ISHPEMING, MI— UPHS-Bell has been recognized for its leadership in outcomes by the Chartis Center for Rural Health.
Bell has received the 2025 Performance Leadership Award, which recognizes hospitals ranking in the 75th percentile or above among rural facilities in the areas of quality, outcomes, and patient perspective.
The awards program is based on results from the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX, a comprehensive and objective framework used to assess 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.
