Becker's Hospital Review

35 CRITICAL ACCESS hospital, located 60 miles west of Madison, Wis., and 65 miles east of La Crosse, Wis., has been accepting patients since 1924, when it was located in a mansion. Today, patients regard Richland Hospital highly, as it is one of just 336 hospitals to earn a five-star rating from CMS based on HCAHPS survey results. Patients are not the only ones who rate the hospital highly: iVantage Health Analytics has named Richland Hos- pital as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital four times, most recently in 2015. e National Rural Health Association also highly regards the hospital, naming it a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital this year. River Falls (Wis.) Area Hospital. is award-win- ning critical access hospital is part of Minneapo- lis-based Allina Health. River Falls Area Hospital has served its community — which lies roughly 40 miles east of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. — since its found- ing in 1939 and has been on its current campus since 1992. About 250 employees work at River Falls Area Hospital, and about 155 physicians are on staff. e hospital has earned the Healthgrades Outstanding Pa- tient Experience Award each year since 2013, and this year the hospital also received the Women's Choice Award for America's Best Hospitals: Emergency Care. Tahoe Forest Hospital (Truckee, Calif.). Tahoe Forest Hospital has served its northeastern Califor- nia community since 1952. Its service area covers six counties, two states and roughly 3,500 square miles. Patients have raved on their HCAHPS surveys, earn- ing the hospital a five-star rating on CMS' Hospital Compare based on the results. In 2013, the hospital earned the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades. Transylvania Regional Hospital (Brevard, N.C.). Transylvania Regional Hospital was formed in 1933 and is now part of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health. e hospital, situated in southwest North Carolina, boasts 120 active, consulting and courtesy physicians. For the fourth year in a row in 2014, the hospital was named one of the nation's top perform- ers on key quality measures by the Joint Commission. Additionally, iVantage Health Analytics has named Transylvania Regional as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital four times, most recently in 2015. e Na- tional Rural Health Association also named it as a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital this year. University Hospitals Geneva (Ohio) Medical Center. is critical access hospital is part of Cleve- land-based University Hospitals healthcare system. As such, UH Geneva — sitting on the shores of Lake Erie — provides community-based healthcare with direct access to the clinical and research expertise of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleve- land. UH Geneva boasts representation in more than 25 medical specialties and has served the community since 1906. It is one of just nine critical access hospi- tals with a teaching program, according to American Hospital Directory, and it earned two Healthgrades awards recently: the Patient Safety Excellence Award this year and the Pulmonary Care Excellence Award in 2014 and 2015. Waldo County General Hospital (Belfast, Maine). Waldo County General Hospital first opened its doors to patients in 1904. is 111-year-old hospital is lo- cated next to the ocean about 45 miles east of Bangor, Maine. In addition to having a four-star rating from CMS' Hospital Compare based on patient satisfaction scores, it has been named a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital four times by iVantage Health Analytics, most recently in 2015. West River Regional Medical Center (Hettinger, N.D.). is nationally recognized hospital is tucked away in southwestern North Dakota. e hospital offers 20 acute beds, two beds in an intensive care unit and three beds in a birthing unit, as well as four outpatient rooms. e National Rural Health Associ- ation has named West River Regional Medical Center as a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital two years in a

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