National Awards and Recognition

• 2010 - Joint Replacement Excellence Award from HealthGrades, Inc. Other awards include:
• Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Joint Replacement
• Ranked Among the Top 10 (#6) in Indiana for Overall Orthopedic Services
• Ranked Among the Top 5 (#5) in Indiana for Joint Replacement 
• Five-Star Rated for Joint Replacement 
• Five-Star Rated for Total Knee Replacement 
• Five-Star Rated for Total Hip Replacement 
• Ranked Among the Top 10 (#9) in Indiana for Overall Cardiac Services 
• Ranked Among the Top 10 (#8) in Indiana for Cardiology Services 
• Five-Star Rated for Valve Replacement Surgery 
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure
• 2009–2010 - Recipient of National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award. Consumers in Elkhart County selected EGH as the hospital which had the best doctors, the best nurses, and the best overall quality. 
• 2009 - Ranked among the top hospitals in Indiana for overall cardiac services, including cardiac surgery by HealthGrades, Inc. Other awards include:
  • Best Rated in the South Bend Area for Overall Cardiac Care (Three Years in a Row)
  • Best Rated in the South Bend Area for Cardiology (Four Years in a Row)
  • Best Rated in the South Bend Area for Cardiac Surgery 
  • Ranked Among the Top 5 in Indiana for Cardiac Surgery (Ranked Among the Top 10 for 6 Years in a Row)
  • Ranked Among the Top 10 in Indiana for Overall Cardiac Services
  • Five-Star Rating for Treatment of Heart Failure
  • Five-Star Rating for Valve Replacement Surgery
• 2008 - American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award is presented to Elkhart General’s Regional Center for Cancer Services for the second consecutive time, the only cancer program in Northern Indiana to be so honored. This award represents more than five years of sustained excellence in cancer care.
• 2008 - Ranked among the top hospitals in Indiana for overall cardiac services, including cardiac surgery by HealthGrades, Inc. Five-Star Ratings Awards for:
  • Coronary bypass surgery
  • Treatment of heart failure
  • Treatment of sepsis (infection of the blood)
• 2007–2008 - Recipient of National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award. Consumers in Elkhart County selected EGH as the hospital which had the best doctors, the best nurses, and the best overall quality. 
• 2007 - Ranked among the top hospitals in Indiana for overall cardiac services, including cardiac surgery by HealthGrades, Inc.  Five-Star Ratings Awards for:
  • Coronary bypass surgery
  • Treatment of heart failure
  • Treatment of sepsis (infection of the blood)
• 2007 - Indiana Organ Procurement Organization, Donation Champion Award. Based on 100% organ donor referrals, achieving a 75% or greater rate of actual transplants and a transplant rate average of 3.75 or greater organs transplanted per donor.
• 2007, 2006 and 2005 - National Award for Patient Safety
• 2006 - Robard Corporation, New Directions Weight Management Program Outstanding Achievement Award 
• 2005 - Ranked in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide in Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Joint Replacement, Neurosciences, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary Surgery and Vascular Surgery by HealthGrades, Inc.
  • #1 in Indiana for Overall Cardiac Services
  • #1 in Indiana for Cardiac Surgery
• 2004 - American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award. Elkhart General’s Regional Center for Cancer Services is one of only 34 cancer programs in the entire country to earn the award. Only 7% of the total programs surveyed by the Commission were selected. 
• 2004 – HR Solutions, Inc. Second Highest Overall Job Satisfaction Score – 87%. 19% higher than the Indiana health care norm. Top 7% nationally.
• 2004 – Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from HealthGrades, Inc. Top 3.4% of hospitals in the nation.
• 2004 – VHA Leadership Award for Supply Chain Management
• 2004 - Robard Corporation, New Directions Weight Management Program Center of Excellence Award 
• 2002 – Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Cheers Subscriber Award Finalist
• 2001 – Sodexho Marriott Service Excellence Award
• 1997 & 1998 – USA Today Quality Cup Top Three Finalist