Miami Valley Hospital
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Miami Valley Hospital is a large urban hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 located in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

 and is a member of the Premier Health Partners
Premier Health Partners
Premier Health Partners is a medical network of five hospitals and two major health centers in the Dayton region. Premier Health Partners is a partner of Catholic Health Initiatives at their Good Samaritan facilities....

 network. The hospital has a second location named Miami Valley Hospital South
Miami Valley Hospital South
Miami Valley Hospital South is a hospital located in Centerville, Ohio. The hospital is a branch of its parent hospital Miami Valley Hospital located in Dayton, Ohio...

 in Centerville, Ohio
Centerville, Ohio
Centerville, Ohio is a city in Montgomery and Greene Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.Centerville, Ohio may also refer to:*Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio*Centerville, Clinton County, Ohio or Lees Creek...

. It currently has the Dayton region's only level I trauma center and also has a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit
Neonatal intensive care unit
A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit —also called a Special Care Nursery, newborn intensive care unit, intensive care nursery , and special care baby unit —is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.The problem of premature and congenitally ill infants is not a...

. Miami Valley Hospital has 7,370 employees, 848 beds, and saw over 400,000 outpatient visits in 2007. Miami Valley Hospital's emergency and trauma center
Trauma center
A trauma center is a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Trauma centers grew into existence out of the realization that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialized and experienced...

 contains 72 beds and is the busiest emergency department
Emergency department
An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...

 in Ohio. Miami Valley Hospital also operates three air ambulances known as CareFlight. Miami Valley Hospital is a top 100 hospital in the United States
United States
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 for clinical excellence. The hospital also holds numerous awards from HealthGrades, Forbes
Forbes
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, and U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
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. The Boonshoft School of Medicine
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Boonshoft School of Medicine is the medical school at Wright State University...

 at Wright State University
Wright State University
Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,...

 is the affiliated university.

History

Miami Valley Hospital, or MVH for short, opened as the Protestant Deaconess Hospital in 1890. In 1895, the hospital treated patients for an average cost of 74 cents per patient per day. The hospital charged five dollars a week for a private room and whatever the patient could afford in the public wards. Dayton’s first emergency room was opened beneath the main surgery floor in 1912. MVH also established outpatient clinic in 1913 in response to the aftermath of the 1913 flood. From the 1920s to the 1950s, the hospital saw the most advancements in expansion and additions. As the hospital made advancments in care, in 1952, MVH opened the Radioisotope Laboratory, a forerunner to nuclear medicine. MVH was the first non-university hospital in Ohio to be authorized by the Atomic Energy Commission
United States Atomic Energy Commission
The United States Atomic Energy Commission was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by Congress to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S...

 to use radioactive materials in research and patient care. In 1983, MVH's first air ambulance
Air ambulance
An air ambulance is an aircraft used for emergency medical assistance in situations where either a traditional ambulance cannot reach the scene easily or quickly enough, or the patient needs to be transported over a distance or terrain that makes air transportation the most practical transport....

 was put into service, CareFlight, which made rapid emergency transport available within a 75 miles (120.7 km) radius. By its second year, CareFlight was averaging more than one transport every day. CareFlight operates three helicopters, based at the hospital main campus in Dayton, Lebanon-Warren County Airport
Lebanon-Warren County Airport
Lebanon-Warren County Airport is a public airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of Lebanon, on Greentree Road, in Warren County, Ohio, United States....

,and Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio.

In 2010, the Neurological Institute at Miami Valley Hospital was established. The neurological institute is in partnership with premier health partners and Wright State University. The Center focuses on the treatment, diagnosis, and research of neurological disorders.

Awards and recognition

Miami Valley Hospital received the following:
In 2011, The Hospital received:
  • Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence
  • Women's Health Excellence Award also Five-Star Rated in Women's Health
  • Pulmonary Care Excellence Award
  • Emergency Medicine Excellence Award
  • Cardiac Care Excellence Award


In 2010, The Hospital received:
  • 2010 Press Ganey Summit Award
  • Emergency Medicine Excellence Award
  • Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence
  • Cardiac Care Excellence Award
  • Coronary Intervention Excellence Award
  • Critical Care Excellence Award
  • Pulmonary Care Excellence Award
  • Women's Health
    Women's health
    Women's health refers to health issues specific to human female anatomy. These often relate to structures such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to, or most notable in, females. Women's health issues include menstruation, contraception, maternal health,...

     Excellence


In 2009, The Hospital received:
  • One of America's safest hospitals by Forbes
    Forbes
    Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...

  • Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence
  • Women’s Health Excellence Award
  • Cardiac Care Excellence Award
  • Coronary Intervention Excellence Award
  • Critical Care
    Critical care
    Critical care may refer to:* Critical care medicine or intensive-care medicine, a branch of medicine concerned with life support for critically ill patients* "Critical Care" , an episode of the TV series...

     Excellence Award
  • Pulmonary Care Excellence Award
  • Stroke Care Excellence Award
  • Earned the National Organ Donation Medal of Honor for Transplant Services for achieving outstanding organ donation and conversion rates by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
  • In 2009, a Study Ranked Miami Valley Hospital #1 in Southwest Ohio For Overall Cardiac Services.


In 2008, the Hospital received:
  • Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence
  • Intervention Excellence Award
  • Stroke Care Excellence Award
  • HealthGrades ranked Miami Valley Hospital’s cardiac program among the top five hospitals in Ohio and top 50 in the United States for overall cardiac services, cardiology
    Cardiology
    Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...

     services and coronary interventional procedures.
  • One of America’s Best Hospitals Distinction in Orthopedics by U.S. News and World Report.
  • Ranked #49 in the nation for orthopedic care by U.S. News and World Report.


In 2007, The Hospital received:
  • Level I Trauma Verification
  • Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
    American Society for Bariatric Surgery
    The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery ----American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery is a United States medical organization founded in 1983 to advance bariatic surgery....

     (ASBS)
  • Commission on Cancer Award
  • Stroke Care Excellence Award
  • Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence
  • HealthGrades
    HealthGrades
    HealthGrades Inc. is a U.S. company that develops and markets quality and safety ratings of health care providers, including hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and dentists. Quality ratings are devised from publicly available patient safety data and analyzed with proprietary technology developed...

     Rated #1 in Ohio
    Ohio
    Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

     for spine and neck Surgery
  • National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award 1996-2007
  • U.S. News & World Report
    U.S. News & World Report
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     ranked MVH as one of America’s best hospitals
  • Ranked among the top five percent of the nation’s hospitals for quality by HealthGrades
  • In June 2007, MVH was recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of only 38 hospitals in the nation and the only hospital in southwest Ohio to be rated better than the national average for heart failure death rates.

CareFlight and mobile services

The CareFlight program serves over 150 hospitals and over 300 community fire departments, and police departments in 17 counties. Since its inception on October 6, 1983, CareFlight has made over 25,000 flights. In addition to three Eurocopter Dauphin
Eurocopter Dauphin
The Eurocopter SA 365/AS365 Dauphin 2 is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter .-Design and development:...

 helicopters, CareFlight includes three Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance
Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance
Australian Mobile Intensive Care Ambulances are well-equipped ambulances staffed by highly trained paramedics dispatched to emergency situations where patients require a higher level of care than a regular ambulance can provide.- MICA Paramedics :...

s (MICAs) for ground transport. The MICUs(mobile intensive care unit) cover a 75 miles (120.7 km) radius from MVH, and CareFlight air ambulances serve a 150 miles (241.4 km) radius. This includes most of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 and parts of West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

, and Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

.

Locations

Other hospitals within the Premier Health Partners
Premier Health Partners
Premier Health Partners is a medical network of five hospitals and two major health centers in the Dayton region. Premier Health Partners is a partner of Catholic Health Initiatives at their Good Samaritan facilities....

 network are Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital (Dayton)
Good Samaritan Hospital is a full-service hospital on the west side of Dayton, Ohio. The hospital has 3,300 employees and 577 beds. Good Samaritan Hospital as won numerous awards and is constantly recognized for its excellence in health care delivery and safety by places such as U.S...

 in Dayton, Atrium Medical Center in Warren County, Upper Valley Medical Center in Miami County, Dayton Heart Hospital in Dayton, and Miami Valley Hospital South
Miami Valley Hospital South
Miami Valley Hospital South is a hospital located in Centerville, Ohio. The hospital is a branch of its parent hospital Miami Valley Hospital located in Dayton, Ohio...

 in Centerville, Ohio.

Recent developments

In 2010, Miami Valley Hospital completed a 484,000 square foot, 12-story tower. The tower focuses on cardiac and orthopedic care. The expansion allowed for 98 percent of the hospital to contain all private patient rooms and for the hospital itself to grow to almost 3 million square feet.

See also


External links

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