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Hermiston resource center receives national recognition

Tri-City Herald
The Good Shepherd Health Care System has received the Critical Access Hospital Recognition certificate. Juli Gregory, director of education, in center front, is accompanied by, clockwise, Cyndelle Deleon Wood, A. Summer Crane, Ina Abercrombie, Jessica McKay, Whitney Craig, Corrina Herrera, Nichole Cribbs, Kathy Thomas, Vanessa Licea, Tricia Wattenburger, Maritza Madrigal-Guzman, Elizabeth Sperr, Beth Thomas and Alyssa Torres.
The Good Shepherd Health Care System has received the Critical Access Hospital Recognition certificate. Juli Gregory, director of education, in center front, is accompanied by, clockwise, Cyndelle Deleon Wood, A. Summer Crane, Ina Abercrombie, Jessica McKay, Whitney Craig, Corrina Herrera, Nichole Cribbs, Kathy Thomas, Vanessa Licea, Tricia Wattenburger, Maritza Madrigal-Guzman, Elizabeth Sperr, Beth Thomas and Alyssa Torres. Contributed photo

The Good Shepherd Health Care System in Hermiston has received a Critical Access Hospital Recognition certificate.

The certificate was established by the National Rural Health Resource Center to recognize excellent work in critical access hospitals throughout the country. The recognition promotes excellence and innovation and honors the achievements and results of critical access hospitals, while also publicizing successful strategies.

Good Shepherd, a progressive nonprofit community health system, received the certificate for its progressive health care transformation and outstanding innovation in care coordination, according to a news release.

This story was originally published February 26, 2016 at 3:58 PM with the headline "Hermiston resource center receives national recognition."

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