South Dakota Hospitals Recognized with 2025 Performance Leadership Awards
As part of National Rural Health Day this month, the following South Dakota facilities have been recognized with 2025 Performance Leadership Awards for excellence in Quality:
AVERA DE SMET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, DE SMET, SD
AVERA DELLS AREA HOSPITAL, DELL RAPIDS, SD
AVERA HAND COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND CLINIC, MILLER, SD
AVERA ST. BENEDICT HOSPITAL, PARKSTON, SD
BENNETT COUNTY HOSPITAL, MARTIN, SD
BOWDLE HEALTHCARE CENTER, BOWDLE, SD
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AVERA, REDFIELD, SD
COTEAU HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HOSPITAL, SISSETON, SD
DOUGLAS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ARMOUR, SD
FALL RIVER HEALTH SERVICES, HOT SPRINGS, SD
HANS P. PETERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, PHILIP, SD
LANDMANN-JUNGMAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AVERA, SCOTLAND, SD
MADISON REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, MADISON, SD
MARSHALL COUNTY HEALTHCARE CENTER AVERA, BRITTON, SD
MOBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, MOBRIDGE, SD
MONUMENT HEALTH LEAD - DEADWOOD HOSPITAL, DEADWOOD, SD
PIONEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, VIBORG, SD
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, CANTON, SD
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER, CHAMBERLAIN, SD
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER, CLEAR LAKE, SD
SANFORD VERMILLION HOSPITAL, VERMILLION, SD
ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL, TYNDALL, SD
WAGNER COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AVERA, WAGNER, SD
WINNER REGIONAL HEALTH, WINNER, SD
2025 Performance Leadership Awards for Outcomes:
Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital and Clinic – Miller
Avera St Lukes – Aberdeen
Avera St Mary’s Hospital – Pierre
Avera St. Benedict Hospital – Parkston
Brookings Health System – Brookings
Faulkton Area Medical Center – Faulkton
Prairie Lakes Hospital – Watertown
2025 Performance Leadership Awards for Patient Perspective:
Avera Dells Area Hospital – Dell Rapids
Avera Gregory Hospital – Gregory
Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital And Clinic – Miller
Avera St. Benedict Hospital – Parkston
Community Memorial Hospital – Burke
Community Memorial Hospital Avera – Redfield
Douglas County Memorial Hospital – Armour
Faulkton Area Medical Center – Faulkton
Freeman Regional Health Services – Freeman
Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital – Philip
Marshall County Healthcare Center Avera – Britton
Platte Health Center – Platte
Sanford Hospital Webster – Webster
Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards program recognizes top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in quality, outcomes and/or patient perspective.
“Our patients come to us from all over southwest Minnesota, many of whom are our friends, family and neighbors,” adds Tammy Loosbrock, chief executive officer at Sanford Luverne. “As a rural hospital, we are continuously looking for ways to enhance the quality measures we have in place for patients to meet their individual health care needs and to keep their care close to home.”
The Performance Leadership Awards program is 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.
A full list of rural hospitals honored with a Performance Leadership Awards in 2025 can be found here.