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Awards & Honors

Awards & Honors

Named one of 100 noteworthy hospitals in its annual “Critical Access Hospitals to Know” list.

Award badge: 'Top 20 Critical Access Hospital 2026 Overall Winner' with Rural Health Association logo on the left.

2026, 2018

Named one of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in the nation

Award badge: '100 Critical Access Top Hospital 2026' with Chartis logo on dark blue background

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023,  2021, 2020,  2019, 20182017, 2015, 2014 

Named one of the 100 top Critical Access Hospitals in the nation

Award badge reading 'TOP WORK PLACES 2026' with a Great Plains logo on a blue base

2026 

Jefferson Community Health & Life has received recognition as a Great Plains Top Workplace for 2026.

Award badge reading 'bucketlist Frontline Workers Top Workplaces 2026' with a blue border and a yellow ribbon Perth? (blue border badge with logo and ribbon)

2025 

Jefferson Community Health & Life has received recognition as a Top Healthcare Workplace for Frontline Workers for 2026.

2025 

Jefferson Community Health & Life earned 5 Stars in the National Rural Rating System for Quarter 3 and Quarter 4, 2025.

2025 

Jefferson Community Health & Life Fairbury Clinic has received the Target: BP Gold Award for 2025

2025 

Jefferson Community Health & Life has received recognition as a Top Healthcare Workplace for 2025.

2025 

Jefferson Community Health & Life has received recognition with a Culture Award for Appreciation for 2025.

2025 

Jefferson Community Health & Life has received recognition with a Culture Award for Professional Development for 2025.

2025 

Jefferson Community Health & Life has received recognition with a Culture Award for Employee Well-Being for 2025.

2025 

Jefferson Community Health & Life has received the American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines – Target Survival recognition for 2025.

2025  2024

Jefferson Community Health & Life has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Rural Recognition Silver award for 2025, and the Bronze award for 2024.

Banner announcing the Performance Leadership Award 2025 with a blue compass-style logo and Chartis as sponsor

2025, 2024

Named a performance leader in quality.

 2023, 2022, 2021

Named a performance leader in quality and patient perspective.

2020

Named a performance leader in patient perspective.

2019, 2018, 20172016

Named a performance leader in quality, outcomes and patient perspective

2020

Named Top 20 Critical Access Hospital for Quality

Named OnCon Icon Top 100 Executive Teams winner for 2023.

Named OnCon Icon Top 50 Operational Teams winner for 2023.

Medicare Star Ratings

2025

Gardenside received a 5 Star rating in the spring of 2025

2024

Gardenside received a 5 Star rating in February 2024

2023-24

Gardenside received a 4 star rating in October 2023.

2008-2023

Gardenside received 5 Star Quality Rating.

Nebraska-Safety-Council-Workplace-Safety-Award

2022, 2019, 2015

Received the Spirit award in 2022 for the Nebraska Safety Council Workplace Safety Award

Received the Spirit award in 2019 for the Nebraska Safety Council Workplace Safety Award

Received Star level in 2015 for the Nebraska Safety Council Workplace Safety Award

2018

Named one of the 20 top Critical Access Hospitals in the nation

Named among the top HEALTHSTRONG hospitals in 2015

2015

Named among the top HEALTHSTRONG hospitals in the nation

Gardenside Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award 2017

2017

Gardenside: Received the Bronze Commitment to Quality Award for residential care