ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) — As part of National Rural Health Day, Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center has been recognized with a 2023 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in outcomes.

Compiled by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards honor top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in quality, outcomes and/or patient perspective.

“As the largest rural health care system in the United States, Sanford Health is always looking for opportunities to enhance patient care and provide patients their health care needs, close to home,” said Kila LeGrand, executive director of Sanford Aberdeen. “Being able to offer the care a patient needs in their own community, or a neighboring community is priceless, especially for those patients who would otherwise travel more than 100 miles roundtrip for a specialty appointment.”

The Performance Leadership Awards are based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®, the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance. INDEX data is relied upon by rural hospitals, health systems with rural footprints, hospital associations and state offices of rural health around the country to measure and monitor performance across several areas impacting hospital operations and finance.

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