Avera Hospitals Earn 2024 Performance Leadership Awards
Numerous Avera rural and community hospitals have earned a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for excellence.
Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards recognize top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in the three categories of quality, outcomes and/or patient perspective. Avera hospitals receiving awards include:
Avera Creighton Hospital, Creighton, Neb. – Quality
Avera De Smet Memorial Hospital, De Smet, S.D. – Quality
Avera Dells Area Hospital, Dell Rapids, S.D. – Quality and Patient Perspective
Avera Granite Falls Health Center, Granite Falls, Minn. – Quality and Patient Perspective
Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital, Miller, S.D. – Quality and Patient Perspective
Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center, Marshall, Minn. – Outcomes
Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital, Rock Rapids, Iowa – Quality
Avera Missouri River Health Center, Gettysburg, S.D. – Quality
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, S.D. – Outcomes
Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital, O’Neill, Neb. – Quality
Avera St. Luke’s Hospital, Aberdeen, S.D. – Outcomes
Avera St. Mary’s Hospital, Pierre, S.D. – Quality
Avera St. Benedict Hospital, Parkston, S.D. – Quality and Patient Perspective
Avera Tyler Hospital, Tyler, Minn. – Quality
Avera Weskota Memorial Hospital, Wessington Springs, S.D. – Quality
Community Memorial Hospital Avera, Redfield, S.D. – Quality and Patient Perspective
Floyd Valley Healthcare, Le Mars, Iowa – Quality, Outcomes and Patient Perspective
Hegg Health Center, Rock Valley, Iowa – Quality and Patient Perspective
Lakes Regional Healthcare, Spirit Lake, Iowa – Quality
Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital Avera, Scotland, S.D. – Quality
Marshall County Healthcare Center Avera, Britton, S.D. – Quality and Patient Perspective
Milbank Area Hospital Avera, Milbank, S.D. – Patient Perspective
Osceola Regional Health Center, Sibley, Iowa – Quality
Pipestone County Medical Center, Pipestone, Minn. – Quality and Patient Perspective
Platte Health Center Avera, Platte, S.D. – Quality and Patient Perspective
Regional Health Services of Howard County, Cresco, Iowa – Quality
St. Michael’s Hospital Avera, Tyndall, S.D. – Quality
Sioux Center Health, Sioux Center, Iowa – Quality and Patient Perspective
Wagner Community Memorial Hospital Avera, Wagner, S.D. – Quality
“Avera excels at rural health care, and this long list of awards is wonderful validation of the high quality care that’s provided in communities across the Upper Midwest. We’re proud of the hardworking teams at these hospitals and their dedication and commitment each and every day,” said Kevin Post, DO, Chief Medical Officer of Avera Health.
The Performance Leadership Awards are based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®, a comprehensive and objective framework for assessing how rural hospitals are performing. INDEX benchmarks are relied upon by rural hospitals, health systems with rural footprints, hospital associations and state offices of rural health to measure performance across multiple areas impacting hospital operations and finance.
“The Performance Leadership Awards capture the commitment, diligence, and innovation with which America’s rural hospitals approach the delivery of care within their communities,” said Troy Brown, Network Consultant, The Chartis Center for Rural Health. “It’s a tremendous honor to be able to recognize the efforts of this year’s award winners and celebrate their achievement as part of National Rural Health Day.”
