Aultman Hospital

 
Aultman Hospital Receives Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Award
Aultman Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. Aultman also received the American Heart Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster alteplase. Finally, Aultman received the American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award. Target: Type 2 Diabetes aims to ensure patients with Type 2 diabetes, who might be at higher risk for complications, receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke.

Aultman Hospital is One of America’s Best-In-State Employers
Aultman Hospital was recognized on the Forbes list of Best-In-State Employers 2023. This prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The award list can be viewed on the Forbes website. America's Best-in-State Employers 2023 were identified based on 2.1 million employer recommendations from employees working for companies with more than 500 employees in the United States. The recommended employers have been grouped into one of the 25 industry sectors. Employers with operations in more than one state were ranked in multiple states.

U.S. News and World Report - Best Hospitals
Aultman Hospital has been ranked as one of the best regional hospitals in Ohio for 2023-24 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual U.S. News rankings are designed to assist patients and their doctors in choosing the right hospital for them. Aultman Hospital was ranked 11th in the state of Ohio. U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 21 procedures and conditions; only 12% of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospitals ranking. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.

Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award
Aultman Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry Performance Achievement Award for 2023! We are proud to be one of only 400 hospitals nationwide to receive this distinguished honor having demonstrated sustained achievement in specific performance measures reported in the Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry. Registry participation engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process where using data helps identify and drive improvement effort and ensures adherence to guideline recommendations.  In this way, the overall quality of care provided to the heart attack patients at our facility is prioritized by our healthcare team. To learn more, click here.

Aultman Home Care Earns 2022 SHPBest^TM ‘Superior Performer’ Patient Satisfaction Award

Aultman Health Care in Your Home has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an overall patient satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20% of all eligible SHP clients for the 2022 calendar year.

The annual SHPBest™ award program was created to acknowledge home health agencies that consistently provide high-quality service to their patients. The 2022 award recipients were determined by reviewing and ranking the overall satisfaction score for more than 3,200 home health providers.

Aultman Orrville Hospital

Aultman Orrville Hospital Nationally Recognized as a Best Maternity Hospital
Aultman Orrville Hospital (AOH) has been recognized and placed on Newsweek’s list of Best Maternity Hospitals 2022. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and statistics portal and industry-ranking provider Statista Inc. Only 350 winners were recognized on the Best Maternity Hospitals 2022 list. Congratulations to AOH colleagues!

Aultman Orrville Hospital Achieves Stroke Ready Certification
Aultman Orrville Hospital has achieved the Stroke Ready certification through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). This award is presented by ACHC for compliance with a comprehensive set of national standards. Certification by ACHC reflects an organization’s dedication and commitment to meeting standards that facilitate a higher level of performance and patient care.

Aultman Alliance Community Hospital

AACH Receives Mission: Lifeline® Award
Aultman Alliance Community Hospital (AACH) has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Referring Center Gold Plus Achievement Award for its commitment to ensuring science-based treatment for all people experiencing a specific type of heart attack known as an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), known to be more severe and dangerous than other types of heart attacks.

Aultman College

Higher Learning Commission Accreditation
Aultman College Receives Highest Accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission In late 2022, the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) approved to “continue the accreditation of Aultman College with the next Reaffirmation of Accreditation in 2032-33.

AultCare

PrimeTime Health Plan Earns Five-Star Rating
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rated PrimeTime Health Plan (PTHP) five out of five stars, for 2023. Every year Medicare evaluates plans on a five-star rating system. This is the third year in a row that PTHP has received this prestigious designation, and the fourth year overall. Each year, CMS assigns ratings to help Medicare-eligible individuals compare Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans. Earning the highest rating possible is a result of PTHP’s dedication to quality of care and quality of service, which helps our members to lead better, healthier lives.

 
PrimeTime Health Plan is One of the Best Medicare Advantage Plans in Ohio
U.S. News and World Report has selected PrimeTime Health Plan as one of the Best Medicare Advantage Plans in Ohio for 2024! PrimeTime Health Plan (PTHP) has received this honor in seven of the past eight years. U.S. News analyzes Medicare Advantage plans based on information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which recently awarded PTHP an excellent five out of five star-rating. Every year, Medicare evaluates plans based on a 5-star rating system. Congratulations to everyone who has contributed to PTHP elevating healthcare for individuals throughout our area.

Other Recognitions

 
Aultman Hospital Reverified as Level II Trauma Center
Please join us in congratulating the trauma center at Aultman Hospital! After a thorough review process including a site visit, they have been reverified as a Level II Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). This achievement recognizes the trauma center’s dedication to providing optimal care for injured patients. Aultman Hospital’s trauma center has been reverified through October of 2023.

 
Gold Seal of Approval - Recertified for Stroke
Aultman Hospital recently received the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Primary Stroke Certification. In 2009, we were the first hospital in Stark County to earn certification – and the 13th in the state of Ohio. Joint Commission standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts and patients. Joint Commission reviewers also conducted on-site observations and interviews. The Aultman Stroke program achieved re-certification by providing the critical elements needed for long-term success in improving stroke outcomes.