(KLZ)-- The Johnson County Hospital in Tecumseh was recently recognized as a 2021 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital.

Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, this 11th annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Hospital Strength INDEX®.

This is the second such honor for the hospital in the past three years. 

The Top 100 program recognizes the strategies and innovation for delivering higher quality care and better outcomes within rural communities. 

Over the course of the last 11 years, the INDEX has grown to become the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance. Based entirely on public data and utilizing 36 independent indicators, the INDEX assesses rural hospitals across eight pillars of performance, including market share, quality, outcomes, patient perspective, cost, charge, and financial efficiency.