High Quality Health Care
Quality health care means consistently meeting the expectations of people we serve by providing individualized care and promoting the best possible outcomes.
About Brookings Health System's Care Quality
Brookings Health System’s care quality is rated at or above both the state and national averages for patient safety, outcomes and satisfaction.* We’re focused on providing high-quality care to our patients and residents alike and constantly look for new ways to improve and enhance the overall experience at our facilities.
Brookings Health System believes in your right to know how we compare to state and national quality benchmarks. The pages in this section offers key quality measures for our services.
*Information gathered from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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CEO Jason Merkley talks about Brookings Health System being named a Top 20 Rural Community Hospital.
Quality News
Brookings Health Named Top 20 Rural Community Hospital for Eighth Time
Brookings Health System was again named a Top 20 Rural Community Hospital in the United States by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). The health system ranked 99.9 percent on the winter 2025 Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX, the tool used to recognize the Top 20. Brookings Health was the highest scoring rural prospective payment system (PPS) hospital among peer rural and community hospitals across the nation.
Brookings Health a Five-Year Champion of Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals
Brookings Health System has been recognized as a five-year champion to Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals. This prestigious award was announced yesterday by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list can currently be viewed on Newsweek’s website.
Brookings Health Celebrates Decade on Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital List
For the tenth 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®.