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Prairie Lakes Included in Newsweek’s America’s Best-In-State Hospitals 2025 List
Monday, November 04, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – November 4, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) has been included in Newsweek’s list of America’s Best-In-State Hospitals 2025. This prestigious award is presented in collaboration with Statista, the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on October 23rd, 2024, and…
PLHS Received a 5-Star Quality Rating from CMS for Second Consecutive Year
Friday, August 09, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – August 12, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) recently received an overall five out of five-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) based on data evaluating outcomes, patient experience, and processes. This marks the second consecutive year PLHS has received this…
PLHS Named to the 100 Great Community Hospitals List by Becker’s Hospital Review
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – July 16, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is proud to announce they have been named to Becker's Hospital Review's 100 Great Community Hospitals list for 2024. The community hospitals honored on the list portray clinical and academic excellence, personalized and holistic care, and overall improved health…
Prairie Lakes Earns National Award for Heart Attack Care for Second Consecutive Year Featured
Thursday, July 11, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – July 12, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for the second consecutive year in a row. Prairie Lakes is one of only 259 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. Dr.…
Prairie Lakes Primary Care Recognized for Patient-Centered Medical Home Achievement
Monday, April 08, 2024
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Prairie Lakes Brown Clinic has been recognized by the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program for the past 8 years and again for 2024! Organizations that are recognized by the PCMH program are found to have a better patient experience, better managed chronic conditions, improved care coordination, improved staff satisfaction, lower…
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System Earns National Recognition as Top Rural and Community Hospital
Friday, March 15, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – March 15, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) has once again been recognized as one of the Top 20 Rural and Community Hospitals in the nation by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), for the seventh time since its inception eight years ago. In addition to…
Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) has been recognized as a 2024 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. This annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX™. PLHS has received…
Prairie Lakes Celebrates 5-Star Rating from CMS 2023
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) recently received and celebrated an overall five out of five-star hospital rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on their Care Compare website. “We are very proud of and grateful for all the staff that contributed to this top rating from CMS,”…
Top Performing Hospital for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients Award
Monday, June 12, 2023
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2023. Prairie Lakes is one of only 262 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes Prairie Lakes' commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of…
Prairie Lakes Named Top Rural and Community Hospital 2023
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) was recently named one of the top 20 rural and community hospitals in the country. This is the sixth time PLHS has received this recognition since it was introduced by The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) seven years ago. To celebrate this achievement, PLHS held…
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