Recent Valley Recognition Awards

Valley Earns "A" in Social Responsibility on 2024-2025 Lown Index

Valley Medical Center has been recognized by the Lown Institute* for outstanding social responsibility, receiving an "A" grade on the 2024-25 Lown Institute Hospitals Index. Hospital achieved this honor through strong performance across metrics of health equity, patient outcomes, and value of care, out of more than 3,500 hospitals nationwide. 

Valley ranked 17 out of 46 acute care hospitals in Washington and 773 nationally on the social responsibility metric. According to the Index, the hospital also performed well on Lown's inclusivity and value of care metrics. These are independent rankings and hospitals do not apply or pay to be listed.

"Great care is only great if everyone can access it," said Vikas Saini, MD, president of the Lown Institute. "We need hospitals that are not only leaders in clinical care, but also strong community partners—and these socially responsible hospitals are showing the way."

The Lown Hospitals Index for Social Responsibility is the only ranking to combine metrics of health equity and value of care alongside patient outcomes, for more than 2,700 acute care and 800 critical access hospitals nationwide—offering a holistic view of hospitals as total community partners. In the fifth annual rankings, the 2024-25 Lown Index evaluates hospitals on over 50 measures, including novel metrics such as community benefit, racial inclusivity, and avoidance of overuse. Data sources include Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage claims, CMS patient safety data and hospital cost reports, and IRS 990 forms, among others. Full methodology can be found on the Lown Index website. 

*The Lown Institute is an independent think tank advocating bold ideas for a just and caring system for health. Learn more at www.LownHospitalsIndex.org.

Valley Receives Gold Plus Award for 2024 in AHA Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Program

Valley is excited to share that we have once again been recognized by the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke program from the American Heart Association (AHA). 

This year, Valley received the following achievements:

• Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Award
• Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll
• Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll