Premier Award for Quality
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital has been named a recipient of the 2010 Premier Award for Quality. This award recognizes leading healthcare organizations that efficiently provide outstanding patient care and consistently set the standard in clinical excellence nationwide.

Joint Commission
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™ in 2010 for healthcare quality for two separate programs, the Spine Surgery Program and the Joint Replacement Surgery Program. Read more about Inova Fair Oaks Gold Seals of Approval.

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital has also been accredited by the Joint Commision. The purpose of this is to evaluate Inova Fair Oaks Hospital's compliance with nationally established Joint Commission Standards that relate to quality of care, safety of care, and safety in the environment of care.

U.S. News & World Report
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital has been named to the U.S. News & World Report list of the Washington, DC region's best hospitals. To be ranked in its metro area, a hospital must score in the top 25 percent among its peers in at least one of 16 medical specialties. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital was named "High Performing" in four specialty areas: Gastroenterology; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Pulmonology; and Urology.

Excellence in weight loss surgery
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is nationally recognized as a Center of Excellence for weight loss surgery by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. This designation recognizes surgical programs with a demonstrated track record of favorable outcomes in obesity surgery.

To earn a Center of Excellence designation, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital underwent a series of site inspections during which all aspects of the obesity surgery center program’s surgical processes were closely examined and data on health outcomes were collected. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital and other obesity surgery centers receiving the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence designation agree to continue to share information on clinical pathways, protocols and outcomes data.

Accredited breast care program
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital's breast care program was one of the first in the D.C. metro area to receive accreditation as a nationally recognized breast care provider by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).

Excellence in nursing care
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital has been named a Magnet™ organization, one of the highest levels of recognition a hospital can achieve for excellence in nursing services.

U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital has received the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award (SPQA), a premier award for performance excellence. Our hospital was identified as a model organization for demonstrating excellence and maturity in business approaches, deployment and results. The SPQA performance criteria and core values are adapted from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and are used by many top public and private institutions as a proven business model.

Community Value Five-Star® award
Based on the Cleverley and Associates Community Value Index® score, this hospital has ranked as one of the top hospitals in the nation in terms of the value we provide to the community.