Brookings Health System is a nonprofit city-owned health system that offers a range of inpatient, outpatient, surgery, home health and extended care services to Brookings and around 20 surrounding communities. The health system consists of a 49-bed hospital, a 79-bed nursing home, living apartments for seniors, one medical center, two medical clinics and one eye clinic. Brooking Health System has been named a Top 20 Rural Community Hospital by the National Rural Hospital Association five times in the past six years. The Chartis Center for Rural Health awarded the health system with a Performance Leadership Award every year since 2017. In 2022, Brookings swept all three award categories: quality, outcome and patient perspective. Brookings was also featured on Newsweek‘s list of World Best Hospitals in 2021 then reappeared 50 spots higher in 2022.
