The Chartis Group, a healthcare consulting firm, has named its 100 best-performing rural and community hospitals for 2023.
Hospitals are rated using publicly available data sets and scored across eight performance pillars. "The Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX is the industry's most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural provider performance," according to the firm's website.
South Dakota had the most hospitals on the list, with Minnesota, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin tied for second place. Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health's hospitals appeared four times; Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and St. Louis-based SMM Health each had two hospitals make the cut.
The following 100 hospitals had the highest scores on The Chartis Group's INDEX and are listed in alphabetical order by state:
Alabama (1 hospital)
South Baldwin Regional Medical Center (Foley)
Arkansas (4 hospitals)
Baptist Health-Stuttgart
Baxter Health (Mountain Home)
John Ed Chambers Memorial Hospital (Danville)
White River Medical Center (Batesville)
California (3 hospitals)
Adventist Health Sonora
Marshall Medical Center (Placerville)
Sutter Amador Hospital (Jackson)
Colorado (4 hospitals)
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Durango)
Montrose Memorial Hospital
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center (Steamboat Springs)
Vail Health
Florida (1 hospital)
Baptist Medical Center Nassau (Fernandina Beach)
Georgia (1 hospital)
Fairview Park Hospital (Dublin)
Hawaii (1 hospital)
Hilo Medical Center
Iowa (2 hospitals)
Lakes Regional Healthcare (Spirit Lake)
Spencer Hospital
Illinois (3 hospitals)
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital-Breese
Jersey Community Hospital (Jerseyville)
OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center (Ottawa)
Indiana (5 hospitals)
Franciscan Health Crawfordsville
Major Health Partners Medical Center (Shelbyville)
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (Jasper)
Parkview Huntington Hospital
Schneck Medical Center (Seymour)
Kansas (5 hospitals)
Labette Health (Parsons)
Mercy Hospital (Moundridge)
Morton County Hospital (Elkhart)
NMC Health Medical Center (Newton)
Pratt Regional Medical Center
Kentucky (2 hospitals)
Bourbon Community Hospital (Paris)
Clark Regional Medical Center (Winchester)
Massachusetts (1 hospital)
Nantucket Cottage Hospital
Maryland (2 hospitals)
Garrett Regional Medical Center (Oakland)
UM Shore Medical Center at Easton
Maine (2 hospitals)
Cary Medical Center (Caribou)
Pen Bay Medical Center (Rockport)
Michigan (5 hospitals)
Ascension St. Joseph Hospital (Tawas City)
McLaren Lapeer Region
Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital
MyMichigan Medical Center-Alpena
UP Health System-Portage Main Campus (Hancock)
Minnesota (6 hospitals)
Alomere Health (Alexandria)
Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical center (Brainerd)
Hutchinson Health Hospital
Lake Region Healthcare Corporation (Fergus Falls)
Mayo Clinic Health System-Fairmont
Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Wing
Missouri (1 hospital)
Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville
Montana (2 hospitals)
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital
St. James Healthcare (Butte)
Nebraska (2 hospitals)
Faith Regional Health Services (Norfolk)
Methodist Fremont Health
New York (1 hospital)
Adirondack Medical Center-Saranac Lake
Ohio (4 hospitals)
CHWC Bryan Hospital
Mercer County Community Hospital-Coldwater
Mercy Health-Tiffin Hospital
Pomerene Hospital (Millersburg)
Oklahoma (2 hospitals)
Saint Francis Hospital Vinita
Stillwater Medical Center
Oregon (1 hospital)
CHI Mercy Health Mercy Medical Center (Roseburg)
Pennsylvania (5 hospitals)
Geisinger Lewistown Hospital
Penn Highlands Huntingdon
Punxsutawney Area Hospital
UPMC Bedford (Everett)
WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital
South Dakota (7 hospitals)
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital (Mitchell)
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital (Yankton)
Avera St. Luke's Hospital (Aberdeen)
Avera St. Mary's Hospital (Pierre)
Brookings Health System
Monument Health Spearfish Hospital
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (Watertown)
Tennessee (2 hospitals)
TriStar Horizon Medical Center (Dickson)
Unity Medical Center (Manchester)
Texas (6 hospitals)
Childress Regional Medical Center
Columbus Community Hospital
Hill Country Memorial Hospital (Fredericksburg)
Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital (Sweetwater)
Seymour Hospital
Wilbarger General Hospital (Vernon)
Utah (6 hospitals)
Ashley Regional Medical Center (Vernal)
Beat River Valley Hospital (Tremonton)
Castleview Hospital (Price)
Cedar City Hospital
Park City Hospital
Sevier Valley Hospital (Richfield)
Virginia (2 hospitals)
Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital (Onancock)
Smyth County Community Hospital (Marion)
Washington (1 hospital)
Olympic Medical Center (Port Angeles)
Wisconsin (6 hospitals)
Aurora Medical Center-Manitowoc County (Two Rivers)
Fort Memorial Hospital (Fort Atkinson)
Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital (Prairie Du Sac)
SSM Health Monroe Hospital
SSM Health St Clare Hospital-Baraboo
Watertown Regional Medical Center
West Virginia (1 hospital)
Davis Medical Center (Elkins)
Wyoming (3 hospitals)
Evanston Regional Hospital
Sheridan Memorial Hospital
St. Johns Health (Jackson)