Toggle search bar menu Home News and Events News Feed Brookings Health Named a Top 20 Rural Community Hospital for Fourth Time Brookings Health Named a Top 20 Rural Community Hospital for Fourth Time April 07, 2021 Health system also named to Top 100 list Inpatient Care Nurse Kim Gray, RN, listens to an ICU patient’s lungs at Brookings Health System. The health system was again named a Top 20 Rural Community Hospital by the NHRA, the fourth time Brookings Health has received the honor. It was the only hospital in South Dakota to achieve the honor in 2021. Brookings Health System was recently named a 2021 Top 20 Rural Community Hospital in the United States, the only hospital in South Dakota to achieve the honor in 2021. “The fact that we remained a Top 20 hospital during such a challenging year speaks volumes about our team’s dedication to providing high-quality, compassionate, personalized health care to our patients,” said President and CEO Jason Merkley. “Our community can feel proud about the caliber of healthcare available locally from our excellent team of medical specialists, healthcare professionals and ancillary staff.” This is the fourth time in five years the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) has named Brookings Health to the elite Top 20 list. The health system will be recognized at an awards ceremony during NRHA’s Rural Hospital Innovation Summit on May 21 in San Diego. The NRHA honors the 20 highest-ranked prospective payment system hospitals in the country based on an evaluation by The Chartis Center for Rural Health using iVantage Health Analytics’ Hospital Strength INDEX®. In addition, for the sixth consecutive year Brookings Health has been included by The Chartis Center for Rural Health on the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals list. The annual award honors rural hospital performance also as determined by the results of iVantage Health Analytics’ Hospital Strength INDEX®. Based entirely on publicly available data, the INDEX is the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance. Utilizing 50 independent indicators, the INDEX assesses performance across eight pillars of performance that span market-, value- and finance-based categories. Hospitals recognized as a Top 20 facility had one of the 20 highest overall scores among all Rural & Community Hospitals nationally, automatically qualifying them in the Top 100 category. The list of this year’s Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals, as well as the 2021 INDEX methodology, can be found at ivantageindex.com/top-performing-hospitals. More information about Brookings Health System’s care quality can be found at brookingshealth.org/Quality. About Brookings Health System Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic & Optical, and medical clinics in Arlington, White and Volga, South Dakota. It is a non-profit, city-owned facility that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and extended care services. Brookings Hospital provides local access to doctors in Brookings and offers robotic da Vinci surgery and Mako robotic-arm assisted procedures, making it one of the premier rural community hospitals in South Dakota. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org. 300 22nd Ave. Brookings, SD 57006 Phone: (605) 696-9000 Footer Social Brookings Health System on Facebook Brookings Health System on Instagram Brookings Health System on Twitter Brookings Health System on YouTube Latest News Repercussions of a Pandemic A year ago during the holiday season Brookings Health cared for its highest number of COVID-19 patients to date. Thanks to the vaccine and advancements in treatments, Brookings Hospital hasn't housed as many critically ill COVID patients at one time this fall, but the effects of the pandemic are still at play. View All News I Want To: Make a Donation Pay My Bill Apply for a Job Volunteer View Newborns Stay Connected Sign up to receive the Inspiring Health E-newsletter via email. Email Address First Name First Last Name Last Inspiring Health E-Newsletter Weekly Pregnancy E-Newsletter Neighborhood News E-Newsletter Footer Bottom Web Privacy Policy Privacy Employee Login Contact Us © 2021 Brookings Health System. All Rights Reserved.