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• 2009 Michigan Rural Health Award of Excellence for outstanding transfer processes from the Emergency Department

• Named a 100 Top Hospital by Thomson Reuters in March 2009
• Received 100 Top Hospitals Performance Improvement Leaders Award
• Part of the National Committee for Quality Health Care's National Quality Health Care Award presented to Trinity Health

• Part of the National Committee for Quality Health Care's National Quality Health Care Award presented to Trinity Health
• Michigan Organization of Diabetes Educators Award, Rhonda Haske, the Diabetes Program Coordinator and Educator at Mercy Hospital Grayling, was named Michigan's Diabetes Educator of the Year

• A 12-time 100 Top Hospital winner, Munson is one of only three hospitals in the nation to be named to the Thomson Reuters list so often
• One of 23 hospitals selected in both 2008 and 2009 for the Everest Award for National Benchmarks – a new award from Thomson Reuters for setting national standards that other hospitals can emulate
• Sole winner of the American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize™ in 2008; University of Michigan Hospitals was runner-up
• #2 in Nation for Cardiac Surgery, CareChex; Munson Medical Center outscored all other hospitals in Michigan for heart surgery
• Six times as one of the nation's 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for superior clinical and operational performance
• Orthopedic services ranked as the Top Orthopedic Program in Michigan for 2008. The ranking came from the Tenth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America study
• Munson Medical Center and three surgeons from Grand Traverse Surgery, PC, recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence in April 2008 by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• Munson Medical Center's Bariatric Surgery and Cardiovascular Services programs were recently designated Blue Distinction Centers by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, 2009
• Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence received from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2006. Only 6 percent of hospitals nationally have achieved Magnet status
• Sole recipient of National Quality Health Care Award in 2000
• Organ Donation Medal of Honor from US Department of Health and Human Services

• 2009 Summit Award, Press Ganey Associates, one of 14 in the nation recognized for consistently high patient satisfaction in its Emergency Department
• 2009 Michigan Rural Health Award of Excellence for outstanding transfer processes from the Emergency Department

• Most Wired Award, named among the nation’s 25 Most Wired – Small and Rural Hospitals for two years in a row, 2008 and 2009
• Outstanding Achievement Award from the Alliance for Immunization in Michigan, known as the AIM Coalition. OMH was the only organization to receive the award
• Medical Surgical Unit was selected as a 2008 Platinum Award winner for patient satisfaction by Professional Research Consultants, Inc. (PRC) of Omaha, Nebraska

• 2009 Michigan Rural Health Award of Excellence for inpatient care in treating heart failure and pneumonia
• Patient Perception Hospital, Professional Research Consultants, received 5-star recognition for obstetrics services, and 4-star Patient Perception Hospital in overall inpatient services

• SDI Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks, nine times
• Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals, seven times
• Thomson Reuters 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, nine times
• Thompson Reuters 100 Top Integrated Healthcare Networks, 10 times
• Magnet Recognition® status for nursing excellence for Blodgett, Butterworth, and Helen DeVos Children's hospitals
• Leapfrog Top Hospital list for quality and patient safety, two times
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Centers of Excellence designation in bariatric and heart care since 2006
• 2010 HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence
• 2010 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award
• 2010-2011 HealthGrades Women's Health Excellence Award
• Elite Winner for Diversity and Multiculturalism from West Michigan's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For"

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