Fairview Hospital Named Among Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in the U.S.  

  

GREAT BARRINGTON — Fairview Hospital, an affiliate of Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) in Great Barrington, has been named one of the 20 highest-ranked critical access hospitals (CAHs) in the country as determined by the Chartis Center for Rural Health and announced by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA).   

  

Fairview achieved two Top 20 recognition awards, the first for Overall Hospital Performance based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance Index and its eight indices: inpatient market share, outpatient market share, quality outcomes, patient perspective, cost, charge, and finance. The second award was for Best Practice Achievement for Patient Perspective: a rating of hospital performance based on percentile rank across all 10 HCAHPS domains. 

  

“We are incredibly proud of all of our staff at Fairview Hospital,” said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems. “Thanks to their hard work and dedication, BHS is able to provide the highest quality patient care and the best possible patient experience for everyone in our community, especially those in the most rural parts of our region.” 

  

Executive Vice President of Fairview, Anthony Rinaldi Jr., added, “every person on our team plays an important role in Fairview’s performance by providing our patients excellent care.  We are thrilled to receive this national recognition which is a result of the commitment that every individual brings to their work each day to exceed our patients’ expectations.”  

  

The hospital has been invited to an awards ceremony that will be held during NRHA’s Critical Access Hospital Conference in September in Kansas City, Mo.