Awards, Accreditations, Certifications

Every industry has its unique measurements of quality and community value. The health care industry is no different. While many hospitals do not choose to seek other clinical accreditations beyond those required to operate, Catawba Valley Medical Center routinely seeks opportunities to use outside measures to ensure that we offer quality services and to benchmark our services with others across the nation. Examples include:

CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Awards for Outpatient Experience (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Awards for Patient Safety (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Awards for America’s Best 100 Hospitals for Patient Experience (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Press Ganey 2018 Survey Workplace of the Year Award (2018)
  • Premier HIIN Award for Excellence in Patient Safety recognizing a strong committment to a culture of patient safety. This is achieved by hard-wiring evidence-based practices into day-to-day operations to ensure delivery of safe, reliable care, free from harm for every patient, every time. (2019)
  • Premier Inc QUEST Award for High-Value Healthcare recognizing its reduction in harm, mortality, readmissions and costs and improvements in metrics for patient experience and evidence-based care (2013, 2014, 2016)
  • The Joint Commission
    • The Joint Commission Accreditation
    • Top Performer Key Quality Measures in Heart Attack, Pneumonia, Surgical Care, Stroke and Perinatal Care
  • NC Department of Health and Human Services – Mammography

CANCER

  • American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Accredited Cancer Center
  • FDA – Mammography Quality Standards Act
  • NC Department of Health and Human Services – Mammography
  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Award for Best Hospital for Cancer Care (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

DIABETES

  • American Diabetes Association Certification
  • Department of Health and Human Services – Diabetes Center CLIA

EMPLOYEE WELLNESS

  • LiveWell Catawba Gold WellBusiness Designation
  • American Heart Association Gold Recognition in the Workplace Health Achievement Index
HEART
  • American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI Accreditation
  • American College of Radiology
    • Nuclear Medicine for Planar, SPECT, and Nuclear Cardiology
    • Nuclear Medicine for Planar, SPECT, and Nuclear Cardiology for EVO Excel Camera 1 (Catawba Valley Cardiology)
  • Intersocietal Accreditation Commission – Adult Echocardiography Accreditation for CVMC and Catawba Valley Cardiology
IMAGING
  • American College of Radiology
    • Adult and Pediatric, Brain/neck, Chest, Abdomen
    • Adult and Pediatric, CT Accreditation
    • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
    • General, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Vascular Abdominal, Vascular Cerebrovascular, Vascular Deep Abdomnial, Vascular Pheripheral Vascular Ultrasound
    • Head, Spine, Body, MSK, MRA, Cardiac
    • Mammography (Mobile)
    • MRI
    • Obstetrics Ultrasound Accreditation
    • PET Accreditation for Oncology and Brain Imaging
    • Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
  • Breast MRI
  • CATAWBA VALLEY IMAGING CENTER
    • American College of Radiology
    • Adult and Pediatric, CT Accreditation
    • Breast and Core Needle Breast Biopsy Ultrasound Accreditation
    • General and Gynecological Ultrasound Accreditation
    • MRI
    • Nuclear Medicine for Planar and SPECT

LABORATORY

  • Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Certificate of Accreditation
  • College of American Pathologists Laboratory Accredited Program

ORTHOPEDICS

  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Award Best Hospital for Patient Experience in Orthopedics (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. 2022)

REHABILITATION

  • Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) – Accreditation Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation (IPR) Program
  • Division of Facility Services – Certified Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program

SLEEP DISORDERS

  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Lab Accreditation (2007-2020)

STROKE

  • The Joint Commission Advanced Primary Stroke Center
  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Awards for America's Best Stroke Center (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

SURGICAL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

  • The American College of Surgeons and The American Society for Metabolic and the Bariatric Surgery – MBSAQIP Accreditation (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program)
  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Awards for America’s Best Hospital for Patient Experience in Bariatrics (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

WOMEN & CHILDREN

  • North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation – Infant Safe Sleep Hospital Leader
  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Awards for America’s Best Hospital for Patient Experience in Obstetrics (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Women Certified – Women’s Choice Awards for America's Best Breast Centers (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)