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42 POPULATION HEALTH 42 CEO/STRATEGY Healthgrades names 'America's Best Hospitals' 2019 By Alyssa Rege H ealthgrades released its annual "Amer- ica's Best Hospitals" list on Feb. 12. For the first time, Healthgrades opted to release one consolidated list instead of two awards. In years past, the company released the Healthgrades Dis- tinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, representing the top 250 hospitals in the U.S., and America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals. Recipients named among the 250 best hos- pitals represent the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation. Here are the top 50 hospitals ranked among America's Best Hospitals 2019 by Healthgrades. Hospitals are listed by state: Arizona Dignity Health-Chandler Regional Medical Center Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) California Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) Hoag Hospital Newport Beach John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) Mills Health Center (San Mateo) Northridge Hospital Medical Center Providence Tarzana Medical Center Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) Sutter Roseville Medical Center Colorado Good Samaritan Medical Center (Lafayette) Lutheran Medical Center (Wheat Ridge) North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley) Florida Delray Medical Center (Delray Beach) Georgia Piedmont Fayette Hospital (Fayetteville) Idaho St. Luke's Boise Medical Center St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center Illinois Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Downers Grove) Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana) Palos Community Hospital (Palos Heights) Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago Amita Health St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates Iowa St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids) Kansas e University of Kansas Health System (Kansas City) Maryland MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (Balti- more) Massachusetts Baystate Medical Center (Springfield) Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Burlington) Newton-Wellesley Hospital Michigan Beaumont Hospital-Troy Providence-Providence Park Hospital, Southfield Campus Spectrum Health Medical Center-Butterworth Hospital Spectrum Health-Blodgett Hospital (Grand Rapids) Minnesota Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Mary's Campus (Rochester) Mayo Clinic Methodist Hospital (Rochester) Regions Hospital (St. Paul) New Jersey Morristown Medical Center New York Rochester General Hospital Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Poughkeepsie) North Carolina Mission Health (Asheville) Ohio Bethesda North Hospital (Cincinnati) Christ Hospital (Cincinnati) ProMedica Toledo Hospital Pennsylvania Lancaster General Hospital Lankenau Medical Center (Wynnewood) omas Jefferson University Hospital (Philadelphia) Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (Philadelphia) Jefferson Methodist Hospital (Philadelphia) South Carolina Bon Secours St. Francis-Downtown (Greenville) Bon Secours St. Francis-Eastside (Greenville) Texas Houston Methodist Hospital Virginia Augusta Health (Fishersville) Bon Secours-Memorial Regional Medical Center (Mechanicsville) Washington Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle) n Illinois hospitals end merger talks By Ayla Ellison I roquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka, Ill., and Riverside Healthcare in Kankakee, Ill., have discontinued merger discussions roughly four months after signing a letter of intent to combine their organizations. Although the organizations have ended formal merger discussions, they in- tend to continue to collaborate on ways to best serve patients in Iroquois County, according to the Daily Journal. "With our campus in Watseka and facility in Gilman, we are committed to meet the healthcare needs of the region," Riverside President and CEO Phil Kambic said in a press release, according to the Daily Journal. "We will con- tinue to work with officials at IMH to ensure we are serving the community in the most efficient way." This is the second time Iroquois Memorial Hospital and a Kankakee hospital have ended merger talks. Iroquois Memorial Hospital explored a merger with Presence St. Mary's Hospital in Kankakee in 2013, according to the report. n