Clark Regional Medical Center Earns 2024 Performance Leadership Award from The Chartis Center for Rural Health

  WINCHESTER, Ky. (December 18, 2024) – Clark Regional Medical Center announced it has earned a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Outcomes. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards recognize top quartile performance (i.e., 75^th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes and/or Patient Perspective.

“We are proud to continue offering high-quality patient care to those in Clark County and throughout Eastern Kentucky,” said Matt Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Clark Regional Medical Center. “From our recent Leapfrog “A” rating to this outcome award, the communities we serve can feel confident in the care we provide at Clark Regional.”

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’s rural hospitals approach the delivery of care within their communities,” said Troy Brown, Network Consultant, The Chartis Center for Rural Health. “It’s a tremendous honor to be able to recognize the efforts of this year’s award winners and celebrate their achievement as part of National Rural Health Day.”