(KNZA)--As part of National Rural Health Day on November 21st, Sabetha Community Hospital announced it has earned a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Patient Perspective. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards recognize top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes and/or Patient Perspective.

“The administrative team are certainly very proud of the dedicated staff at Sabetha Community Hospital that exhibit the characteristics worthy of this recognition. We realize that it takes commitment from all areas of the healthcare system to achieve this award. Our unwavering steadfastness to improvement in all that we do will continue to be goal. The staff of SCH are deserving of gratitude for making our hospital a standout facility in which to obtain healthcare services, Dr. James Longabaugh.”

The Performance Leadership Awards are based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®, a comprehensive and objective framework for assessing how rural hospitals are performing. INDEX benchmarks are relied upon by rural hospitals, health systems with rural footprints, hospital associations, and state offices of rural health to measure performance across multiple areas impacting hospital operations and finance.

“The Performance Leadership Awards capture the commitment, diligence, and innovation with which America- rural hospitals approach the delivery of care within their communities,” said Troy Brown, Network Consultant, The Chartis Center for Rural Health. “It- a tremendous honor to be able to recognize the efforts of this year- award winners and celebrate their achievement as part of National Rural Health Day.”

Sabetha Community Hospital is a 25-bed critical access facility providing acute care including obstetrics, skilled care, home health, swing bed and hospice, and a broad range of outpatient services. SCH is a Level IV Trauma Center and the Hospital and Medical Staff maintain working relationships with the closest tertiary care centers, so that transfers of complicated cases are handled smoothly. The Sabetha Community Hospital provides round-the-clock acute care for all your medical needs.