Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) is a large urban

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, and is a member of the

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network. The hospital has two additional locations; Miami Valley Hospital South in

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, and Miami Valley Hospital North in Englewood, Ohio. It has the Dayton region's only

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, a regional adult burn center, and a level 3

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. Miami Valley Hospital has 7,370 employees and 970 beds, and saw over 400,000 outpatient visits in 2007. Miami Valley Hospital's emergency and

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contains 72 beds and is the busiest

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in Ohio. Miami Valley Hospital also operates three

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known as CareFlight. Miami Valley Hospital is a top 100 hospital in the

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for clinical excellence. The hospital also holds numerous awards from HealthGrades, ''

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'', and '' U.S. News & World Report''. The

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is the affiliated university.

History

Miami Valley Hospital opened as the Protestant Deaconess Hospital in 1890. In 1895, the hospital treated patients for an average cost of 74 cents per patient per day. The hospital charged five dollars a week for a private room and whatever the patient could afford in the public wards. Dayton's first

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was opened beneath the main surgery floor in 1912. MVH also established outpatient clinic in 1913 in response to the aftermath of the 1913 flood. From the 1920s to the 1950s, the hospital saw the most advancements in expansion and additions. As the hospital made advancements in care, in 1952, MVH opened the Radioisotope Laboratory, a forerunner to nuclear medicine. MVH was the first non-university hospital in Ohio to be authorized by the Atomic Energy Commission to use radioactive materials in research and patient care. In 1983, MVH's first

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, CareFlight, was put into service, which made rapid emergency transport available within a radius. By its second year, CareFlight was averaging more than one transport every day. CareFlight operates four helicopters, based at the hospital main campus in Dayton,

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, and Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio, and Darke County Airport in Versailles, Ohio. In 2010, the Neurological Institute at Miami Valley Hospital was established. The neurological institute is in partnership with Premier Health Partners and Wright State University. The Center focuses on the treatment, diagnosis, and research of neurological disorders. On the June 2nd, 2022, a shooting occurred at the hospital, when Brian Booth, a 30-year old inmate at the county jail, fatally shot Darrell Holderman, a 78-year old security guard. Booth then reportedly pointed his gun at others in the hospital, before shooting himself dead in the parking lot.

Awards and recognition

Miami Valley Hospital has received the following: 2012: * Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence * Emergency Medicine Excellence Award * Cardiac Care Excellence Award and top 100 in the United States for Cardiac Care * Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award and top 100 in the United States for Cardiac Surgery * Pulmonary Care Excellence Award * Critical Care Excellence Award and top 100 in the United States for Critical Care * U.S. News & World Report #2 best hospital in the Dayton region. * American Association of Critical-Care Nurses awarded the Beacon Award to the Heart & Vascular Intensive Care 2011: * Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence * Women's Health Excellence Award also Five-Star Rated in Women's Health * Pulmonary Care Excellence Award * Emergency Medicine Excellence Award * Cardiac Care Excellence Award 2010: * 2010

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Summit Award * Emergency Medicine Excellence Award * Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence * Cardiac Care Excellence Award *

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Intervention Excellence Award * Critical Care Excellence Award * Pulmonary Care Excellence Award *

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Excellence 2009: * One of America's safest hospitals by

* Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence * Women's Health Excellence Award * Cardiac Care Excellence Award * Coronary Intervention Excellence Award * Critical Care Excellence Award *

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Care Excellence Award * Stroke Care Excellence Award * Earned the National Organ Donation Medal of Honor for Transplant Services for achieving outstanding organ donation and conversion rates by the

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(HHS). * In 2009, a Study Ranked Miami Valley Hospital #1 in Southwest Ohio For Overall

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Services. 2008: * Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence * Intervention Excellence Award * Stroke Care Excellence Award * HealthGrades ranked Miami Valley Hospital's cardiac program among the top five hospitals in Ohio and top 50 in the United States for overall

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services,

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services and

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interventional procedures. * One of America's Best Hospitals Distinction in Orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. * Ranked #49 in the nation for orthopedic care by ''U.S. News & World Report''. 2007: * Level I Trauma Verification * Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) * Commission on Cancer Award * Stroke Care Excellence Award * Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence * HealthGrades Rated #1 in

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for spine and neck Surgery * National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award 1996-2007 * '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked MVH as one of America's best hospitals * Ranked among the top five percent of the nation's hospitals for quality by HealthGrades * In June 2007, MVH was recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of only 38 hospitals in the nation and the only hospital in southwest Ohio to be rated better than the national average for

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death rates.

CareFlight Air and Mobile Services

The CareFlight program serves over 150 hospitals and over 300 community

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, and

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in 17 counties. Since its inception on October 6, 1983, CareFlight has made over 25,000 flights. In addition to 4

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, CareFlight includes 5 ambulances, called Mobile Intensive Care Units (MICUs) for ground transport. The MICUs(mobile intensive care unit) cover a radius from MVH, and CareFlight

serve a radius. This includes most of

and parts of

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, and

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Locations

Other hospitals within the

network are

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in Warren County, Upper Valley Medical Center in Miami County, Miami Valley Hospital North in Englewood, Ohio, and Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio.

Recent developments

In 2010, Miami Valley Hospital completed a , 12-story tower. The tower focuses on

and

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care. The expansion allowed for 98 percent of the hospital to contain all private patient rooms and for the hospital itself to grow to almost .

References

External links

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