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25 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 25 CEO / STRATEGY 46 top general hospitals, ranked by Leapfrog By Ayla Ellison T he Leapfrog Group honored 46 general hospitals with its annual Top Hospital Award in 2021. A total of 149 hospitals were honored with the award in 2021. Eight children's hospitals, 23 rural hospitals and 72 teaching hospitals also received the award. e Leapfrog Group used data from its annu- al hospital survey to identify the top hospi- tals. Selection was based on excellence across several quality standards and areas of patient care, including surgery outcomes, medication safety and infection rates. Here are the 46 general hospitals that received the Top Hospital Award: California Marshall Medical Center (Placerville) Colorado Castle Rock Adventist Hospital Florida AdventHealth Altamonte Springs AdventHealth Carrollwood (Tampa) AdventHealth Dade City AdventHealth Daytona Beach AdventHealth DeLand AdventHealth Zephyrhills Baptist Medical Center Nassau (Fernandina Beach) Flagler Hospital (St. Augustine) Jupiter Medical Center Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Lehigh Regional Medical Center (Lehigh Acres) Orlando Health South Lake Hospital (Cler- mont) Georgia AdventHealth Murray (Chatsworth) Piedmont Macon North Hospital Illinois Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital (DeKalb) Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital (Palos Heights) Louisiana e Spine Hospital of Louisiana at e Neu- roMedical Center (Baton Rouge) Massachusetts Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton) Emerson Hospital (Concord) Saint Anne's Hospital (Fall River) Good Samaritan Medical Center (Brockton) Missouri Mercy Hospital Jefferson (Festus) Mercy Hospital Joplin New Jersey Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains) Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical Center (Westwood) New York White Plains Hospital North Carolina AdventHealth Hendersonville Wake Forest Baptist Health-Davie Medical Center (Bermuda Run) WakeMed Cary Hospital Ohio Licking Memorial Hospital (Newark) Pennsylvania Butler Memorial Hospital Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital (Orwigsburg) Paoli Hospital South Carolina Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston) Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital (Sum- merville) Texas North Central Baptist Hospital (San Antonio) Resolute Health Hospital (New Braunfels) Virginia Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital (Newport News) Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (Fairfax) Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg) n Amazon taps leader for healthcare efforts By Jackie Drees A mazon tapped Neil Lindsay to oversee its health- care efforts as it continues to expand its telehealth, online pharmacy and diagnostics units, among other healthcare initiatives, CNBC reported Dec. 15, 2021. Mr. Lindsay was promoted in November 2021 to senior vice president of health and brand within Amazon's global consumer business, according to his LinkedIn profile and people familiar with the situation, CNBC reported. Mr. Lindsay has been with Amazon more than 11 years and most recently led the company's Prime subscription business and worldwide marketing efforts. As senior vice president of health and brand, he will report to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Mr. Lindsay will spearhead Amazon's healthcare initiatives including Amazon Care, the company's telehealth service. Amazon Care launched in September 2019 as a pilot for some employees; the company expanded the offering to all employees nationally in summer 2021 and has since started to roll out the program to other companies for their employees, including Precor and Hilton. In 2020, Amazon launched its online pharmacy named Am- azon Pharmacy. In May 2021, the business unveiled two prescription services: a prescription savings benefit and a feature that allows customers to check their insurance co- pay before ordering their medication. Amazon also rolled out updates to its wearable health tracking device Halo in 2021, including features to improve users' access to their vitals data and nutritional health. The tech giant also expanded partnerships with hospitals and health systems through the launch of its new Alexa voice assistant skill for clinicians to check on patients and added to its healthcare data and cloud offerings. n