OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital Named Among Nation’s Top 20 Rural and Community Hospitals
OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital has been named one of the nation’s Top 20 Rural and Community Hospitals by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), recognizing the hospital’s strong performance in delivering high-quality care to the community it serves.
Van Wert Hospital is the only hospital in Ohio to receive this distinction.
The designation is based on an evaluation conducted by The Chartis Center for Rural Health using the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX, a comprehensive and objective assessment of rural prospective payment system (PPS) hospital performance across the United States.
The Top 20 Rural and Community Hospitals represent the highest performers among the hospitals named to the Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals list. Hospitals were assessed across eight pillars of performance:
- Inpatient Market Share
- Outpatient Market Share
- Quality
- Outcomes
- Patient Perspective
- Cost
- Charge
- Finance
“This recognition reflects the incredible work of our entire team,” said Paula Stabler, president of OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital. “Our focus has always been on serving our patients and community with compassion and excellence, and I’m proud that our efforts are being acknowledged on a national level.”
An official recognition by the National Rural Healthcare Association will take place at its annual rural health conference in May.
To view the full list of recipients, click here.
To learn more about OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital's services and programs, click here.
About the National Rural Health Association
The National Rural Health Association is a national nonprofit membership organization with more than 20,000 members. The association provides leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education and research and works to improve the health and wellbeing of rural Americans.
About the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX
The Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX uses publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to compare rural and Critical Access Hospitals across market, value-based and financial performance indicators. The INDEX evaluates 36 indicators across eight pillars to provide a comprehensive view of rural hospital performance and serves as the foundation for many of rural healthcare’s most prominent awards.
