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Awards & Honors

(May, 2009) – Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) has received the Get With The Guidelines - Stroke (GWTG - Stroke) Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. The award recognizes MTMC’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.

(September, 2008)- Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) received a $1.75 million grant from the Christy-Houston Foundation for the implementation of a robotic surgery program which includes the purchase of a da Vinci Surgical System. The daVinci Surgical System provides minimally invasive surgical instrumentation beyond the capabilities of the human hand. The daVinci will allow patients to stay in Murfreesboro for leading edge technology and procedures that are less painful with smaller incisions and shorter hospital stays.

(November, 2008)- Healthgrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings company, announced the Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) received a 5-star rating for Hip Fracture Repair and the treatment of Pancreatitis.

(April 16, 2008)- Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) held the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new $267 million hospital. The Medical Campus will be located in Murfreesboro’s Gateway area on 68.5 acres of land owned by MTMC. The campus will consist of a 286-bed hospital, medical office buildings, and outpatient diagnostic and surgical facilities.

(May 4, 2008) - Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) celebrates 81 years of service to Middle Tennesseans from Rutherford, Cannon, Coffee and Warren Counties.

(July, 2008) – Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) has received the Get With The Guidelines - Stroke (GWTG - Stroke) Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. The award recognizes MTMC’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.

(October 15, 2007) – According to the Tenth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, Middle Tennessee Medical Center holds a 5-star rating for spinal fusion surgery with Center for Spinal Surgery ranking #1 in the state. The study, the largest of its kind, analyzed patient outcomes at virtually all of the nation's 5,000 hospitals over the years 2004, 2005 and 2006.


(October 13, 2007)- Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) is the first hospital in Rutherford County that has earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers. MTMC earned this distinction after the Joint Commission conducted an on-site review in August

(March 19, 2007)- MTMC awarded accreditation from The Joint Commission. By demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission‘s national standards for health care quality and safety, Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™. The Joint Commission conducted an unannounced, on-site evaluation of MTMC in January. The accreditation award recognizes MTMC’s dedication to complying with the Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards on a continuous basis.


(March 20, 2007) – The Society of Chest Pain Centers granted Middle Tennessee Medical Center a three year re-accreditation as a Chest Pain Center. The Chest Pain Center of MTMC has demonstrated expertise and commitment to quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria and completing on-site evaluations by a review team from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

(May, 2007) - Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) has been awarded a Three-Year with Commendation approval from The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC). Only one in four hospitals that treats cancer patients receives this special approval. MTMC was compliant in all 36 standards. Within the 36 standards, there are nine that a program may get a 1+ rating. MTMC received a 1+ on seven out of the nine.

(May 7, 2007) - Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) celebrates 80 years of service to Middle Tennesseans from Rutherford, Cannon, Coffee and Warren Counties.

(July 19, 2007) – Middle Tennessee Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines - Stroke (GWTG - Stroke) Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. Middle Tennessee Medical Center is among 277 hospitals recognized in the July 23 issue of US News & World Report for their aggressive goal of treating stroke patients with levels of care outlined by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

(October 25, 2006)- Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) has been given approval from the State’s Health Services and Development Agency (HSDA) to build a new Medical Campus that will replace the existing MTMC facility. The Medical Campus will be located in Murfreesboro’s Gateway area on 68.5 acres of land owned by MTMC. The campus will consist of a 286-bed hospital, medical office buildings, and outpatient diagnostic and surgical facilities.

(June 15, 2006)- Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) announces the launch of a State-of-the-art Patient Activity Tracking System. MTMC is the only hospital being funded by Ascension Health for implementation of a hospital-wide information tracking system. The tracking system will offset many of the issues faced by caregivers. The result will be easily accessible real-time data for the location of equipment (e.g. wheelchairs) and patient activity.

New Programs

(January, 2008)- MTMC Rutherford Society. Rutherford Society was formed in order to raise both awareness and funds in order to enhance patient care.

(February, 2008)- MTMC announces the addition of Saint Thomas Heart. Dr. G. Britton Mioton, Jr., M.D.,F.A.C.C., an invasive cardiologist, formed the first practice in Murfreesboro that will operate under the umbrella of Saint Thomas Heart.

(May, 2008)- MTMC physician first in Rutherford County to offer alternative solution to urinary frequency. Dr. Chad M. Jackson is the first physician at Middle Tennessee Medical Center to offer an alternative solution for patients with this condition, the InterStim® Therapy System.

(June, 2008)- New therapeutic massage service to benefit expecting and new mothers. Saint Thomas Health Services’ hospitals, including Baptist Hospital in Nashville and Middle Tennessee Medical Center deliver a combined total of nearly 10,000 babies each year. These babies and their mothers benefit from a new therapeutic massage service.

(August, 2008)- MTMC enhances women’s services with digital mammography.
MTMC is committed to providing high quality and convenient care in women’s health, and is pleased to announce the Center for Breast Health that offers a variety of women’s services in one location. The new center is equipped with two full field digital mammography units and offers nurse navigation.