Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors:
2012
- Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers
The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPS) has an organizational mission dedicated to the improvement of the clinical processes for the early assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and heart failure (HF) within facilities serving our communities. - American College of Radiology Gold Seal of Accreditation for ultrasound services
- ASHP Accredited Postgraduate Year One Pharmacy Residency Program by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)
ASHP believes that postgraduated residency programs are the best source of highly qualified pharmacy manpower and that it has an obligation to support residecies through the developement of standards and a program of accreditation. This accreditation was extended for the remainder of the current six-year cycle (2013) - CareChex® 2012 Quality Award by The Delta Group/CareChex
Centennial Medical Center has earned a CareChex® 2012 Quality Award for being ranked #1 in Tennessee for Medical Excellence in one or more clinical categories based on The Delta Group's 2012 CareChex Hospital Quality Ratings. - Sleep Center Accreditation by the American Academy of Sleep MedicineCentennial Medical Center's Sleep Disorder Center has been awarded recertification for a period of five years from The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) as a result of a recent on-site evaluation.
2011
- The 100 Top Hospitals: Larger Community Hospitals
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® study uses objective research and independent public data to recognize the best U.S. hospitals. - Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers
- Aetna Institute of Quality (IOQ) for Bariatric Surgery
We designate hospitals and facilities in the Aetna network as "Institutes of Quality" based upon an evaluation of the clinical performance and overall value of these facilities. In 2011, we will list Centennial Medical Center as a participating facility in the Aetna Institutes of Quality Bariatric Surgery Network in DocFind®, our online provider directory. - CareChex® 2011 Quality Award by The Delta Group/CareChex
- HealthGrades Spine Surgery Excellence Award
Hospitals receiving this honor were in the top tier in the HealthGrades spine surgery ratings. - HealthGrades Outstanding Patient Experience AwardThis distinction recognizes hospitals for offering exemplary service to paients, and is only awarded to the top 10% of hospitals in the country.
- HealthGrades Prostatectomy Excellence Award
Hospitals receiving this honor were in the top tier in the HealthGrades prostatectomy ratings. - Sleep Center Accreditation by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
2010
- 3 Star Designation by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons offers outcome programs in the areas of Adult Cardiac, General Thoracic and Congenital surgery. By committing to collecting outcomes data to the STS National Database, surgeons are committing to improving the quality of care that their cardiothoracic surgery patients receive. - Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers
- Best in Value Award for Best System in Middle Tennessee by Data Advantage
The 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index is an independent analysis of each hospital's performance in the categories of: quality, affordability and efficiency, and satisfaction. - Certified Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission
This designation recognizes Centennial's commitment to the rapid assessment, intervention and treatment of patients exhibiting stroke symptoms and the administration of clot busting drugs to patients wo meet the criteria. - Joint Commission Accreditation
Since its founding in 1951, The Joint Commissions has been acknowledged as the leader in developing the highest standards for quality and safety in the delivery of health care, and evalating organization performance based on these standards. Accreditation can be earned by an entire health care organization, for example, hospitals, nursng homes, office-based surgery practices, home care providers, and laboratories. - HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award
Patient Safety ratings reflect the quality of care at a hospital by measuring how well the hospital prevents potentially avoidable complications and adverse events following surgeries and procedures. To be considered for a Patient Safety Excellence Award, hospitals had to be rated in at least 16 of 26 HealthGrades cohorts and have a current overall HealthGrades star rating of at least 2.5. - HealthGrades Prostatectomy Excellence Award
- HealthGrades Spine Surgery Excellence Award
2009
- 3 Star Designation by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
- Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers
- Best in Value Award for Best System in Middle Tennessee by Data Advantage
- HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award
- HealthGrades Spine Surgery Excellence Award
2008
- The 100 Top Hospitals: Everest Award for National Benchmark
The Everest Award honors an elite special group of the National award winners. Everest Award winners have reached the highest level of accomplishment on the national Balanced Scorecard and have the fastest rates of long-term improvement. This award recognizes the boards, executives, and medical staff leaders who developed and executed strategies that enabled a culture of performance improvement to grow rapidly and consistently over five years within the hospital, and that resulted in setting national benchmarks for excellence in the industry. - Cardiac Certification by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
Founded in 1985, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation is dedicated to our mission of reducing morbidity, mortality and disability from cardiovascular and pulmonary disease through education, prevention, rehabilitation, research and disease management. - Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program (COMP) Accredited & 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACoS-COC)
The Commission on Cancer CoC) Accreditation Program encourages hospitals, treatment centers, and other facilities to improve their quality of patient care through various cancer-related programs. These programs focus on prevention, early diagnosis, pretreatment evaluation, staging, optimal treatment, rehabilitation, surveillance for recurrent disease, support services, and end-of-life care. - HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award
2007
- Anathomic Pathology Laboratory of Nashville Accreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP)
The goal of the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program is to improve patient safety by advancing the quality of pathology and laboratory services through education, standard setting, and ensuring laboratories meet or exceed regulatory requirements. - Laboratory Accreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP)
The goal of the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program is to improve patient safety by advancing the quality of pathology and laboratory services through education, standard setting, and ensuring laboratories meet or exceed regulatory requirements.
2006
- The Cheers Award by the Joint Commission
This award is presented by The Institute for Safety Medication Practices (ISMP) to recognize individuals, health care organizations, regulatory agencies, professional organizations, researchers, pharmaceutical and other health care related businesses that have set a superlative standard of excellence inthe prevention of medication errors during the award year.
2005
- Cardiac Certification by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
2002
- Cardiac Certification by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
1999
- Cardiac Certification by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
Misc.
- Aetna Elective Delivery Infant Safety Program by Aetna
The goal of Aetna recognition is to address the appropriate timing of elective deliveries is consistent with the goals of ACOG, March of Dimes, Joint Commission and Leapfrog. This recognition acknowledges the achievement of reduction of elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks of pregnancy. - Bariatric Surgery Center for Excellence (BSCOE) Designation by the AMerican Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
- Center of Excellence in Cardiac Care by United Health Premium
- Center of Excellence in Cardiac Surgery by United Health Premium
- Center of Excellence in Heart Rhythm Dsorders by United Health Premium
- Computed Tomography Accreditation - Pediatric Designation by the American College of Radiology
The ACR awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of its practice. Image quality and procedure evaluations are conducted by board-certified radiologists and medical physicists who are experts in the field. The program also evaluates personnel qualifications, adequacy of facilitity equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs. - Distinction Centers for Bariatric Surgery by Blue Cross / Blue Shield
Blue Distinction® is a designation awarded by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare. The designation is based on rigorous, evidence-based, objective selection criteria established in collaboration with expert physicians' and medical organizations' recommendations. - Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care by Blue Cross / Blue Shield
- Distinction Centers for Knee & Hip Replacement by Blue Cross / Blue Shield
- Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery by Blue Cross / Blue Shield
- Mammography Accreditation at Ashland City by the AMerican College of Radiology (ACR)
The ACR awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of its practice. Image quality and procedure evaluations are conducted by board-certified radiologists and medical physicists who are experts in the field. The program also evaluates personnel qualifications, adequacy of facilitiy equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs. - OptumHealth Bariatric Center of Excellence by OptumHealth
OptumHealth under United Health Care Insurance Company defines quality in Bariatric surgery as the organizations primary objective. Through survey efforts and data collection bariatric facilities must meet clinical standards to participate in the OptumHealth Bariatric Center of Excellence Network. - OptumHealth Bariatric Center of Excellence by OptumHealth
- Quality Based Recognition by Blue Cross / Blue Shield
The Quality Based Recognition identifies doctors and/or hospitals for a variety of performance improvement activities, including participation in clinical improvement programs for doctors and hospitals, completion of educational modules and maintenance of board certifications for doctors, and accreditation for hospitals.
