Orange City, Iowa — An Orange City leader has been honored by an industry publication.
The Orange City Area Health System tells us their CEO, Marty Guthmiller, is named among 67 “Critical Access Hospital CEOs to Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review. According to Becker’s, the CEOs featured on this list are innovators, improving safety, quality, outcomes, service lines, recruitment, retention and more. Those on the list have proven their dedication to continuous improvement, and the list honors community access hospital CEOs for their commitment to optimizing healthcare.
OCAHS tells us Guthmiller has spent more than 30 years of his career in healthcare. During his tenure as CEO for Orange City Area Health System since 1994, he oversaw the planning, fundraising, and construction of its $29.6 million expansion project, which was the first Critical Access Hospital relocation in the state of Iowa, completed in 2006. He also served two terms as Chair of the Iowa Hospital Association Board of Officers and Trustees, from 2019-21.
OCAHS officials say Guthmiller leads the health system’s 600-strong staff with the mission that healthcare is a holistic continuum of care and includes many of the social determinants of health, from birth care to senior care. Recognizing the changing needs of seniors in the region, he is currently focusing on independent living, assisted living, and nursing home care, according to the officials. They tell us that as a result, plans are underway to expand Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community services to ease the staffing challenges for Prairie Ridge Care Center and develop a new 55-plus living center. The health system includes four clinics, an award-winning hospital, a newly renovated birth center, comprehensive surgical services, a sports medicine clinic, a senior care campus, home health and hospice, and a full range of ancillary medical services.
Courtesy fellow Community First Broadcasting station KSOU in Sioux Center
