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ALGONA Kossuth Regional Health Center has been named a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA).
The Top 20 Critical Access Hospital award winners are chosen from a larger list of Top 100 hospitals, which is evaluated and produced by the Chartis Center for Rural Health. Both the Top 20 and Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) are identified through the Hospital Strength INDEX®, the most comprehensive and objective assessment of U.S. rural and CAH performance based upon market, value-based and financial measures.
“Being chosen as a Top 100 hospital earlier this spring was a great honor, and I’m even more proud of our staff for earning a spot in the Top 20 out of all the critical access hospitals in the nation,” said Dar Elbert, CEO/CNO of Kossuth Regional Health Center.
And with that, it received the distinction of the highest-ranked one on the West Coast.
The Chartis Center for Rural Health announced its top-20 list of CAH on Monday, May 3, and WMH was in the top 20 four the fourth time in the past five years, according to a press release from the National Rural Health Association. Obviously, it s gratifying to know that your efforts are achieving results, WMH CEO Larry Davy said in an interview with the
Chieftain on Friday. Our goal is always to aim for perfection, which is impossible. But if you aim for perfection, you achieve excellence. It s encouraging that all the hard work everyone is doing does have a very positive result for our community. It keeps you trying hard.
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LISA GUTIERREZ, The Kansas City Star
May 12, 2021
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1of6Cali Clark, is one of the first graduates of the Kansas City University school of medicine, poses in Joplin, Mo., on Friday, May 7, 2021. On Sunday, May 9, just days before the 10th anniversary of monstrous EF5 tornado that slammed the town, 131 students will graduate from Kansas City University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine in Joplin, which opened in 2017, The Kansas City Star reported. The inaugural class includes a handful of Joplin natives. (Rich Sugg/The Kansas City Star via AP)Rich Sugg/APShow MoreShow Less
And with that, it received the distinction of the highest-ranked one on the West Coast.
The Chartis Center for Rural Health announced its top-20 list of CAH on Monday, May 3, and WMH was in the top 20 for the fourth time in the past five years, according to a press release from the National Rural Health Association.
âObviously, itâs gratifying to know that your efforts are achieving results,â WMH CEO Larry Davy said in an interview with the Chieftain on Friday. âOur goal is always to aim for perfection, which is impossible. But if you aim for perfection, you achieve excellence. Itâs encouraging that all the hard work everyone is doing does have a very positive result for our community. It keeps you trying hard.â
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