Awards and Recognition

Upper Valley Medical Center (UVMC) has received many awards and recognitions that demonstrate our commitment to excellence, to our patients, and to our employees.

Awards

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

Upper Valley Medical Center achieved a “high performing” designation from U.S. News & World Report in the following areas:

• Maternity Care (uncomplicated pregnancy) 2023
• Kidney failure 2021-2022

American Heart Association/American Stroke Association 2025 Get With The Guidelines^®

Upper Valley Medical Center has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s 2025 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, Upper Valley Medical Center also received the 2025 Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll and the Target: Stroke Honor Roll recognitions.

2024 Healogics – Center of Distinction

Upper Valley Wound & Hyperbaric Center has been recognized by Healogics. To earn the Center of Distinction award, centers must achieve:

• Patient satisfaction rate of 92% or higher
• Wound Adjusted Comprehensive Healing Rate of 77% or higher
• Outlier rate of 16% or lower

2024 Healogics – Clinical Excellence Award

To earn the Clinical Excellence Award, centers must first meet all the criteria for the Center of Distinction. Additionally, they must achieve a Comprehensive Healing Rate of 83% or higher and a Calcutta score of 83% or higher. The Calcutta Score is Healogics' proprietary benchmarking tool used to evaluate the performance of Wound Care Centers across the Country.

Healthgrades Awards

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.

The full HealthGrades study can be found at www.healthgrades.com

• Cardiac
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack (2019)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure (2025)
    
• Critical Care
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis (2016-2018)
• Gastrointestinal
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of GI Bleed (2020-2022, 2026)
• Neurosciences
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke for four years in a row (2023-2026)
• Pulmonary
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia (2018)
• Patient Safety
  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for ten years in a row (2017-2026)
  • Named Among the Top 10 Percent in the Nation for Patient Safety for ten years in a row (2017-2026)

YWCA of Piqua Women of Excellence

(2017) The Women of Excellence program, established by the YWCA in 1997, recognizes women and young women who reside in, are employed, or active in Miami County and have distinguished themselves in their careers and/or in civic and community activities. Ruth Jenkins, past president / member of the executive committee of the UVMC Foundation Board, was honored with this award in 2017. Others from UVMC who have receive the distinction include Jean Heath, nursing director, in 2006; Becky Rice, president and CEO, in 2016; and Nancy Bowman, communications specialist, in 2016.

VHA Leadership for Clinical Excellence in Cardiac Care

Upper Valley Medical Center (UVMC) received a Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence from VHA Inc. This national health care alliance honors hospitals for meeting or exceeding national performance standards for clinical care in specific areas. UVMC won the award for its efforts in treatment for heart attack patients and treatment for congestive heart failure.

Accreditations and Designations

UVMC Cancer Care Center Awarded Accreditation With Commendation

Upper Valley Medical Center's Cancer Care program has received Accreditation with Commendation from The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons. The accreditation, good for three years, was awarded following an extensive onsite evaluation which includes eight areas of programming activity and evaluation on 36 standards. CoC accreditation ensures a patient they will have access to: comprehensive care; a multi-specialty team approach to coordinate treatment options; information about ongoing clinical trials and new treatment options; access to cancer-related information, education and support; a cancer registry collecting data on type and stages of cancers and treatment results and lifelong patient follow up; ongoing monitoring of care; and quality care close to home. Learn more about the Commission on Cancer.

Primary Stroke Center

Upper Valley Medical Center has earned Primary Stroke Center status from The Joint Commission. The Gold Seal of Approval^® Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Center was awarded to UVMC based on continuous compliance with stringent performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a commitment to providing safe and quality patient care.

Primary Stroke Center Certification recognizes health care organizations that provide clinical programs across the continuum of care for stroke. The certification evaluates how organizations use clinical outcomes and performance measures to identify opportunities to improve care, as well as to educate and prepare patients and their caregivers for discharge.

Joint Commission Top Performer

Upper Valley Medical Center was recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission. The recognition is based on exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions. UVMC was recognized for quality measures in the areas of heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. The Joint Commission is an accreditor of health care organizations across the county.