Rankings

As a regional referral center, Munson Medical Center is equipped to provide critical care for patients from 22 counties. Services in specialties such as neurology, oncology, cardiology, and orthopedics are provided through more than 300,000 annual patient visits.

Munson Medical Center's reputation for the highest quality care is represented by repeated national recognition received:

• Named to the 100 Top Hospitals® list 11 times, placing Munson among an elite group of five hospitals in the nation to be recognized so often; Munson Medical Center is the most recognized hospital in Michigan (Thomson Reuters)
  
  
• In 2009, Munson Medical Center also was the only facility in Michigan among 23 nationally named an Everest Award for National Benchmarks winner; This award recognizes a hospital's rate of long-term improvement and establishes Munson Medical Center as a national benchmark against which other hospitals will be compared (Thomson Reuters)
  
  
• Awarded the 2008 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize. Each year, the AHA singles out one hospital in the nation for its top quality prize. This year's runner up was University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (American Hospital Association).
  
  
• As a result of Munson Medical Center’s consistent record of excellence, Solucient presented Munson Medical Center in 2003 with its Benchmarks for Success Award — the Best of the Benchmark Hospitals, an exclusive award reserved for hospitals that have set national benchmarks for overall performance four or more times (Thomson Reuters)
  
  
• Top 100 Hospital for Cardiovascular Services for six years (Thomson Reuters)
  
  
• Munson Medical Center's major cardiac surgery program rated #2 in the nation by CareChex, a national medical quality rating system (CareChex)
  
  
• Overall Orthopedic Services ranked #1 in State for 2008 (HealthGrades)
  
  
• Top 100 Hospital for Orthopedics in 2000 (Thomson Reuters)
  
  
• Designated as a Magnet hospital in 2006; only 3 percent of hospitals nationwide have achieved Magnet status for nursing excellence (American Nurses Credentialing Center)

• Sole recipient of the National Quality Health Care award for 2000 (National Quality Forum)
  

In 2000, Munson Medical Center was one of only four hospitals nationwide to attain Top 100 status in three different categories.

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