Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is among the Top 20 Rural Community Hospitals in the nation as determined by iVantage Health Analytics. The Top 20 winners were recently announced by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) at an awards ceremony during NRHA’s Rural Innovation Hospital Summit May 12th.
The determining factors for the top 20 rural community hospitals were based on nine indices: inpatient market share, outpatient market share, population risk, cost, charge, quality, outcomes, patient perspectives and financial stability. NRHA’s Top 20 Rural Community Hospitals Winners are the highest ranked of the aggregate scores across these nine pillars.
“There are over 2000 rural community hospitals in the United States,” said Jill Fuller, President and CEO of PLHS. “To be recognized in the top 1% of rural hospitals nationwide is an honor. This award recognizes the quality of our services and the amazing group of people who are committed to our healthcare mission.”
PLHS serves a ten county region in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota including seventeen outreach clinics. PLHS provides care at its hospital in Watertown as well as specialty services that are uncommon in similar rural settings. The improvement of services to meet the needs of the region is a continuing focus of PLHS. PLHS has seen growth despite a challenging healthcare environment nationwide.
PLHS growth statistics from the past five years:
- PLHS’ net revenue increased by 10%
- Prairie Lakes Rehabilitation Department visits increased by 15%
- Prairie Lakes Radiology Department visits increased by 18%
- PLHS patient visits to a specialty service increased by 36%
- PLHS’ employed physicians increased by 125% (8 to 18)
- PLHS’ outreach clinics increased by 143% (7 to 17)
The top 20 rural community hospital winners, in alphabetical order, are:
- Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Elkhorn, Wis.
- Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc County Two Rivers, Wis.
- Bay Area Medical Center Marinette, Wis.
- Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital Bozeman, Mont.
- Childress Regional Medical Center Childress, Texas Delta County
- Memorial Hospital Delta, Colo.
- Gordon Hospital Calhoun, Ga.
- Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville, Tenn.
- Hill Country Memorial Hospital Inc Fredericksburg, Texas
- Parkview Huntington Hospital Huntington, Ind.
- Pomerene Hospital Millersburg, Ohio
- Prairie Lakes Healthcare System Watertown, S.D.
- Ransom Memorial Hospital Ottawa, Kan.
- Sevier Valley Medical Center Richfield, Utah
- Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital Big Rapids, Mich.
- Spectrum Health Pennock Hastings, Mich.
- St Joseph’s Hospital Breese, Ill.
- UPMC Bedford Memorial Everett, Penn.
- Valley View Medical Center Cedar City, Utah
- Yampa Valley Medical Center Steamboat Springs, Colo.