RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM RECEIVES LIFEPOINT HEALTH OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE AWARD
March 5, 2024
Rutherfordton, NC (March 1st ) – Rutherford Regional Health System was honored by Lifepoint Health at an annual awards ceremony held in Dallas, Texas on February 27. The hospital received the 2023 Operations Excellence Award for the company’s eastern division of acute care facilities.
The Lifepoint Health Operations Excellence Award recognizes outstanding overall performance across the company’s acute care, rehabilitation and behavioral health business sectors. The award is given to five facilities each year, including: one facility in each of the company’s three acute operating divisions, one inpatient rehabilitation hospital and one behavioral health hospital. The award is given to exemplary facilities that have demonstrated a strong commitment to – and measurably improved – the following areas in the prior year:
· Quality improvement;
· Service line growth;
· Talent and workforce development and engagement;
· Expanding the facility’s leadership role in the community; and
· Financial performance.
“Rutherford Regional Health System is proud to receive this award, which highlights our entire team’s commitment to strengthening hospital operations, while advancing quality and healthcare delivery in Rutherford County and the surrounding region,” said Tory Shepherd , chief executive officer at Rutherford Regional Health System. “We are guided each and every day by our mission of making communities healthier, and we look forward to continuing this momentum into 2024 and beyond.”
The award was accepted by hospital leaders Tory Shepherd, CEO; Jamie Hill, CNO; Allen Clayton, Interim CFO; John Bostwick, previous CFO. .
“The hospital has made great strides over the past year in delivering high quality patient care and meeting specific quality benchmarks, while also achieving significant volume growth across key service lines and being a strong community partner,” said Jason Zachariah, EVP and chief operating officer at Lifepoint Health. “We are very proud to recognize the Rutherford Regional Health team with this well-deserved award.”
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About Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherford Regional Health System, part of Duke Lifepoint Healthcare, is a 143-bed acute care facility that offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Rutherford Regional is dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet their healthcare needs across more than 23 medical
specialties. For more information or to connect with Rutherford Regional, visit MyRutherfordRegional.com, or find us on Facebook.
About Lifepoint Health
Lifepoint Health is a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities, and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum. Driven by a mission of making communities healthier®, the company has a growing diversified healthcare delivery network comprised of more than 50,000 dedicated employees, 60 community hospital campuses, more than 60 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals and 250 additional sites of care, including managed acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. Through its innovation strategy, Lifepoint Forward, the company is developing meaningful solutions to enhance quality, increase access to care, and improve value across the Lifepoint footprint and communities across the country. For more information about the company, visit www.LifepointHealth.net.