Awards & Accreditations
Fisher-Titus Medical Center offers Tomorrow’s Technology with Today’s Personal Care. This is accomplished through the expertise of our highly qualified physicians, the knowledge of our caring staff and the up-to-date technology used to treat our patients. All this adds up to Award-Winning Health Care. Recently, FTMC was recognized with a variety of honors that demonstrate the high standards the Medical Center sets as it cares for our community.
FTMC Jointly Accredited by TJC and HFAP
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| FTMC is one of less than 2% of hospitals dually accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). |
 | Recipient of the 2009/2010 HealthGrades Outstanding Patient Experience AwardTM
Top 10% in the Nation for Outstanding Patient ExperienceTM 2009-2010.
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"Best Places to Work" 2008/2009
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| FTMC was the only hospital to be listed as one of 100 "Best Places to Work in Healthcare" in the United States by Modern Healthcare Magazine, for two consecutive years. |
FTMC Certified as Primary Stroke Center
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FTMC is accredited as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission (TJC). FTMC was the first hospital between Toledo and Cleveland to achieve this designation.
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Best Cancer Care
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The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (CoC) has
recognized FTMC's Cancer Program as offering the very best in cancer
care. FTMC's Cancer Program received Commission on Cancer Approval with seven Commendations out of eight possible areas in 2008. FTMC has maintained approval since 1989.
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Level 3 Trauma Center
HealthGrades' Surgery Ratings
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The FTMC Orthopedic Program has earned the following ratings: - Five-Star Rated for Hip Fracture Repair, 2010
- Best Rated in Area for Joint Replacement, 2007
- Five-Star Rated for Total Knee Replacement, 2007
- Five-Star Rated for Joint Replacement, 2007
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 | Fisher-Titus Medical Center has been 5-Star Rated for Treatment of Respiratory Failure by national rating firm HealthGrades, 2009-2010. |
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
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Fisher-Titus Medical Center is a member of Hospitals for a Healthy Environment.
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Among America’s HomeCare Elite
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| The local Home Health Center was named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a
compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care
providers in the United States by Outcome Concept Systems (OCS), a
national health-care outcomes reporting agency. |
Other Noteworthy Awards & Accreditations
- HomeCare Elite Top 500 Home Health Agency in the US, 2006, 2007
- Granted verified status as a Level 3 Trauma Center by the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Department of Public Safety in December 2009. Fisher-Titus Medical Center is the first area hospital to have this designation.
- FTMC (one of only three) received the 2005 Making Medicine Mercury Free Award by Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E).
- H2E Partners for Change Award, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
- The FTMC Mammography Department received a three-year term of accreditation by the American College of Radiology (ACR) in 2008. The program has been accredited since 1995.
- Since 2003, FTMC's Pulmonary Medicine Department has been named each year as a quality respiratory care provider under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of respiratory care services available in hospitals.
- Best Acute Care Hospital, Top 100 in the US, by Total Benchmark Solutions, 2005
- In 2008, FTMC was awarded a three-year term of accreditation in nuclear medicine by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The program has been accredited since 2001.
- FTMC’s Blood Gas Lab and FTMC’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services are both accredited by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
- In 2009, Fisher-Titus Medical Center’s Ultrasound Department was accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICVL) for its commitment to providing a high level of patient care and quality testing for the diagnosis of vascular disease.
- 97% Total Patient Satisfaction, Arbor & Associates, 2005 and 2007 Arbor Award for Exceeding Patient Expectations