This was an aricle I found on WebMD:

"America's 50 Best Hospitals" Listed

WebMD) HealthGrades, a health care ratings company, today released its second annual "America's 50 Best Hospitals Report."

The hospitals on the list "have demonstrated superior clinical quality for the most consecutive years" from 2003 to 2008, states the report.

The list is based on Medicare data on mortality, in-hospital complications, and HealthGrades' Distinguished Hospital Award in clinical excellence.

The data specifically focus on 27 procedures and diagnoses, including heart attack, hip fracture, pneumonia, and stroke, but not cancer.

America's 50 Best Hospitals List For 2008

Here is the full list of the 50 best hospitals in the U.S. in alphabetical order, which is how they appear in HealthGrades' 2008 report.
Akron General Medical Center in Akron, Ohio

Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Ill.

Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Ky.

Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Fla.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles

Centura Health-Penrose St. Francis Health Services in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Christ Hospital in Cincinnati

CJW Medical Center - Chippenham Campus in Richmond, Va.

Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland

Community Hospital in Munster, Ind.

Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati

Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla.

Easton Hospital in Easton, Pa.

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (including Highland Park Hospital) in Evanston, Ill. and Highland Park, Ill.

Fairview Hospital in Cleveland

Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc, Mich.

Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale, Calif.

Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles

Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J.

Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa.

Henrico Doctors' Hospital (including Henrico Doctors' Hospital-Parham) in Richmond, Va.

Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio

Holms Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla.

Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va.

Jewish Hospital (including St. Mary and St. Elizabeth Hospital) in Louisville, Ky.

Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, Pa.

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce, Fla.

Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa.

Main Line Hospitals - Lankenau in Wynnewood, Pa.

Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix

Memorial Healthcare System in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mercy Hospital Scranton in Scranton, Pa.

Mission Hospitals (including St. Joseph's Hospital) in Asheville, N.C.

Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Fla.

Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich.

Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Fla.

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in Palm Beach Garden, Fla.

Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas

Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, Ill.

St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta

Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla.

Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio

St. Elizabeth Medical Center - South in Edgewood, Ky.

St. John's Hospital Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif.

St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo.

St. Luke's Hospital (including St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown campus) in Bethlehem, Pa. and Allentown, Pa.

St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn.

Summa Health Systems Hospitals in Akron, Ohio

William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.
Veterans Affairs and military hospitals weren't eligible for the list.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/25/health/webmd/main3874911.shtml

Does anyone on NL work/worked at any of these hospitals? If so, are they as good as the article states?

Wow, I did not realize that procedures were what it was based on. I assumed that it was a number of things, including pay to employees, working conditions, etc...

NEVER CHECKED IT OUT

charlita, I think I'm a sponge for information. Also the years of being a travel nurse, you pick up things you ordinarily wouldn't.