UnityPoint: UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine earns performance leadership award

UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine earns performance leadership award As part of National Rural Health Day, UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine is proud to announce it has earned a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in outcomes, a news release says. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards celebrate rural hospitals that rank in the top 25% nationwide for quality, outcomes and/or patient perspective. (UnityPoint Health Trinity - Muscatine Campus) "We have always been strongly committed to providing the best care possible for the Muscatine community, and this award goes to show how far our efforts have come," says Rhonda Sowards, MD, medical director, Trinity Muscatine Emergency Department. "We want the Muscatine community to know we are invested in their health and well-being, and they can always trust they will receive exceptional care when they walk through our doors." The Performance Leadership Awards are 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, the release says. "The Performance Leadership Awards capture the commitment, diligence and innovation with which America's rural hospitals approach the delivery of care within their communities," says Troy Brown, Network Consultant, The Chartis Center for Rural Health. "It's a tremendous honor to be able to recognize the efforts of this year's award winners and celebrate their achievement as part of National Rural Health Day." Trinity Muscatine, in partnership with the Community Health Foundation, recently celebrated the opening of the new Mulberry Health Clinic. The new three-story, 42,000 square foot building allows for future expansion including multi-use space for services like telehealth, primary care, behavioral health and community health. Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WHBF - OurQuadCities.com.