Rowan Regional Medical Center is recognized as a leader in improving the quality of healthcare by many national independent organizations.

2008 Ernest A. Codman Award
Novant Health and its staff were named a national winner of the 2008 Ernest A. Codman Award from The Joint Commission. The prestigious Codman Award is presented to organizations that demonstrate exemplary performance to achieve healthcare quality improvement. The health system was honored for its successful efforts to improve hand hygiene compliance and reducing the spread of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections by 53 percent, which means that 249 patients from 2005 through 2008 did not suffer the medical complications of MRSA.

Other National Honors
For 2009, Rowan Regional Medical Center and Novant Health have been ranked among the Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks, according to an analysis by the SDI health informatics company. The organization is ranked 12th among the Top 100 through the annual survey. The ranking is based on eight critical success factors used to evaluate health systems throughout the country.