
5 out of 5 stars
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital has again been rated 5 out of 5 stars (the best possible rating) in the most recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Five-Star Quality report. The ratings use evidence-based evaluation that reflects a hospital’s standard of care based on quality measurements such as safety, timeliness and effectiveness of care.
Inova is the only hospital system in the Washington, DC region with 5-star rated hospitals from CMS and is the highest ranked system in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Status
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital is designated as a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet status is considered the highest organizational honor awarded for nursing excellence.
In addition to receiving its Magnet designation, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital also achieved six "exemplars" for top performance in the following categories:
- Nursing satisfaction
- Infection prevention for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)
- Infection prevention for catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
- Care coordination
- Patient satisfaction for responsiveness
- Patient satisfaction for careful listening
Examplars are nationally recognized best practice models.
"Straight A's" for Hospital Safety
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2022, marking straight “A’s” since 2014. This designation recognizes our efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States.
The Leapfrog Group is a national organization committed to improving the healthcare quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,700 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. It is peer reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.
U.S. News & World Report 2022-23
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital continues to be recognized as one of the country’s high performing hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. In the 2022-2023 Best Hospital ratings, the hospital ranked significantly better than the national average in five procedures and conditions:
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Hip Replacement
- Kidney Failure
- Knee Replacement
- Stroke
Among the Best for Joint Replacement
For the 2022–2023 awards year, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital has been ranked as “High Performing” in the specialties of Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement by the U.S. News Best Hospitals report.
The annual U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings help patients and their doctors make informed decisions about where to receive care. Nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide were evaluated in 13 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. “High performing” is the ultimate rating U.S. News gives in each category, based on a number of care-related indicators.
Inova is proud to be the only healthcare system in the Washington, DC region to have been named to the Forbes list of Best Employers for Women 2022. To compile this prestigious roster, roughly 50,000 U.S. based employees were surveyed — more than 30,000 of which were women — at companies with at least 1,000 employees.