ANDALUSIA, Alabama (April 20, 2026) – Andalusia Health has been named a recipient of ScionHealth’s Platinum Award, the highest designation for clinical excellence within the company’s National Quality Strategy (NQS). This recognition places Andalusia Health among a select group of ScionHealth hospitals that achieved exceptional performance in 2025 – a noteworthy distinction given the strong quality focus across the entire system.

“We are honored to be recognized as a top performer in our company’s demanding and competitive quality program,” said Vickie Demers, CEO of Andalusia Health. “Earning a place among ScionHealth’s leading hospitals is a testament to the patient‑centered, safety‑first culture our team lives every day. Their dedication to delivering compassionate, high‑quality care is remarkable, and this honor is a meaningful acknowledgment of their hard work.”

A Culture of Excellence

The ScionHealth National Quality Strategy promotes best practices and measures the success of its hospitals’ quality performance over a 12-month period. The rigorous program enables and empowers hospitals to continuously improve patient care, safety, and satisfaction with an underlying goal of zero patient harm. The company’s Platinum Award recipients for the 2025 year outperformed all other ScionHealth hospitals while achieving exceptional quality performance.

“Since the launch of our quality program more than three years ago, Andalusia Health has continued to make remarkable progress in building a culture of safety and quality that elevates the care it provides," said Russell Pigg, President, Community Hospital Division of ScionHealth. “Earning the 2025 Platinum Award is a meaningful validation of the team’s dedication to best practices and to providing the positive experiences and outcomes our patients deserve and the community can rely on.”

NQS and the Six Domains of Quality

The NQS framework evaluates hospitals across six essential domains of healthcare quality established by the Institute of Medicine. Andalusia Health’s Platinum status was achieved through high marks in these carefully defined aspects of care: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

“The gains our hospitals have made across all six criteria since the program’s inception are validating,” said Dr. Dean French, Chief Medical Officer at ScionHealth. “Through the ScionHealth National Quality Strategy, we challenged our facilities to raise the bar in terms of patient outcomes and experiences and the safety and efficiency in which they are delivered. Only 4% of our hospitals met our highest standards in year one – nearly 20% achieved top marks in 2025, our third year of the program. Our quality initiative is producing the desired results of driving clinical and cultural best practices at Andalusia Health and across all of our hospitals.”

About Andalusia Health

A part of the ScionHealth healthcare network, Andalusia Health is a Joint Commission-accredited, 88-bed acute care facility that has served the heart of South Alabama since 1966. The hospital offers a wide range of diagnostic, therapeutic, emergency, and surgical services. Comprehensive Cancer Care is available on Andalusia Health's Campus with services provided by 21st Century Oncology, offering Radiation Oncology, and Sacred Heart Oncology, offering Chemotherapy and infusion services.

About ScionHealth

ScionHealth strives to deliver on its promise of high-quality, patient-centered hospital care by empowering the hands that heal to do what they do best. The health system is focused on driving innovation, serving its communities, and investing in people and technology to deliver compassionate patient care and excellent health outcomes. Based in Louisville, ScionHealth operates 77 hospital campuses (63 specialty hospitals and 14 community hospital campuses and associated health systems) in 26 states. For more information, please visit ScionHealth.com.