Castleview Hospital Recognized by Chartis as a Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital
February 13, 2025
PRICE, UT (February 13, 2025) – Castleview Hospital today announced it has been named among the 2025 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Chartis’ annual Top 100 award program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.
“The Castleview team continues to focus on safe, high-quality patient care. Their commitment is reflected in receiving this top honor for the sixth consecutive year,” said Lindsey Metelko, chief nursing officer at Castleview Hospital. “It is a privilege to serve our community and provide exceptional healthcare close to home.”
“The Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals award program elevates the very best performers and helps create a roadmap for those seeking to improve financial and operational performance while continuing to care for the communities they serve,” said Michael Topchik, Executive Director, The Chartis Center for Rural Health. “This is our 10th year recognizing the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals and we’re thrilled to be able to celebrate this milestone with this year’s winners.”
The INDEX is the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance. Leveraging publicly available data, the INDEX is utilized nationwide by rural hospitals, health systems with rural affiliates, hospital associations, and state offices of rural health to measure and monitor performance across a variety of areas impacting hospital operations and finance.
About Castleview Hospital
For over 40 years Castleview Hospital has served Carbon and Emery counties and the surrounding area with inpatient and outpatient services at its 39-bed facility and physician practices. The hospital also includes Emery Medical Center, a family practice and urgent care clinic in Castle Dale, Utah, and an Urgent Care in Price, UT. Services range from emergency care to labor and delivery to surgery and many other specialties. Castleview Hospital maintains a Gold Seal of Approval® from The Joint Commission, is an Accredited Chest Pain Center, a Stroke & Trauma Level 4 designated facility, as well as a LifePoint Health National Quality Leader. The hospital has been named a Top 100 and Top 20 rural and community hospital several times and recently received back-to-back Leapfrog “A” grades for safe, high-quality patient care.