Here Are 7 Colorado Hospitals Ranking Among America’s Best

COLORADO – Seven hospitals in Colorado are among the top 250 hospitals in the country for 2019, according to a new list released by Healthgrades. Published on Tuesday, the list identifies the top 250, the top 100 and the top 50 hospitals in the United States.

Healthgrades said that its analysis revealed that on average, the hospitals on its list outperformed others in treating a core group of conditions that account for more than 80 percent of deaths in the areas evaluated for the rankings.

Two Colorado hospitals placed into the top 50 in the country. Those were Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, and Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge.

The hospitals that place in the top 50 in the country are in the top 1 percent of hospitals in the nation “for providing overall clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of conditions and procedures consistently for six or more consecutive years,” according to Healthgrades. The hospitals in the top 100 are in the top 2 percent of hospitals in the country “for exhibiting clinical excellence for five or more consecutive years,” Healthgrades says. The top 250 hospitals are in the top 5 percent for overall clinic excellence for the current year.

The Colorado hospitals ranked among the top 250 in the country are:

• Good Samaritan Medical Center Lafayette, CO (Top 50)
• Lutheran Medical Center Wheat Ridge, CO (Top 50)
• Porter Adventist Hospital Denver, CO (Top 100)
• Poudre Valley Hospital Fort Collins, CO (Top 100)
• University of Colorado Hospital - Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion Aurora, CO (Top 100)
• North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO (Top 250)
• Sky Ridge Medical Center Lone Tree, CO (Top 250)

The hospitals listed above are organized alphabetically and are not ranked in any particular order. Healthgrades’ complete list of the top 250 hospitals are organized by state and are also not ranked in any order.

Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance for 32 procedures and conditions and in order to be eligible for the list, a hospital must have evaluations in at least 21 of the procedures and conditions. After identifying eligible hospitals, Healthgrades has a series of steps it uses to compile the list of the top 250 hospitals. The procedures and conditions evaluated by Healthgrades include heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke. (You can read the full methodology here.)

You can see the full list of hospitals from Healthgrades here.

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By Feroze Dhanoa, Patch National Staff

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