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Healthgrades names America's 100 Best Hospitals for 2016; See the winners

100 Best are in the top 2 percent in the country for consistent clinical excellence, organization says.

Jeff Lagasse, Editor

Healthgrades, an online resource for information about physicians and hospitals, has named America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals for 2016.

Compared with all other hospitals, the 100 Best Hospitals had an overall 26.5 percent lower risk-adjusted, in-hospital mortality rate across the 19 procedures and conditions where mortality is the measured outcome.

Specifically, the hospitals that are among the 100 Best are in the top 2 percent in the country for consistent clinical excellence, having received a Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for at least the last three years consecutively.

[Also: Healthgrades names 260 facilities as Distinguished Hospitals for safety, quality; See the list]

Recipients of the 50 Best Hospitals Award, meanwhile, have achieved the Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for at least six consecutive years, placing them in the top 1 percent in the nation.

"From 2012-2014, if all hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals achieving Healthgrades 2016 America's 100 Best Hospitals Award, more than 170,000 lives could potentially have been saved," Healthgrades said in a statement.

Evan Marks, Healthgrades' chief strategy officer, urged consumers to "do their homework" when selecting a hospital, especially as it relates to emergency conditions, "since hospitals do not perform equally."

[Also: 1 out of 6 patients visit low-ranked hospitals, putting lives at risk, Healthgrades says]

Statistics released by Healthgrades indicate that the hospitals on its list outperform others in terms of care and treatment for ailments often cited as reasons for emergency visits. For example, Sixty-three percent of the 100 Best Hospitals had a five-star rating -- statistically representing a much lower mortality rate -- for the treatment of heart attack compared to only 12 percent for all other hospitals.

Similarly, 60 percent of hospitals on the list had a five-star rating for the treatment of stroke compared to 13 percent for all other hospitals; 80 percent had a five-star rating for the treatment of pneumonia (14 percent for all others); and 46 percent had a five-star rating for the treatment of COPD compared (6 percent for the rest).

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During the study period from 2012 to 2014, the 50 and 100 Best Hospitals showed strong performance in clinical outcomes for Medicare patients across at least 21 of 32 of the most common inpatient conditions and procedures. The performance was measured by objective performance data, such as risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications.

Here is the full list of winners, searchable by name, city and state:


Name City State Rank
Name City State Rank
Baner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix Arizona Top 100
Dignity Health- Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler Arizona Top 100
Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix Arizona Top 50
Cedars - Sinai Medical Center West Hollywood California Top 50
Eden Medical Center Castro Valley California Top 100
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach California Top 50
Huntington Memorial Hospital Pasadena California Top 50
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creel Walnut Creek California Top 50
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco California Top 100
Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center Santa Rosa California Top 100
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center Sacramento California Top 100
Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center Vallejo California Top 100
Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center Woodland Hills California Top 100
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael California Top 100
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame California Top 50
Mills Health Center San Mateo California Top 50
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge California Top 100
PIH Health Hospital - Whittier Whittier California Top 100
Providence Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana California Top 100
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center Laguna Hills California Top 50
Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla California Top 50
Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville California Top 50
White Memorial Medical Center Los Angeles California Top 100
Centura Health - Penrose Saint Francis Health Services Colorado Springs Colorado Top 50
St. Francis Medical Center Colorado Springs Colorado Top 50
Good Samaritan Medical Center Lafayette Colorado Top 100
Lutheran Medical Center Wheat Ridge Colorado Top 100
North Colorado Medical Center Greeley Colorado Top 50
Saint Joseph Hospital Denver Colorado Top 100
Delray Medical Center Delray Beach Florida Top 50
Fawcett Memorial Hospital Port Charlotte Florida Top 100
Munroe Regional Medical Center Ocala Florida Top 50
Athens Regional Medical Center Athens Georgia Top 100
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville Georgia Top 50
Piedmont Fayette Hospital Fayetteville Georgia Top 50
St. Mary's Health Care System Athens Georgia Top 100
St. Luke's Boise Medical Center Boise Idaho Top 100
Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center Oak Lawn Illinois Top 50
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove Illinois Top 50
Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village Illinois Top 50
Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana Illinois Top 50
Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights Illinois Top 50
Presence Ressurection Medical Center Chicago Illinois Top 50
St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates Illinois Top 50
Franciscan St. Francis Health - Indianapolis Indianapolis Indiana Top 100
Indiana University Health - Methodist Hospital Indianapolis Indiana Top 50
Indiana University Health - University Hospital Indianapolis Indiana Top 50
Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital Lafayette Indiana Top 100
Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Iowa Top 50
Saint Lukes Hospital Cedar Rapids Iowa Top 50
The University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City Kansas Top 50
Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans Louisiana Top 50
Ochsner Health Center - Elmwood New Orleans Louisiana Top 50
Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank Campus Terrytown Louisiana Top 50
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore Maryland Top 50
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital Baltimore Maryland Top 50
Medstar Harbor Hospital Baltimore Maryland Top 50
Baystate Medical Center Springfield Massachusetts Top 50
Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield Massachusetts Top 100
Falmouth Hospital Falmouth Massachusetts Top 100
Holy Family Hospital Methuen Massachusetts Top 100
Holy Family Hospital at Merrimack Valley Haverhill Massachusetts Top 100
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Burlington Massachusetts Top 100
Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton Massachusetts Top 100
North Shore Medical Center Salem Massachusetts Top 100
North Shore Medical Center - Union Hospital Lynn Massachusetts Top 100
Beaumont Health System - Beaumont - Troy Campus Troy Michigan Top 50
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte Michigan Top 100
Holland Hospital Holland Michigan Top 50
Mercy Health - Hackley Campus Muskegon Michigan Top 100
Metro Health Hospital Wyoming Michigan Top 100
Providence - Providence Park Hospital, Southfield Campus Southfield Michigan Top 50
Spectrum Health Medical Center - Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids Michigan Top 50
Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital Grand Rapids Michigan Top 50
AllinaHealth - Unity Hospital Fridley Minnesota Top 100
Mayo Clinic Hospital - St. Mary's Campus Rochester Minnesota Top 100
North Memorial Medical Center Robbinsdale Minnesota Top 50
Regions Hospital Saint Paul Minnesota Top 50
Heartland Regional Medical Center Saint Joseph Missouri Top 100
Concord Hospital Concord New Hampshire Top 100
Morristown Medical Center Morristown New Jersey Top 50
Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park New York Top 100
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York New York Top 50
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center New York New York Top 50
New York-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital New York New York Top 50
North Shore University Hospital Manhasset New York Top 100
North Shore University Hospital Syosset Syosset New York Top 100
Rochester General Hospital Rochester New York Top 100
Saint Peter's Hospital Albany New York Top 100
Vassar Brothers Medical Center Poughkeepsie New York Top 100
Mission Health Asheville North Carolina Top 50
Bathesda North Hospital Cincinnati Ohio Top 50
Christ Hospital Cincinnati Ohio Top 50
Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Ohio Top 100
ProMedica Toledo Hospital Toledo Ohio Top 100
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center Medford Oregon Top 100
Jefferson University Hospitals - City Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Top 100
Methodist Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania Top 100
Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster Pennsylvania Top 50
Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood Pennsylvania Top 100
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest Allentown Pennsylvania Top 50
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Top 100
AnMed Health - AnMed Health Medical Center Anderson South Carolina Top 50
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System - St. Francis - Downtown Greenville South Carolina Top 100
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston Texas Top 50
Scott and White Memorial Hospital Temple Texas Top 100
St. David's Medical Center Austin Texas Top 100
Heart Hospital of Austin Austin Texas Top 100
St. David's Georgetown Hospital Georgetown Texas Top 100
Augusta Health Fishersville Virginia Top 50
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Mechanicsville Virginia Top 50
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle Washington Top 100
Aurora St.Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee Wisconsin Top 50
Aurora Sinai Medical Center Milwaukee Wisconsin Top 50
Saint Lukes Medical Center Cudahy Wisconsin Top 50
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center La Crosse Wisconsin Top 50

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