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SHELBY — Trinity Health Shelby Hospital has been recognized as a 2026 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by the Chartis Center for Rural Health.
The Top 100 awards program celebrates outstanding performance annually among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX, states a press release from Trinity Health West Michigan.
Trinity Health Shelby Hospital was one of only two hospitals in Michigan to be named in the Top 100 and was recognized based on these pillars of performance:
- Inpatient market share
- Outpatient market share
- Quality
- Outcomes
- Patient perspective
- Cost
- Charge
- Financial efficiency
Serving patients in the Northern Network, consisting of Oceana and Mason counties and the White Lake area, with high-quality care closer to home, Trinity Health Shelby provides 24-hour emergency care as a Level IV trauma center, 3D mammography, labs, radiology and much more.
“The Trinity Health Shelby team strives every day to provide the highest quality care possible to our patients,” said Senior Vice President of Operations John Foss, PA-C, MBA. “This recognition highlights how committed our team is to providing care to our community. I am proud of our Trinity Health Shelby team and excited to continue our mission of being a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our community.”
Leveraging publicly available data, the INDEX is utilized nationwide by rural hospitals, health systems with rural affiliates, hospital associations, and state offices of rural health to measure and monitor performance across a variety of areas impacting hospital operations, quality, patient perspective and finance.
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