Performance Leadership Award for Quality & Patient Perspective
Unity Medical Center Recognized with 2025 Performance Leadership Award
by The Chartis Center for Rural Health
Grafton, ND, November 20, 2025 – As part of National Rural Health Day, Unity Medical Center today announced it has earned a 2025 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in both Quality and Patient Perspective Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The Performance Leadership Awards program recognizes top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes, and/or Patient Perspective.
The Performance Leadership Awards program is 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 areas of quality, outcomes, and patient perspective are cornerstones of healthcare delivery across rural America, and this year's Performance Leadership Award recipients are establishing a standard of excellence fo rtheir rural peers to follow," said Michael Topchik, Executive Director, Chartis Center for Rural Health. “We are delighted to shine a spotlight on such strong performance and honor the achievement of these hospitals on National Rural Health Day.”
For more details about the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX, contact Billy Balfour at wbalfour@chartis.com.
