{"id":4821,"date":"2025-12-12T20:14:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wdcsd.com\/staged\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:14:47","slug":"prairie-lakes-healthcare-system-named-to-forbes-top-hospitals-2026-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wdcsd.com\/staged\/prairie-lakes-healthcare-system-named-to-forbes-top-hospitals-2026-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Prairie Lakes Healthcare System Named to Forbes&#8217; Top Hospitals 2026 List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>WATERTOWN, S.D. \u2013 December 9, 2025 \u2013<\/b>\u00a0Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS), a division of Sanford Health, has been named to the inaugural <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/top-hospitals\/\" data-outlook-id=\"3e9c44d4-da33-46f5-97d9-2d0bd0e6ae4f\">Forbes\u2019 Top Hospitals 2026 list<\/a><\/u>, a national ranking of general acute-care hospitals recognized for delivering high-quality, safe, and value-driven care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Forbes Top Hospitals 2026 list evaluates hospitals nationwide using publicly reported quality measures from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, including patient outcomes, hospital best practices, value and patient experience. The methodology gives the most weight \u2014 55% \u2014 to patient outcomes such as mortality, readmissions, and infection rates, and it adjusts for social determinants of health to ensure fair comparisons across communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Of the approximately 5,400 eligible U.S. acute-care hospitals, close to 2,500 met the methodology\u2019s inclusion criteria. From these, only 253 earned an overall 5-star rating, placing PLHS among a select group of high-performing hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cWe are honored to be included on the inaugural Forbes Top Hospitals list,\u201d said John Allen, president and CEO of PLHS. \u201cThis recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional, patient-centered care to the communities we serve across northeast South Dakota and western Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This honor adds to a growing list of achievements, becoming Prairie Lakes Healthcare System\u2019s fifth national recognition this year. To view a full list of Prairie Lakes accomplishments, please visit <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prairielakes.com\/our-achievements\/\" data-outlook-id=\"26c98bf0-3bfc-4729-be55-ef366f2b0003\">prairielakes.com\/achievements<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATERTOWN, S.D. \u2013 December 9, 2025 \u2013\u00a0Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS), a division of Sanford Health, has been named to the inaugural Forbes\u2019 Top Hospitals 2026 list, a national ranking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","_ppwix_destination_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prairie Lakes Healthcare System Named to Forbes&#039; 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