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35 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT & MEASUREMENT The No. 1 hospital in each state for 2021-22 By Katie Adams U .S. News & World Report on July 27 released its 2021-22 rankings for the top hospitals in the U.S. Below is a list of each state's top-ranked hospital. Alabama: University of Alabama at Bir- mingham Hospital Alaska: Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage) Arizona: Mayo Clinic (Phoenix) Arkansas: Washington Regional Medical Center (Fayetteville) California: UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) Colorado: UCHealth University of Colora- do Hospital (Aurora) Connecticut: Yale New Haven Hospital Delaware: ChristianaCare (Newark) Florida: Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville) Georgia: Emory University Hospital (Atlanta) Hawaii: Queen's Medical Center (Honolulu) Idaho: St. Luke's Regional Boise Medical Center Illinois: Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) Indiana: Indiana University Health Medical Center (Indianapolis) Iowa: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City) Kansas: University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City) Kentucky: University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital (Lexington) Louisiana: Ochsner Medical Center (New Orleans) Maine: Maine Medical Center (Portland) Maryland: Johns Hopkins Hospital (Balti- more) Massachusetts: Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) Michigan: University of Michigan Hospital (Ann Arbor) Minnesota: Mayo Clinic (Rochester) Mississippi: Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (Jackson) Missouri: Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis) Montana: St. Patrick Hospital (Missoula) Nebraska: Nebraska Medicine Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha) Nevada: Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno) New Hampshire: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon) New Jersey: Hackensack University Medical Center and Morristown Medical Center (part of Atlantic Health) New Mexico: Presbyterian Hospital (Albu- querque) New York: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) North Carolina: Duke University Hospital (Durham) North Dakota: Sanford Medical Center (Fargo) Ohio: Cleveland Clinic Oklahoma: St. Francis Hospital (Tulsa) Oregon: OHSU Hospital (Portland) Pennsylvania: Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian (Philadelphia) Rhode Island: Miriam Hospital (Provi- dence) South Carolina: Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center (Charleston) South Dakota: Sanford USD Medical Cen- ter (Sioux Falls) Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville) Texas: Houston Methodist Hospital Utah: University of Utah Hospital (Salt Lake City) Vermont: University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington) Virginia: Inova Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church) Washington: University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle) West Virginia: West Virginia University Hospitals (Morgantown) Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Hospi- tals (Madison) Wyoming: Aspen Mountain Medical Center (Rock Springs) n American College of Surgeons launches surgical quality program for hospitals By Mackenzie Bean T he American College of Surgeons has created a standardized method to measure and improve surgical quality in hospitals, the organization said July 12. The college's Quality Verification Program is based on 12 standards for hospitals to meet, such as having a designated surgical safety officer and standardized data collection processes. Hospitals participating in the program will undergo verification site visits about every three years. "The ACS QVP is an opportunity for those who are really trying to provide the best surgical care for patients to take a deep, long and honest look at themselves with the intent of identifying things that they can work on and improve," David Hoyt, MD, executive director of the college, said in a news release. "None of us have reached the ideal state. We're all working toward that; in fact, that's the motivation behind all ACS quality efforts." n