Orange City, Iowa — An area medical facility has received an award from a center for rural health.
Orange City Area Health System officials tell us that facility has been recognized with a 2023 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in what they call “two key categories”: Quality and Patient Perspective. Compiled by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards honor top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes and/or Patient Perspective.
Marty Guthmiller, CEO of Orange City Area Health System, says, “We are, once again, honored to receive this distinction as a testament to the performance of our staff. Quality is always our first goal, and to link that with Patient Satisfaction (Perspective) is particularly gratifying.”
The Performance Leadership Awards are based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®. They tell us the index is “the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance.” They say, “INDEX data is relied upon by rural hospitals, health systems with rural footprints, hospital associations and state offices of rural health around the country to measure and monitor performance across several areas impacting hospital operations and finance.”
