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Loudoun
National Award for Quality
Highlighting our nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Inova Loudoun Hospital has been named a Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for 2021. Performance across many areas of hospital care is considered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including infection rates, maternity care, and the hospital’s capacity to prevent medication errors.
CMS 5-Star Award
Inova Loudoun Hospital earned five out of five stars for quality by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an independent government agency. This recognition was earned through a rigorous analysis of 57 patient care standards that we exceed every day. It's Inova's ongoing commitment to personalized medicine that leads to better outcomes for our patients.
U.S. News & World Report Top Hospital for 2021-22
U.S. News & World Report has again ranked Inova Loudoun Hospital #7 in the Washington, DC metro area and #13 in the state of Virginia. In addition, Inova Loudoun Hospital was recognized with high-performing ratings in the following specialties and common adult procedures/conditions: Neurology and Neurosurgery, Geriatrics, Pulmonology and Lung Surgery, Urology, COPD, Heart Failure, Kidney Failure
Platinum Performance Achievement Award
Inova Loudoun Hospital is one of only 212 hospitals nationwide to receive the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2021. This award reflects our commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and that we’ve reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the ACC and American Heart Association’s clinical guidelines and recommendations.
Gold Plus and Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll
Inova Loudoun Hospital has been recognized with the Gold Plus and Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll award by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. An advanced level of stroke recognition, it acknowledges hospitals for their compliance with the quality measures within the Get With the Guidelines Stroke Program.
Inova Loudoun Hospital has again been rated 5 out of 5 stars (the best possible rating) in the most recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Five-Star Quality report.
CMS, the top health agency of the federal government, created the Five-Star Quality Rating System as an evidence-based evaluation reflecting a hospital’s standard of care. The rating system is based on quality measurements that have real meaning for patient health and well-being, including safety, timeliness and effectiveness of care.
Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
ILH additionally received the Association’s Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite award and the Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award.
Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) has received the Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Silver Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer heart attacks. In 2019 we received a bronze award.
ILH earned the award by meeting specific criteria and standards of performance for the quick and appropriate treatment of NSTEMI heart attack patients by providing emergency procedures to re-establish blood flow to blocked arteries when needed.
Inova Loudoun Hospital is one of only 225 hospitals nationwide to receive the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2019.This award reflects our commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and that we’ve reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the ACC and American Heart Association’s clinical guidelines and recommendations.To receive the Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award, our hospital demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain – MI Registry for eight consecutive quarters and performed at the top level of standards for specific performance measures.
Inova Loudoun Hospital is one of only 203 hospitals nationwide to receive the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2018. This award reflects our commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and that we’ve reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the ACC and American Heart Association’s clinical guidelines and recommendations.
In 2018, Inova Loudoun Hospital's Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation program earned its fourth consecutive certification by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVRP). AACVPR program certification is the only peer-review accreditation process designed to review individual programs for adherence to standards and guidelines developed and published by the AACVPR and other professional societies. AACVPR-certified programs are recognized as leaders in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation because they offer the most advanced practices available. This certification is valid for three years (2018 – 2021).
Inova Loudoun Hospital is again the recipient of the annual Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award® for Patient Experience in Inpatient Pediatric Care. We achieved this distinction by reaching the 95th percentile for each reporting period in 2018. This is the fourth consecutive year (2015–2018) in which the Inova Loudoun Hospital Pediatric Inpatient Unit has received this award.
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Excellence in Nursing – American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Excellence in Medical Surgical Nursing AMSN)
Excellence in Radiation Oncology – American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Straight A's since 2012! Inova Loudoun Hospital is one of only 42 hospitals nationwide (and the only hospital in Northern Virginia) to earn "straight A's" since the inception of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade in 2012.
An "A" grade is one of the most meaningful honors a hospital can achieve, and one of the most valuable indicators for patients looking for a safe place to receive care. Developed under the guidance of an expert panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 27 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign A, B, C, D and F grades to approximately 2,600 U.S. hospitals twice per year. It is calculated by top patient safety experts, peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.
HealthGrades comments about the award include: “If you need to be admitted into a hospital, the last thing you would expect is to become unnecessarily sicker. Patient safety measures how well a hospital prevents injuries, infections, and other serious conditions based on 14 serious, potentially preventable adverse events. The Patient Safety Excellence Award recognizes hospitals that have the lowest occurrences of 14 preventable patient safety events. These hospitals are in the top 10% in the nation for patient safety”.
Inova Loudoun Hospital has been ranked #7 in the Washington, DC, metro area, and is recognized as High Performing in Adult Specialty & Procedures/Conditions.
• Three of Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Emergency Rooms have earned the prestigious Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA): Inova Virts Miller Family Emergency & Trauma Center (Lansdowne, 2015-2018); Inova Children’s Emergency Room at Loudoun Hospital(Lansdowne, 2016-2019); and the Inova Wheeler Family Emergency Department (Leesburg, 2018-2021). The award is a visible symbol of an emergency department's commitment to quality, presence of a healthy work environment and successful incorporation of evidence-based practice and innovation into emergency care.
Primary Stroke Center: In March 2009, Inova Loudoun Hospital was named a Primary Stroke Center and received the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission. Certification as a Primary Stroke Center is held by only a small percentage of hospitals nationwide. The certification also applies to the Emergency Department at Inova Loudoun Medical Campus – Leesburg, the first free-standing emergency department in the state to be designated a Primary Stroke Center.
We've received the prestigious Magnet designation: Inova Loudoun Hospital for the second time received Magnet designation, the highest institutional honor awarded for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The second re-certification occurred in 2011. Only 5 percent of the 6,000 hospitals in the United States have earned Magnet designation.
Mission Lifeline
2015 Mission: Lifeline Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.
Healthgrades 5 stars
iVantage Top 100 Hospitals: Inova Loudoun Hospital scored as one of the 2013 HealthStrong™ Top 100 Hospitals and one of the top performing hospital in the United States according to the Hospital Strength Index™. The Hospital Strength Index is the industry’s most comprehensive rating of hospitals and the results recognize the Top 100 hospitals – measuring them across 56 different performance metrics, including quality, outcomes, patient perspective, affordability and efficiency.
First in Northern Virginia accredited by the American College of Radiology: Our radiation oncology program was the first hospital in Northern Virginia to receive accreditation from the American College of Radiology, demonstrating the highest level of quality and patient safety.
Inova Nursing and Rehabilitation Center – Leesburg earned a 2017 Gold – Excellence in Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). This honor recognizes their superior performance in the long term and post-acute care profession. ILNRC was one of only three providers nationwide to receive the 2017 Gold – Excellence in Quality Award. Since the program’s inception in 1996, AHCA/NCAL has recognized only 31 organizations with awards at the Gold level, excluding this year's recipients.
Among the best in breast care: Inova Breast Care Program at Inova Loudoun Hospital is among fewer than 70 centers nationwide to receive a three-year re-accreditation in November 2012 from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
Recognized for Cancer Center excellence: The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer honored Inova Loudoun Hospital with an Outstanding Achievement Award for cancer care in 2008. Only 93 hospitals nationwide received this recognition for excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients.
Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence: The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has awarded the Telemetry Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence. This award signifies exceptional patient care through improved outcomes and greater overall satisfaction. Inova Loudoun Hospital is one of just four telemetry units in the country to receive this prestigious designation.
The Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital has also received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence. Only seven medical surgical intensive care units in the Washington, DC, region have achieved this status and only 242 units across the country.
Premier Healthcare Alliance national Quest collaborative: Inova Loudoun Hospital was named a 2011 Top Performing Hospital in the Premier Healthcare Alliance's national Quest collaborative. Culminating a voluntary 3-year QUEST program, Inova participated in the exercise out of a commitment to patient best interests and a dedication to reducing preventable harm and readmission.
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners: We are proud to have earned the Care Award from the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. This means we only employ currently certified International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) and have a dedicated lactation support program available 5-7 days a week. We also have demonstrated that we provide training for our nursing, medical, and other staff that care for breastfeeding families, and have implemented special projects that promote, protect, and support breastfeeding. Learn more about Inova Loudoun Hospital Lactation Center and Boutique.
Innovations in healthcare Inova Loudoun Hospital nurse researchers have been recognized by the Health Care Innovations Exchange, a comprehensive program run by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services designed to increase the development and adoption of innovations in healthcare delivery. The Kids Living Fit™ program educated children about healthy lifestyle choices, and resulted in increases in physical activity plus reductions in BMI and waist circumference. The program was subsequently adapted and researched for nurses (Nurses Living Fit™).
We are proud to have once again earned the Care Award from the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. This means we employ only certified International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) and have a dedicated lactation support program available 5-7 days a week. We also have demonstrated that we provide training for our nursing, medical and other staff that care for breastfeeding families, and have implemented special projects that promote, protect and support breastfeeding. Learn more about Inova Loudoun Hospital Lactation Center and Boutique.
