Mayo Clinic Health System Lake City, other Minnesota facilities among nation's top 50 for prudent care
Lown Institute Hospitals Index scored hospitals according to their avoidance of "low-value care," including overuses of stenting, hysterectomy, spinal fusion and arthroscopic knee surgery.
3:01 pm, May 7, 2021
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Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. Forum News Service file photo
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A ranking of the nation's hospitals from best to worst according to an emerging benchmark for quality control has singled out a half-dozen Midwestern health centers among its top 50.
The list includes one hospital each of the Dakotas and four from Minnesota. With one exception, the hospitals in the spotlight aren't among the highest-profile names in those states.