Syracuse Area Health (SAH) is an award-winning 10-bed Critical Access Hospital and a designated Level IV Trauma Center serving Southeast Nebraska. The hospital offers a surgery facility, specialty clinic, rehab, lab, and radiology including CT and MRI.
Syracuse Area Health has two family practice clinics, with one connected to the main hospital campus and the second located north of Weeping Water, Neb. with a retail pharmacy attached. SAH is also home to Strasburger Orthopaedics, with clinics located in Lincoln, Syracuse, and Nebraska City.
Syracuse Area Health has garnered multiple prestigious awards, demonstrating a priority placed on patient satisfaction and employee satisfaction as core values.
In 2024, for the third year in a row, SAH was named a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) for Patient Satisfaction in the U.S. by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA).
SAH has also been recognized as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare in 2024, highlighting employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
Beyond that, SAH has been selected by Huron as a 2024 Excellence in Healthcare award winner, chosen as their sole winner in the Patient Excellence category, credited to innovative care delivery models resulting in excellent patient satisfaction scores across all 10 HCAHPS domains.
As a winner of the 2023 Guardian of Excellence Award® by Press Ganey, SAH is in the top 5% of healthcare providers nationwide delivering an excellent employee experience.
Additionally, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services granted SAH the Rural Provider Excellence in Quality Award in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for Top 10 performance in quality among all Nebraska Critical Access Hospitals.
As Syracuse Area Health continues to grow and achieve new milestones, the organization remains committed to providing the highest standard of healthcare for Southeast Nebraskans.