<center>Pictured: Members of the Dosher staff stand behind the Senior team at Dosher Memorial Hospital, Front row, L-R: Chief Financial Officer Ed Tusa, Chief Medical Officer Mesha Chadwick, MD, Chief Nursing Officer Jill Ward, and President and CEO Lynda Stanley.</center>
Dosher Recognized with 2025 Performance Leadership Award by The Chartis Center for Rural Health
Release date: January 5, 2026
Dosher Memorial Hospital announced today that they have earned a 2025 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in patient satisfaction, and was one of six (6) hospitals in North Carolina to earn this recognition. 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.
Said Lynda Stanley, President and CEO of Dosher, “We are grateful for this recognition and are deeply appreciative of the patients who trust us with their care. We are also thankful for our team of dedicated healthcare professionals, who understands Dosher’s mission to provide extraordinary care to every patient every day, and who are the reason why we have received this designation.”
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 for their 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.”
Rural Health Day is recognized each year on the third Thursday of November as an opportunity to bring attention to the important work of rural healthcare providers, communities, and organizations.
For more details about the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX, contact Billy Balfour at wbalfour@chartis.com.