Top Hospitals Across United States Ranked Based on Patient Mortality (1st time ever)

Medscape ^ | January 26, 2011 | Emma Hitt, PhD

[finnsheep]

Oh great! The best on closest to us is Mercy Hospital in Scranton, PA which we hear is being sold because of the excessive costs necessitated by Obamacare.

[lonestar]

I don’t think they go to Brownsville.

I LOL!

My local hospital is known as "No Hope."

[goseminoles]

“Some of the best hospitals get the most challenging cases and that makes their mortality numbers look bad.”

Yep. Shands, Mayo, John Hopkins..

[TASMANIANRED]

The Listing for Louisville, Ky....lists a hospital in Indiana.

[Moonman62]

Some of the best hospitals get the most challenging cases and that makes their mortality numbers look bad.

The article claims that their ratings are risk adjusted.

[Moonman62]

I would like to say something good about Memorial Pembroke and Memorial West which are both in Pembroke Pines Florida and rated in the top 5% in the nation. These two hospitals are public and part of the South Broward Hospital District. Their tax rate is low (it is part of property taxes), and they usually lower it year after year. They also do a lot of charity work.

While they aren't perfect I've been to both hospitals a few times and it's usually a very good experience. In the few areas where they are lacking I've noticed them making improvements since I've been going there over the past few years. On occasion I've heard employees in the community (for instance, in the supermarket) talk to others about how they like working there. If only all public institutions did such a good job.

[dblup]

Sure, the next time I take a loved one in for successful cancer treatment, as we just did with my mother, I’ll turn up my nose at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and head straight to Brownsville, Texas.

NOT!!!