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36 CRITICAL ACCESS row, in 2014 and 2015, and iVantage Health Analytics has placed the hospital on the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals list twice, most recently in 2015. Whitman Hospital and Medical Center (Colfax, Wash.). Whitman Hospital and Medical Center opened in May 1893 and has continued to grow, boasting more than 200 employees and 47 physicians today. It has been in its current building since 1968 and serves a 1,200-square-mile district. is year, for the first time, iVantage Health Analytics named WHMC as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital, and the hospital earned the Award of Excellence from Qualis Health this year for its readmission reduction project. Winneshiek Medical Center (Decorah, Iowa). Winneshiek Medical Center has served people in northeast Iowa and southeast Minnesota since 1914 and is now the second-largest critical access hospi- tal in Iowa. e hospital has a professional services agreement and collaborative relationship with Roch- ester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, in which Mayo Clinic Health System physicians provide primary and specialty care at Winneshiek Medical Center while the county maintains ownership of the hospital. Winneshiek Medical Center has been on the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals list from iVantage Health Analytics three times, most recently in 2015, and also has a spot on the National Rural Health Association's 2015 Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals list. Yoakum (Texas) Community Hospital. Yoakum Community Hospital has a history dating back to 1922, but it didn't join the ranks of critical access hospitals until 2004 when it achieved its designation. It has been owned by Dallas-based Community Hos- pital Corp. since 2006. e hospital's patients tend to rate it highly on their patient satisfaction surveys, as Yoakum Community Hospital earned a four-star rating on CMS' Hospital Compare this year. n athenahealth delivers cloud-based HIS solutions ideal for rural, community and critical access hospitals, helping them thrive through change and focus on patient care. Recognized as an industry leader, athenahealth received five 2013 Best in KLAS awards, including #1 Overall Software Vendor and #1 Patient Portal. Unlike conventional health IT systems, athenahealth combines cloud-based software, networked knowledge and back-office services to keep more than 62,000 providers prepared for industry change—everything from Meaningful Use to value-based payment models. Cloud-based software is continually updated at no extra charge, with a single version available to all providers at once, ensuring physi- cian alignment across the care continuum. athenahealth alleviates administrative burden by taking on paperwork, tracking claims, managing pre-registration and more. With athenahealth as a partner, practices and hospitals are well-equipped to thrive today and in an uncertain future.