8 city on this year's Best Places to Live list?"
    http://money.cnn.com/blogs/bplive/2006/07/boise-id.html 
  • Forbes No 2 city for Best Place to Work. http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/328390.html 
  • Data Coverage and Zestimate(r) Accuracy Home data compiled to generate an estimate home valuation varied by location. http://www.zillow.com/howto/DataCoverageZestimateAccuracy