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With its newest robotics technology and more, Clark Regional Medical Center – a 75-bed acute care facility operating since 1917 – has been making its name known throughout Winchester. 

Now, the facility located at 175 Hospital Drive has more reason for excitement. 

According to a press release from The Chartis Center for Rural Health, Clark Regional Medical Center recently received the organization’s 2024 Performance Leadership Award.

“We are proud to continue offering high-quality patient care to those in Clark County and throughout [E]astern 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.” 

According to its website, https://www.chartis.com/expertise/rural-health, The Chartis Center for Rural Health “provides unparalleled values to rural hospital leaders and their advocates.” 

It does so in different ways, such as “combining advanced analytics and rural-relevant benchmarks with industry-leading research and expertise.” 

Such awards recognize top-quartile performance—such as 75th percentile or above—among rural hospitals in the categories of Quality, Outcomes, and/or Patient Perspective.

Clark Regional Medical Center earned the 2024 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Outcomes. 

“The Performance Leadership Awards are based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®, which provides a comprehensive and objective framework when addressing how rural hospitals perform. Such benchmarks are relied upon by rural hospitals, hospital associations, health systems with rural footprints, 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,” stated Chartis Center for Rural Health Network Consultant Troy Brown. “It’s a tremendous honor to recognize the efforts of this year’s award winners and celebrate their achievement as part of National Rural Health Day.” 

As Smith alluded to, Clark Regional Medical Center also recently obtained a Hospital Safety Grade “A” from the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that—according to its website at https://www.leapfroggroup.org—“has served [since 2000] as America’s voice for patient safety, quality, and transparency.”