05/27/2026
Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital Names 2026 Mercy Award Winner
Chelsea Rosario, RN, BSN, recognized for demonstrating compassion and providing outstanding service to patients, hospital and local community
Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital recently announced that Chelsea Rosario, RN and the hospital’s Dialysis Manager has been recognized as the facility’s 2026 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of Lifepoint Health’s facilities who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was founded.
Established in 2001, the Mercy Award is an annual recognition program that honors the life and contributions of Scott Mercy, Lifepoint’s founding chairman and chief executive officer. The award is considered the highest honor a Lifepoint employee can receive.
“At LRH, our caring and compassionate team members are at the heart of advancing our mission – and Chelsea is a shining example of this day in and day out,” said Amy Teal, CEO of Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital. “We are so proud to recognize her many contributions to caring for patients, supporting our hospital, and serving our community. I’m grateful for Chelsea’s positive influence and the example she sets for all of us.”
Chelsea began her Lifepoint career in October 2023 as Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital’s first Dialysis Manager. She immediately started building a Hemodialysis program from the ground up and was instrumental in getting staff trained and fine tuning of policies and procedures. Chelsea worked hand in hand with the Nephrology group to get processes laid out, order sets built, and a plan for implementation of the Hemodialysis program. Chelsea led us through a lengthy Department of Health approval process and was ready when we accepted our first patient who would receive in-house hemodialysis. Chelsea is not just an asset here at LRH, she is resource and mentor to many other Lifepoint hospitals working to build their own dialysis programs. In addition, Chelsea serves on Lifepoint’s Dialysis Advisory Committee contributing to the policies, quality initiatives, and program- wide decisions.
Each facility winner, including Chelsea, will be considered for Lifepoint’s 2026 companywide Mercy Award. The companywide winner will be announced this summer and honored during a ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., in September.
About Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital
A part of Lifepoint Health, Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital is a state-of-the-art, 59-bed inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital dedicated to helping individuals regain their independence and return to the lives they love following an injury or illness.
Our rehabilitation programs provide ongoing care and specialized treatment to patients throughout their recovery journey. We offer customized, individualized rehabilitation tailored to the specific needs of those recovering from a stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, trauma, spinal cord injury, amputation, and orthopedic injury. We also have in-house HD and PD dialysis programs.
Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital is proud to be CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) Accredited with specialty programs in Stroke, Brain Injury, and Spinal Cord Injury, which showcases our commitment to high quality patient care, and excellent outcomes all in order to best serve our community.
