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136 CMO / CARE DELIVERY Healthgrades announces 'America's Best Hospitals' for 2018 By Alyssa Rege H ealthgrades released its rankings for America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals for 2018 Feb. 27. e hospitals on the list represent the top 1 percent and 2 percent of healthcare facilities in the nation, respectively. Patients treated at hospitals listed among the top 50 and 100 hospitals have a 22.3 percent lower risk of dying, according to the agency. "Hospitals that have been named an Ameri- ca's 50 and 100 Best Hospital by Healthgrades have achieved and sustained high-quality outcomes for their patients over many years and continue to set themselves apart to con- sumers," said Brad Bowman, MD, CMO of Healthgrades. Here are the top 50 hospitals ranked among America's Best Hospitals 2018 by Health- grades. 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 Woodland Hills Medical Center Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) Mills Health Center (San Mateo) Northridge Hospital Medical Center Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) Sutter Roseville Medical Center Colorado Lutheran Medical Center (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver) Florida Delray Medical Center (Delray Beach) Georgia Northeast Georgia Medical Center (Gainesville) Piedmont Fayette Hospital (Fayetteville) Idaho St. Luke's Boise Medical Center St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center Illinois Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Down- ers Grove) Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana) Palos Community Hospital (Palos Heights) Presence Resurrection Medical Center (Chicago) Amita Health St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates Indiana Franciscan Health Indianapolis Iowa St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids) Kansas e University of Kansas Health System (Kansas City) Maryland MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (Baltimore) MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore) Massachusetts Baystate Medical Center (Springfield) Michigan Beaumont Health-Troy Holland Hospital Providence-Providence Park Hospital, South- field Campus Providence-Providence Park Hospital, Novi Spectrum Health Medical Center-Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids) Spectrum Health-Blodgett Hospital (Grand Rapids) Minnesota Allina Health-Unity Hospital (Fridley) Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Mary's (Rochester) Mayo Clinic Methodist Hospital (Rochester) Regions Hospital (Saint Paul) Missouri Mosaic Life Care (Saint Joseph) New Jersey Morristown Medical Center New York 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 Texas Houston Methodist Hospital St. David's Medical Center (Austin) Heart Hospital of Austin St. David's Georgetown Hospital Virginia Augusta Health (Fishersville) Bon Secours-Memorial Regional Medical Center (Mechanicsville) Washington Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle) Wisconsin Aurora Saint Luke's Medical Center (Milwaukee) Aurora Sinai Medical Center (Milwaukee) Saint Luke's Medical Center (Cudahy) n