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 Rankings

Miami Valley Hospital ranked 12th among Ohio’s hospitals in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings. 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 13 areas in 2025 which includes maternity named earlier in the year:

U.S. News & World Report Best Maternity Care

U.S. News & World Report named Miami Valley Hospital to its annual list of hospitals for best maternity care 2026. 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.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Highest Rating

Miami Valley Hospital achieved a 3-Star Rating in Aortic Valve Replacement combined with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (AVR-CABG) for 2025, a designation earned by only 4% to 7% of programs nationally, according to STS. In addition, Miami Valley Hospital earned a 3-Star Rating for Multiprocedural Cardiac Surgery. Overall, a new and highly selective STS category. This ranking placed the hospital’s cardiac surgery program among the top 10% of programs in the U.S. and Canada for comprehensive cardiac care.

The STS 3-star rating is the organization’s highest, reflecting superior outcomes in areas like mortality, complications, and adherence to best practices. Ratings are based on data submitted to the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database over a three-year period, from January 2022 through December 2024.

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
  • Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiology Services for three years in a row (2020-2022)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack for nine years in a row (2014-2022)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure for twenty years in a row (2007-2026)
• Critical Care
  • Recipient of the Critical Care Excellence Award for thirteen years in a row (2009-2021)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis (2006-2023, 2026)
• Gastrointestinal
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of GI Bleed (2022)
• Orthopedics
  • Five-Star Recipient for Total Hip Replacement (2026)
• Pulmonary
  • Recipient of Pulmonary Care Excellence Award (2026)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia (2026)

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

Miami Valley Hospital and Miami Valley Hospital South have received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s 2025 Get With The Guidelines^®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. This 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).

Miami Valley Hospital North received Get With The Guidelines^®-Bronze Quality Achievement Award.

Miami Valley Hospital received the 2025 Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.

2024 Healogics – Center of Distinction

Miami Valley Hospital South 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.

Accreditations and Designations

Joint Commission

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 May 2024.

Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Care

(July 2025) 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.

In addition, Miami Valley Hospital South has earned Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and Miami Valley Hospital North is a Certified Acute Stroke Ready Hospital.

Level I Trauma Verification Miami Valley Hospital

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma first verified Miami Valley Hospital as a Level I Trauma Center in 1992 and has reverified Miami Valley Hospital every three years since, most recently in 2025. As Dayton’s most experienced Level I Trauma Center, Miami Valley Hospital is able to manage any type of injury 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer

2026 - Premier Health's cancer care programs system-wide have attained national accreditation from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC). The accreditation, good for three years, was awarded following an extensive onsite evaluation. CoC accreditation ensures a patient 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. Accreditation demonstrates Premier Health’s commitment to improving cancer care across the continuum.

As a CoC-accredited institution, Premier Health also becomes an ACS Surgical Quality Partner. Being a Surgical Quality Partner signifies an institution’s dedication to consistently improving procedures and approaches, while maintaining a critical eye on process at every step. Patients can trust that the care they receive at Surgical Quality Partner hospitals adheres to the most rigorous standards in surgical quality.

American College of Radiology Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center

The Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center (CBIC) 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. Miami Valley Hospital South, Miami Valley Hospital – Huber Heights Mammography, and Atrium Medical Center – Women Services also have CBIC designation.

Other Accreditations

• Miami Valley Hospital South Awarded Primary Stroke Center Certification
• Miami Valley Hospital North Awarded Acute Stroke Ready Hospital Certification
• Miami Valley Hospital South Awarded Joint Commission Disease Specific Spine Certification
• Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
• Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) - Careflight program certified
• Commission on Cancer Integrated Cancer Network Program (INCP)
• Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers
• Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation 5.0 by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC)
• American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certification for MVH, MVHS, and MVHN
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
• American College of Radiology:
  • MVHS
    • Mammography
    • Breast Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy
    • CT
    • MRI
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Stereo
    • Ultrasound
  • MVH
    • CT
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • MRI
    • Ultrasound
  • MVHN
    • CT
    • MRI
    • Mammography 
    • Breast Center for Breast Ultrasound and Stereo
• College of American Pathologists
• Intersocietal Accreditation Commission for Echocardiography for MVH, MVHN, and MVHS
• Ohio Department of Health - Hospital License
• Ohio Department of Behavioral Health License