Awards and Recognition
To us, it’s more than just a phrase. It’s about every physician, employee and volunteer that provides high quality care every day at Miami Valley Hospital. It’s backed by awards and recognition that demonstrate our commitment to excellence to our patients.
Awards
U.S. News & World Report
Miami Valley Hospital Ranked 9th in the State, Highest in Dayton Metropolitan Area
For the 6th year in a row, Miami Valley Hospital was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the top hospital in the Dayton metropolitan area in 2022. The hospital ranked 9th among Ohio's hospitals. The distinction includes Miami Valley Hospital North in Englewood and Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville.
The hospital also achieved a “high performing” designation from U.S. News & World Report in the following 12 areas in 2022:
- Urology
- Diabetes
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Colon cancer surgery
- Kidney failure
- Hip replacement
- Knee replacement
- Pneumonia
- Stroke
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Prostate cancer surgery
Best Maternity Care
U.S. News & World Report named Miami Valley Hospital to its annual list of hospitals for best maternity care. The list is intended to help expectant families make informed choices about where to seek high quality care for uncomplicated pregnancies. To be recognized among the Best Hospitals for Maternity, hospitals must excel on multiple quality metrics that matter to expectant families. High-performing hospitals had fewer early deliveries, fewer C-sections, and fewer newborn complications than other hospitals, as well as higher rates of breast milk feeding. Only one-third of the hospitals evaluated by U.S. News for maternity care earned a high performing rating.
U.S. News & World Report Nationally Ranked MVH Urology
Among all hospitals nationwide in 2019, Miami Valley Hospital was ranked 47th in the nation for urology care according to U.S. News & World Report.
Healthgrades
Healthgrades is an independent organization created to help consumers understand, compare and evaluate hospital performance. They provide objective, comprehensive information about hospital quality in America's hospitals. Healthgrades evaluates hospitals solely on clinical outcomes—risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications. They recognize the top-performing hospitals in the nation that have achieved excellence in particular specialties, clinical excellence, and patient safety.
Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals Award™
Miami Valley Hospital, with additional sites at Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville and Miami Valley Hospital in Englewood, has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals six years in a row (2016-2021). These hospitals are in the top 2 percent in the nation for consistent clinical quality.
Healthgrades America's 250 Best Hospitals Award™
Miami Valley Hospital, with additional sites at Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville and Miami Valley Hospital in Englewood, has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals eight years in a row (2014-2021).
Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals Award™ by Specialty
Miami Valley Hospital, with additional sites at Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville and Miami Valley Hospital in Englewood, has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals (top 2 percent in the nation) in the following specialties:
- Cardiac Care for seven years in a row (2014-2020)
- Prostate Surgeries for three years in a row (2019-2021)
- Critical Care for eight years in a row (2012-2019)
- Stroke Care for five years in a row (2015-2019)
- Joint Replacement (2019)
- Gastrointestinal Care for three years in a row (2016-2018)
- Pulmonary Care for four years in a row (2015-2018)
Cardiac
- Recipient of the Cardiac Care Excellence Award for seven years in a row (2014-2020)
- Recipient of the Coronary Intervention Excellence Award (2020)
- Top 5% in the Nation Cardiology Services (2020)
- Overall Cardiac Services for seven years in a row (2014-2020)
- Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiology Services for three years in a row (2020-2022)
- Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Coronary Intervention Procedures (2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack for nine years in a row (2003-2012; 2014-2022)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure for sixteen years in a row (2007-2022)
- Five-Star Recipient for Valve Surgery for eleven years in a row (2010-2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures (2020)
Orthopedics
- Recipient of the Joint Replacement Excellence Award for three years in a row (2018-2020)
- Named among the Top 5% in the Nation for Joint Replacement (2019)
- Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Joint Replacement for 3 years in a row (2018-2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Total Knee Replacement for four years in a row (2018-2021)
- Five-Star Recipient for Total Hip Replacement for four years in a row (2017-2020)
Critical Care
- Recipient of the Critical Care Excellence Award for thirteen years in a row (2009-2021)
- Named among the Top 5% in the Nation for Critical Care for eleven years in a row (2009-2019)
- Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Critical Care for thirteen years in a row (2009-2021)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Respiratory Failure for eighteen years in a row (2004-2021)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for seventeen years in a row (2006-2022)
- Five-Star Recipient for Diabetic Emergencies (2019)
Pulmonary Care
- Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for eleven years in a row (2009-2019)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia for fourteen years in a row (2007-2020)
Neurosciences
- Recipient of the Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award for 6 years in a row (2015-2020)
- Named among the Top 5% in the Nation for Cranial Neurosurgery for four years in a row (2017-2020)
- Named among the Top 5% in the Nation for Stroke Treatment for five years in a row (2015-2019)
- Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cranial Neurosurgery for six years in a row (2015-2020)
- Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Neurosciences for five years in a row (2015-2019)
- Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Stroke Treatment for five years in a row (2015-2019)
- Five-Star Recipient for Cranial Neurosurgery for six years in a row (2015-2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke for seven years in a row (2014-2020)
Gastrointestinal
- Five-Star Recipient for Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries for five years in a row (2016-2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Colorectal Surgeries (2020)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of GI Bleed (2008-2013; 2015-2018; 2022)
Prostate Surgery
- Recipient of the Prostate Surgery Excellence Award for three in a row (2019-2021)
- Named among the Top 5% in the Nation for Prostate Surgery for three years in a row (2019-2021)
- Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Prostate Surgery for three years in a row (2019-2021)
- Five-Star Recipient for Prostate Removal Surgery for three years in a row (2019-2021)
The full HealthGrades study can be found at www.healthgrades.com
Becker’s Healthcare
Miami Valley Hospital Named One of “100 Great Hospitals in America”
2018 - Becker's Healthcare has named Miami Valley Hospital to its list of “100 great hospitals in America.” Hospitals included on this list have been recognized nationally for excellence in clinical care, patient outcomes, and staff and physician satisfaction; they also are industry leaders that have achieved advanced accreditation and certification in several specialties. Miami Valley Hospital is the only Dayton-area hospital recognized on the list.
Miami Valley Hospital One of “Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals”
2018 – IBM Watson Health has named Miami Valley Hospital as one of the nation’s top 100 hospitals. Hospitals named to the list achieved better survival rates; fewer complications and infections; shorter stays; shorter emergency wait times; lower inpatient expenses; and higher patient satisfaction than non-winning hospitals, according to IBM Watson Health. IBM Watson Health evaluated more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals as part of the study.
Emergency Center of Excellence™
In 2016 and 2017, superior emergency care earned Miami Valley Hospital South a spot among 12 sites in the nation that were recognized as an Emergency Center of Excellence™. This designation was awarded by Emergency Excellence, an organization specializing in emergency department benchmarking. Learn more.
Miami Valley Hospital Receives 2022 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
Miami Valley Hospital has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s 2022 Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospitals’ commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence from the American Heart Association (AHA). Additionally, Miami Valley Hospital also received the 2022 Target: Stroke Honor Roll, Advanced Therapy, and the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll awards. The Level I Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center received this recognition for meeting quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA.
Beacon Award for Excellence
Heart and Vascular ICU Earns Excellence Award
December 2018 – The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has recognized the Heart and Vascular Intensive Care Unit at Miami Valley Hospital with a third consecutive silver Beacon Award for Excellence. The Beacon Award signifies exceptional patient care through improved outcomes and greater overall satisfaction. The Heart and Vascular ICU at Miami Valley Hospital remains the only unit in Dayton to earn this national three-year award with gold, silver, and bronze designations. The unit, which first received the award in 2012, is also the only cardiovascular ICU in Ohio to earn a Beacon Award for Excellence, and one of only 30 cardiovascular ICUs in the country to earn a silver Beacon Award for Excellence.
Accreditations and Designations
First System-Wide Magnet® Recognition
January 2019 – All Premier Health hospitals have earned Magnet® Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association. Nationally recognized as the highest standard for excellence in patient care, only 8 percent of U.S. hospitals hold the esteemed four-year designation – and only 20 U.S. health care systems have achieved the honor as a system. Premier Health hospitals are the only Dayton-area adult hospitals recognized as Magnet® hospitals.
Magnet Hospital Certification
Miami Valley Hospital first received Magnet certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2004. At that time, the hospital was the first in Dayton, the fifth in Ohio, and one of only 115 hospitals nationwide to receive such a prestigious distinction of outstanding nursing practices.
As part of Premier Health’s first-ever system Magnet designation (2019), Miami Valley Hospital has achieved its fourth Magnet® designation since 2004. With its latest designation, the hospital in Dayton joins an elite group of only 58 U.S. health care organizations – fewer than 1 percent of hospitals in the nation – to have earned four Magnet designations, according to the ANCC. Miami Valley Hospital is the fifth-longest sustaining Magnet-designated hospital in Ohio. There are only 481 Magnet-designated facilities in the world.
Level I Trauma Verification Miami Valley Hospital
The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma first verified Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) as a Level I Trauma Center in 1992 and has reverified MVH every three years since, most recently in 2019. As Dayton’s most experienced Level I Trauma Center, MVH is able to manage any type of injury 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Miami Valley Hospital South Receives Level III Trauma Center Designation
November 2019 – Miami Valley Hospital South has achieved designation as a Level III Trauma Center from the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Miami Valley Hospital South joins Premier Health’s trauma network that includes Miami Valley Hospital’s Level I Trauma Center and Atrium Medical Center’s Level III Trauma Center.
Premier Health First in Ohio, Second in Nation to Achieve System-Wide Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation
June 2020 – Premier Health is the first health system in Ohio and second in the nation to achieve system-wide Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA). This distinction from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) recognizes emergency departments that provide excellent care for older adults. The bronze standard Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation applies to Atrium Medical Center in Middletown (which was accredited in October 2019), Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Miami Valley Hospital Austin Boulevard Emergency Center in Miamisburg, Miami Valley Hospital Jamestown Emergency Center in Jamestown, Miami Valley Hospital North in Englewood, Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, and Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy.
Miami Valley Hospital Awarded Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Care
May 2019 – Miami Valley Hospital has once again earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Heart-Check mark as an Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Center. The Gold Seal of Approval® and the Heart-Check mark represent symbols of quality from their respective organizations. With this certification, Miami Valley Hospital joins an elite group of health care organizations focused on highly-specialized stroke care.
The Wound Care Center & Hyperbaric Services at Miami Valley Hospital South Recognized with National Award for Clinical Excellence
April 2019 – The Wound Care Center & Hyperbaric Services at Miami Valley Hospital South recently received the Center of Distinction Award, which was given by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a minimum wound healing rate of at least 91 percent within 30 median days to heal. There were 621 Centers eligible for the Center of Distinction award and 423 achieved the honor
Miami Valley Hospital Earns Designation as Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence
February 2019 – Miami Valley Hospital has been named an Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Hospitals must meet or exceed antimicrobial stewardship standards set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Miami Valley Hospital is one of only 41 hospitals in the Unites States, and the only one in Southwest Ohio, to be designated as a Center of Excellence for Antimicrobial Stewardship, a two-year designation.
Hospital Bariatric Center an official “Center of Excellence”
August 2019 – Miami Valley Hospital was recently recognized as a Bariatric Center of Excellence by the UnitedHealthcare/Optum Program. Bariatric surgery is unique since insurance companies require providers to be what is known as a center of excellence or accredited center from the American College of Surgeons. Beyond that baseline, each individual insurance has its own center of excellence designation it requires in order for their patients to receive treatment.
Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care
April 2018 – Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio has, for the second time, recognized all Premier Health maternity centers with a Blue Distinction® Center+ for Maternity Care designation as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.
The maternity centers include Atrium Medical Center, Miami Valley Hospital with an additional site at Miami Valley Hospital South, and Upper Valley Medical Center.
Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated hospitals that demonstrate expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community. To receive a Blue Distinction Centers+ for Maternity Care designation, a hospital must also demonstrate cost-efficiency.
ENERGY STAR Certification
Miami Valley Hospital Outperforms Similar U.S. Buildings in Energy Efficiency
April 2019 – Premier Health’s Miami Valley Hospital has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® certification for superior energy performance. ENERGY STAR® certified buildings and plants are verified to perform in the top 25 percent of buildings nationwide, based on weather-normalized source energy use that takes into account occupancy, hours of operation, and other key metrics. ENERGY STAR® is the only energy efficiency certification in the United States that is based on actual, verified energy performance. On average, ENERGY STAR® certified buildings and plants use 35 percent less energy, cause 35 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and are less expensive to operate than their peers—all without sacrifices in performance or comfort.
Joint Commission Certification
The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest health care accrediting body, has accredited Miami Valley Hospital as a health care organization. A comprehensive evaluation is conducted every three years with the last survey taking place in September 2017. Due to COVID, all hospital accreditation periods will be extended until safe to review.
Miami Valley Hospital main campus has maintained continuous Joint Commission accreditation since December 2014 as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Miami Valley Hospital South maintained continuous Joint Commission accreditation since November 2016 as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital.
American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
2014 to Present – The Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) designation is awarded to breast imaging centers that achieve excellence by seeking and earning accreditation in all of the American College of Radiology's (ACR) voluntary breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules, in addition to the mandatory mammography accreditation program. The Breast Center at Miami Valley Hospital North first achieved this accreditation in 2014. The Breast Centers at Miami Valley Hospital and Miami Valley Hospital South are also Breast Imaging Centers of Excellence.
Internal Awards
The DAISY Award
Premier Health is pleased to recognize our nurses with the DAISY Award, a national program that honors the compassionate care and clinical expertise our nurses bring to patients every day. Learn more.
Everyday Heroes Award
Premier Health is pleased to celebrate the dedicated staff that provide outstanding support to nurses. These individuals are our Everyday Heroes. Learn more.