Metro Health is proud of the many local, regional and national awards we have received. Some of our recent honors include:

• Inducted into the Environmental Leadership Circle, winners must have at least a 25% recycle rate, only 23 hospitals in the US were given the ELC award in 2011 and six of them were from Michigan. 2009, 2010, 2011
• Named one of West Michigans 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For. 2010, 2011
• Named an Elite Award Winner in the category of Work-Life Balance from West Michigan’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For. 2011
• Named one of the Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals by Soliant Health. 2010, 2011
• Received Patient-Centered Medical Home designation from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, awarded to nine Metro Health primary care offices. 2011
• Recipient of the Priority Health Quality Award, awarded to 10 Metro Health physician practices: Caledonia, Cascade, Cedar Springs, Comstock Park, Hudsonville, Jenison, Rockford, Southwest – East, Southwest – West & Wayland. 2011
• Recipient of the 2011 Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology Foundations’ MCDR ACTION Registry “Get with the Guidelines” program. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients. Metro Health consistenly met or exceeded performance standards for four consecutive quarters. September 2011
• Recipient of the PEAK (Performance Excellence, Achievement and Knowledge) Award for sustained excellent performance in the Patient Experience category. April 2010, April 2011
• New Business of the Year awarded to Metro Health Allendale by the Allendale Area Chamber of Commerce. 2010
• Received Most Wired hospital recognition from Hospitals and Health Networks. 2010
• Recipient of the Merck Excellence in Diabetes Care Award from the American Osteopathic Foundation for work in advancing diabetes education and treatment. November 2010
• Awarded with the ASGE Certificate of Recognition of Quality in Endoscopy from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). Metro Health Outpatient Endoscopy was recognized as a unit that promotes quality in endoscopy through the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program (EURP). November 2010
• Recognized for our contribution to the West Michigan Glycemic Collaborative (WMGC) with Saint Mary’s Health Care and Spectrum Health and Diabetes Care Centers by the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan. April 2010
• Recipient of Practice Greenhealth Environmental Leadership Circle award for implementing sustainability measures. 2009, 2010
• Named among the Top 10 Percent of Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities for delivering effective, efficient and patient-centered care by the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation. 2009
• Recognized with an Excellence Through Insight Award from HealthStream Research for Overall Emergency Department Satisfaction, Overall Outpatient Satisfaction and Overall Inpatient Satisfaction for medium-sized hospitals, as well as most improved overall outpatient satisfaction. Additionally, three units were recognized for their overall satisfaction score: Inpatient-Med Surg, Outpatient-Lab and Outpatient Radiology/Imaging. 2009
• As part of the West Michigan Glycemic Collaborative, Metro Health Hospital was recognized as the Diabetes Champion of the Year by the Michigan ADA. This was based on innovative approaches to the management of diabetes. October 2009
• Recognized with the Outstanding Performance on Dysphagia Screening by the Michigan Stroke Registry and Quality Improvement Project and the Michigan Department of Community Health. 2009
• Recognized with the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from HealthGrades for superior patient satisfaction. 2009
• Recipient of the MIDAS+ Platinum Quality Award for 2007. The award was based on performance in various medical conditions and procedures. April 2009
• Recipient of the PEAK (Performance Excellence, Achievement and Knowledge) Award for top performance in core measures for Heart Failure Care and Pneumonia Care. April 2009

 To see a list of our awards prior to 2009, click here.

We are also proud of the different certifications and accreditations we have earned in a variety of medical fields:

• Metro Health is the only hospital in the state of Michigan to be recognized by the Deaprtment of Environmental Quality as a Clean Corporate Citizen. 
• Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
• Primary Stroke Certification from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – Conditions of Participation
• College of American Pathologists (CAP)
• Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)
• Sleep Disorders Lab accreditation from the Amercian Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Level 2b Accreditation for Bariatric Surgery Program from the Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program of the American College of Surgeons
• Accredited Echocardiography Laboratory from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL)
• Accredited Vascular Laboratory from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL)
• Accredited Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL)