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Bitterroot Health Earns “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” Award

HAMILTON, Montana – Bitterroot Health is thrilled to announce it has been recognized as a 2024 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Chartis’ annual Top 100 award program recognizes outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.

“During an era of profound uncertainty for rural healthcare, the Top 100 rural hospitals continue to provide a unique lens through which we can identify innovation and inspiration for how to deliver high quality care to increasingly vulnerable populations,” said Michael Topchik, National Leader, The Chartis Center for Rural Health.

“We’re delighted to be able to recognize all this year’s Top 100 but especially the more than 40 first-time recipients across both categories. It’s wonderful to see so many new facilities join the ranks of our Top 100 alumni,” Topchik said.

Now in its 14th year, the INDEX features a methodology utilizing publicly available data, and is leveraged nationwide by rural hospitals, health systems with rural affiliates, hospital associations, and state offices of rural health to measure and monitor performance across a variety of areas impacting hospital operations and finance.

“The Chartis recognition is important to us because it’s one the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance. This is testament to our team’s unwavering

commitment to providing exceptional healthcare services to our community,” said John Bishop, Bitterroot Health CEO.

“It reflects the hard work and dedication of our entire staff, from healthcare professionals to administrative personnel, to all support services and teams, in ensuring the well-being, safety, quality and overall satisfaction of our patients,” Bishop said.

As Bitterroot Health celebrates this milestone, they remain committed to their mission of providing quality, accessible, and personalized healthcare, while ensuring every patient knows that they matter.

Bitterroot Health - Daly Hospital has been providing care to the Bitterroot Valley since 1931 and is committed to excellence in quality, accessible, personalized healthcare.

For more information about Chartis, please visit: www.chartis.com/top-performing-rural-hospitals

For more information about Bitterroot Health, please visit www.bitterroothealth.org, or
call:(406) 375-4649.

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