Category: Premier Health News Releases

Premier Health Hospitals Earn Highest Ratings for Heart Surgery

Premier Health’s Atrium Medical Center and Miami Valley Hospital have earned the highest possible rating — three stars — from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), placing them among the top-performing cardiothoracic surgery programs in the United States and Canada. Atrium Medical Center earned its first-ever 3-star rating for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), commonly known as h...

Wright State alum, faculty member Adam Deardorff leads new ALS clinic at Miami Valley Hospital South

Ten years ago, the global Ice Bucket Challenge brought amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, to the forefront of the public consciousness. Thanks to Miami Valley Hospital Foundation donor support and the vision of Wright State University graduate Adam Deardorff, M.D./Ph.D., a new ALS clinic launched by Premier Health’s Clinical Neuroscience Institute began seeing patients last fall at Miami...

Good Samaritan Foundation-Dayton Opens Good Samaritan Chapel at Miami Valley Hospital North

Good Samaritan Foundation-Dayton hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Good Samaritan Chapel on Sept. 5 at Miami Valley Hospital North. The goal of this $1 million project is to provide an area of hope, healing, and prayer to the hospital’s patients, families, staff, and the community. The new interfaith chapel serves as a tribute to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Chapel at the former Good Sa...

All Premier Health Hospitals Receive ANCC Pathway to Excellence® Designation

All Premier Health hospitals, including Atrium Medical Center, Miami Valley Hospital, Miami Valley Hospital North, Miami Valley Hospital South, and Upper Valley Medical Center, have received the Pathway to Excellence® designation from the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC). This recognition places Premier Health among a select group of health care organizations dedicated to nursing exc...