Two Mercy critical access hospitals in Arkansas recently were named “best practice” hospitals for quality by the Chartis Center for Rural Health.
Mercy hospitals in Booneville and Waldron, Arkansas, were ranked in the Top 20 for quality, joining just 18 other hospitals across the country in receiving the designation. Mercy hospitals in Kingfisher, Tishomingo, and Logan County, Okla., also received the honor.
The rankings were recently announced by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). An awards ceremony will be held during NRHA’s Critical Access Hospital Conference in September in Kansas City, Mo.
“Being named Top 20 in the nation for quality shows our patients and their families that they are receiving the best possible care while staying closer to home,” said Juli Stec, vice president of patient services at Mercy. “Our co-workers in Booneville and Waldron are to be commended for this latest recognition, which demonstrates Mercy’s commitment to high-quality care in our patients’ hometowns.”
The hospitals were recognized through the Chartis Group’s quality index, a rating of hospital performance based on the percentile rank across rural-relevant process-of-care measures.