Our Quality

Dosher Memorial Hospital is proud of its focus on quality care. Dosher has among the lowest post-operative infection rates in the State of North Carolina, has received, has received national respiratory care quality awards, and has the distinction of full accreditation in all of its diagnostic imaging modalities.

Recent Awards and Designations

Dosher Wound Care Center Recognized with National Award for Patient Satisfaction and Wound Healing Rates
In 2026, the Dosher Wound Care Center was awarded the prestigious Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Clinical Excellence Award by Healogics, the nation's largest provider of advanced wound care services. This Center has scored in the top 10 percent of eligible Healogics® Wound Care Centers® on the Clinical Excellence measure, which is the Comprehensive Healing Rate weighted by wound mix. This award is named for Dr. Robert A. Warriner III, a pioneer in wound care and the former Chief Medical Officer for Healogics. Dosher was also awarded the prestigious Center of Distinction designation, for achieving outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including a patient satisfaction rate higher than 92 percent.

The Dosher Wound Care Center offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections, and other chronic wounds. Advanced wound care modalities provided by our wound care experts include negative pressure wound therapy, total contact casting, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings, and growth factor therapies. Dosher also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which works by surrounding the patient with 100 percent oxygen to help accelerate wound healing.

Dosher Receives Advanced Hip and Knee Recertification from DNV
In 2025, Dosher Memorial Hospital was recertified for Advanced Hip & Knee Replacement from DNV. This certification affirms an organization’s excellence in orthopedic surgery within the scope of hip and knee arthroplasty and related procedures inclusive of initial diagnostic services, surgical services, and therapies related to hip and knee replacement care. Dosher was first certified for Hip & Knee in 2023. In 2021, Dosher took a significant step toward enhancing its orthopedics program through the implementation of robotic arm assisted surgery for hip and knee replacement and is recognized as a regional leader in orthopedic care.




Lynda Stanley is Honored as Critical Access Hospital CEO to Know
Lynda Stanley, President and CEO of Dosher Memorial Hospital, has been named in the 2025 edition of the Becker’s Hospital Review “Critical access hospital presidents and CEO’s to know” list. The Becker's Hospital Review editorial team accepted nominations for this list and curated it to highlight the accomplishments of these leaders, including those who are driving growth, strengthening partnerships, expanding access to care, and improving the health and wellbeing of their communities.

A media release about the list published by Becker’s states, “The leaders featured on this list are innovative, strategic thinkers who continually reimagine how to elevate safety, quality, outcomes and service offerings, often while navigating recruitment and retention challenges. Guided by a deep understanding of the vital role critical access hospitals play, they remain dedicated to sustaining and strengthening healthcare in their communities.”










Dosher Recognized with 2025 Performance Leadership Award by The Chartis Center for Rural Health
Dosher 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.

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.

Dosher Receives 5 Star Patient Survey Rating
Dosher Memorial Hospital was informed through the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) that the hospital earned a 5-star rating on their patient surveys. The rating system, which is based on a 0 – 5 scale, contains 22 questions related to patient care, including responsiveness of hospital staff, communication with doctors and nurses, cleanliness of hospital environment, and communication about medication. Dosher scored above the North Carolina as well as the national averages in all categories. Dosher is one of eight hospitals in North Carolina who publicly report data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and one of 295 hospitals out of 3,207 in the United States who publicly report data, who have achieved this 5-star rating.

The referenced HCAHPS Star Rating is based on surveys from patients who were discharged between January 2023 and December 2023 and was included in public reporting in October, 2024. To read more about the HCAHPS Survey, visit www.hcahpsonline.org.