04/30/2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Basin Clinic, Inc.
Basin Clinic, Inc. Honored for Overall Performance by
Colorado Rural Health Center
Naturita, CO, April 28, 2025 – Basin Clinic, Inc. announced today that the facility has been honored by the Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) as a Top 10 Rural Healthcare Facility for Overall Performance in rural Colorado. Presented during The Colorado Rural Healthcare Conference, the award recognizes participation in CRHC programs and reflects a commitment to quality, innovation, and service to the community.
“The Basin Clinic team is striving every day to improve our quality and patient experiences. Our staff holds weekly meetings or trainings in an effort to make improvements and increase our quality measures with the goal of improving patient outcomes. The staff and board of directors are going through an extensive strategic planning process with our Mission “To provide exceptional, compassionate healthcare” as a guiding light. We are thankful to the Colorado Rural Health Center for their assistance and direction through technical assistance, programs such as the Healthy Clinic Assessment, and their advocacy in addressing Rural Health issues at the state and federal level.” stated Executive Director, Christina Pierce.
The Top 10 Rural Healthcare Facility for Overall Performance Award recognizes 5 hospitals and 5 clinics for outstanding commitment to serving their communities. CRHC’s data team considered clinic participation in quality improvement activities, excellence in innovation, and a commitment to the health of local communities.
“Local clinics are the lifeblood of rural healthcare delivery systems. Often in conjunction with their local hospital rural clinics dutifully serve their communities and visitors alike to keep everyone healthy and thriving,” said CRHC CEO Michelle Mills. “We’re thrilled to introduce this new awards program and recognize the outstanding overall performance of the state’s top hospitals and clinics.”
About Basin Clinic
Basin Clinic, Inc. was established as a medical clinic in April 1979, receiving our nonprofit status in September 1981. The Clinic provides primary care services, emergent/urgent care services, lab work, radiology, and many other services in a frontier area known as the West End of Montrose County. Basin Clinic obtained our status as a Rural Health Clinic in 2009, running independently for the last 12 years and has operated for over 46 years serving the community of the West End.
Media Inquiries:
Christina Pierce
Basin Clinic, Inc.
cpierce@basinclinic.org
970-865-2665 x3
www.basinclinic.org
About The Colorado Rural Health Center
The Colorado Rural Health Center was established in 1991 as Colorado's State Office of Rural Health. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, CRHC serves dual roles as the State Office of Rural Health and the State Rural Health Association. The organization’s mission is to enhance healthcare services in the state by providing information, education, linkages, tools, and energy toward addressing rural health issues. CRHC’s vision is to improve healthcare services available in rural communities to ensure that all rural Coloradans have access to comprehensive, affordable, high quality healthcare. For more information visit www.coruralhealth.org, call 303-832-7493, or call toll free 800-851-6782 from rural Colorado.
