Awards and Recognition

A Legacy of Excellence

Atrium Medical Center is built on the 100-year legacy of Middletown Regional Hospital’s leadership in quality medical care and expertise of its physicians and staff. The following awards, recognition, and accreditations demonstrate the success of the hospital’s quality measures.

Awards

U.S. News & World Report

Rehabilitation Nationally Ranked By U.S. News & World Report 2022

Among all hospitals nationwide, Atrium Medical Center was ranked 50th in the nation for rehabilitation services, according to U.S. News & World Report.

 

The hospital also achieved a “high performing” designation from U.S. News & World Report in the following 3 areas in 2024:

  • Heart attack
  • Maternity care (uncomplicated pregnancy)
  • Stroke

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.

Cardiac

  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack for six years in a row (2017-2022; 2024)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure for three years in a row (2023-2025)

Neurosciences

  • Stroke Care Excellence Award two years in a row (2024-2025)
  • Named among top 10% in nation for Treatment of Stroke (2024-2025)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke for six years in a row (2020-2025)

Pulmonary

  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia (2025)

Gastrointestinal

  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of GI Bleed (2022-2023)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pancreatitis (2022)

Critical Care

  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for eleven years in a row (2014-2024)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Respiratory Failure for seventeen years in a row (2006-2022)

Patient Safety

  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ (2024)
  • Named Among the Top 5 Percent in the Nation for Patient Safety (2024)

Atrium Medical Center, City of Middletown Division of Fire Honored with Ohio's First Pediatric Save Award for Exceptional Emergency Care

March 2024 – Medical staff from Atrium Medical Center and the City of Middletown Division of Fire are the recipients of Ohio’s first Pediatric Save Award, given by the Ohio Emergency Medical Services for Children (Ohio EMSC) State Partnership Program. The award, recognizing clinical excellence by EMS responders and Emergency Departments during pediatric emergencies. The City of Middletown Division of Fire and Atrium Medical Center provided critical care to twins born prematurely at home and their mother.

Atrium Medical Center Receives 2024 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award

Atrium Medical Center has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s 2024 Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver 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, Atrium Medical Center also received the 2024 Target: Type 2 Diabetes, receiving this recognition for providing this critical high-risk population the most up-to-date, evidence-based care for diabetes when hospitalized with cardiovascular disease or stroke.

Accreditations and Designations

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The Joint Commission Accreditation

Atrium consistently earns the highest level of accreditation from The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest health care accrediting body.

Primary Stroke Center Certification

Atrium’s stroke program is one of only 18 hospitals in the state to be certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, earning the Gold Seal of Approval™ for stroke care.

Senior Emergency Center First in Cincinnati Area to Earn Accreditation

October 2019 – The Senior Emergency Center at Atrium Medical Center has received accreditation from The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

With the bronze standard Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA), Atrium is the first hospital in the Cincinnati area and one of only five hospitals in Ohio to achieve a GEDA honor.

Premier Health First in Ohio, Second in Nation to Achieve System-Wide Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation

October 2023 – Premier Health has again been awarded a system-wide Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). This distinction recognizes emergency departments that provide excellent care for older adults. The health system previously achieved this accreditation in 2020 and was the first system in Ohio and the second in the nation to do so.

The bronze standard Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation applies to Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, 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; and now also includes Miami Valley Hospital Beavercreek Emergency Center, which opened in 2022.

*In addition to the awards and accreditations listed above, departments within the hospital have regularly received accreditation from a number of accrediting bodies and governmental agencies:

  • American Association of Blood Banks
  • American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • American College of Radiology—MRI, mammography, and ultrasound
  • American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer—Accreditation with Commendation, through 2015
  • American College of Surgeons, Level III Trauma Center Verification through 2018
  • American Diabetes Association
  • College of American Pathologists
  • Intersocietal Commission of Echocardiography Laboratories - Transthoracic and Transophageal Echocardiography
  • Intersocietal Accreditation Commission verified Nuclear Cardiology department
  • Intersocietal Commission of Nuclear Medicine—Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
  • Ohio Department of Health
  • Ohio Department of Mental Health
  • Recertification of Disease Specific Accreditation for Breast Cancer, 2014

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.