March 28, 2024

iVantage names Clarke County Hospital top 100 critical access hospital

Clarke County Hospital in Osceola was recently named one of the iVantage Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the United States.

“Clarke County Hospital is proud of the efforts of its practitioners and staff who have contributed to our hospital achieving this designation,” said Brian Evans, chief executive officer of Clarke County Hospital. “Our practitioners and staff are dedicated to providing high quality care to our community members. Recognition as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital validates the caring, compassionate care that these team members provide each and every day.”

Clarke County Hospital scored in the top 100 of Critical Access Hospitals on the iVantage Hospital Strength INDEX™. The INDEX is the industry’s most comprehensive rating of US acute care hospitals, and the only one to include the country’s 1,300 CAHs.

The results recognize the top 100 critical access hospitals provide a safety net to communities across rural America – measuring them across 62 different performance metrics, including quality, outcomes, patient perspective, affordability, population risk and efficiency.

“Rural health care deserves the same performance analysis as all provider performance. It plays a vital role for communities across America, serving nearly 80 million people. The services provided in rural America are similar to those needed in any major metropolitan area, yet the volumes and economic resources provide little economies of scale, making for little benefit from scale. These top 100 Critical Access Hospitals exhibit a focused concern for their community benefits and needs, regardless of scale, reimbursement and people’s ability to pay,” said Michael Topchik, senior vice president of iVantage Health Analytics.

For more information about Clarke County Hospital, visit their website at www.clarkehosp.org

About iVantage Health Analytics

iVantage is a leading advisory and business analytic services company applying Accelerated Health care Transformation™ and the VantagePoints™ platform to drive sustained, evidence-based results. The company’s unique combination of technology, content, and expert advisory services accelerates decision making for the new health care.