Awards and Accreditations of Baptist Health Corbin

Baptist Health Corbin is a member of Baptist Health, one of Kentucky's largest not-for-profit health care providers. We are proud to be accredited by the following organizations:

• ISO 9001 Certification (hospital)
• College of American Pathologists (laboratory)
• American Association of Blood Banks (blood bank)
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (Physical Rehabilitation Center)

Baptist Health Corbin is a member of Baptist Health, Kentucky’s largest healthcare system. We are proud of the following awards and accreditations:

• American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Rural Recognition Silver award for efforts to optimize stroke care and eliminate rural health care outcome disparities (2024)
• 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 (2024)
• American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients (2024)
• U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” as high performing in COPD care. (2022 and 2021)
• American College of Cardiology (ACC). (January 2023)
• Platinum Recognitions Award for Workplace Partnership for Life recognition for organ, eye and tissue donations to the Kentucky registry. Given by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. (2022)
• Designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). (September 2022)
• Awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). (August 2022)
• ACC Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI Accreditation. (August 2022)
• Nationally recognized by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for commitment to providing research-based, high-quality stroke care with a Get With The Guidelines achievement award. (July 2022)
• Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Award recognizes sustained, high level performance in quality of care (July 2022)
• Awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast ultrasound as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). (March 2022)
• Awarded a three-year term of accreditation in stereotactic breast biopsy as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). (March 2022)
• Pathway to Excellence® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
• American Heart Association’s Silver Plus Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke quality achievement award, 2022
• Recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of only 14 hospitals in Kentucky named “Best Hospitals for Patient Experience,” 2022.
• Re-designation for Pathways to Excellence® for the next four years, 2022. The Pathway to Excellence Program is the premier designation for healthy work environments and recognizes health care organizations for positive practice environments where nurses excel.
• American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain -- MI Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2022. Baptist Health Corbin is one of only 132 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.
• A three-year term of accreditation in stereotactic breast biopsy as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR), 2022.
• Awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast ultrasound as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR), 2022.
• American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain -- MI Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2022. Baptist Health Corbin is one of only 132 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.
• Baptist Health Corbin’s Critical Care Unit (CCU) earned the 2021 Kentucky Hospital Association Quality Award for Acute Care Hospitals with more than 250 beds, 2021. 
• Critical Care Unit (CCU) received the 2021 Kentucky Hospital Association Quality Award for Acute Care Hospitals with more than 250 beds, 2021.
• Recognized as a high performing hospital for 2021-22 by U.S. News & World Report for COPD care, 2021.
• Screening Center of Excellence by the GO₂ Foundation for Lung Cancer for its ongoing commitment to responsible lung cancer screening, 2021.
• American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2021. Baptist Health Corbin is one of only 132 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.
• Recognized as a high performing hospital for 2021-22 by U.S. News & World Report.
• WE SEE YOU CARE Award presented by Hicuity Health, the nation’s leading provider of high-acuity telemedicine services, 2021. Baptist Health Corbin was chosen among nominees from Hicuity Health’s more than 100 hospital and health systems partners.
• Energy to Care Award, recognition for significant savings in energy management year over year, 2020.
• Workplace Partnership for Life recognition for organ, eye and tissue donations to the Kentucky registry. Given by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, 2020.
• Pathway to Excellence® designation awarded by American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2017.
• International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) 9001:2008 certification. ISO is the internationally recognized standard for quality management systems. Fewer than five hospitals in Kentucky attained this certification: renewed every year.