Heartland Health

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Heartland Health is very proud to receive the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honour for quality and organizational performance excellence.

Heartland Health is a unique health-care system, comprised of four fully-integrated entities which include a Heartland Regional Medical Center, Heartland Clinic, Heartland foundation and a Community Health Improvement Solutions. Heartland Regional Medical Center and Heartland Clinic provide their community with the best and safest care by managing acute and chronic disease, illness and injury in a clinical setting. Organization seeks to improve the health of area individuals and communities and to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place, at the right cost with outcomes second to none. They are also committed to improving the health of their community, one individual at a time.

They believe that employees and medical staff are the key to their success. They are here to provide exceptional care and service in an honest, respectful, trustworthy and caring manner. In return they expect individuals to be responsible for their own and their family's health. They are committed to their charitable, not-for-profit status with local ownership and governance.

As an organization made up of people dedicated to continuous improvement, at Heartland Health, they constantly measure their performance against other regional and national hospitals and organizations, to ensure that they provide the best possible care to their patients and demonstrate quality in all that they do. At Heartland, they are committed to constant evaluation and improvement to best serve their community and the region.