Brookings Health Again Named a Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital

  • February 24, 2022

Case Manager Kim Gray, RN, (center) discusses a patient’s status with Bonnie Nelson, RN, while Gladys Sterud, RN, charts at a nursing station on the inpatient care unit. For the seventh consecutive year Brookings Health System was named a Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The annual honor recognizes outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.
Case Manager Kim Gray, RN, (center) discusses a patient’s status with Bonnie Nelson, RN, while Gladys Sterud, RN, charts at a nursing station on the inpatient care unit. For the seventh consecutive year Brookings Health System was named a Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The annual honor recognizes outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.

For the seventh consecutive year Brookings Health System has been included by The Chartis Center for Rural Health on the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals list. The annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.

“Our team has earned this recognition each year since its inception in 2016,” said President and CEO Jason Merkley. “To consistently be recognized as a rural and community hospital leader demonstrates the high caliber of quality healthcare Brookings Health delivers to our community day-in and day-out.”

Based entirely on publicly available data, the INDEX is the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance. Utilizing 50 independent indicators, the INDEX assesses performance across eight pillars of performance that span market-, value- and finance-based categories.

“Despite unprecedented adversity rural providers continue to display resiliency and a steadfast commitment to their communities,” said Michael Topchik, National Leader, The Chartis Center for Rural Health. “Honoring the Top 100 is one of the highpoints of our year. We are delighted to recognize the exceptional performance and innovation of this year’s recipients, particularly in light of the extraordinary challenges facing America’s rural health safety net.”

The list of this year’s Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals, as well as the 2022 INDEX methodology, can be found at https://www.chartis.com/services/ccrh/top-performing-hospitals. More information about Brookings Health System’s care quality can be found at brookingshealth.org/Quality.

About Brookings Health System

Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic & Optical, and medical clinics in Arlington, White and Volga, South Dakota. It is a non-profit, city-owned facility that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and extended care services. Brookings Hospital provides local access to doctors in Brookings and offers robotic da Vinci surgery and Mako robotic-arm assisted procedures, making it one of the premier rural community hospitals in South Dakota. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org.