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 ×
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.
Southwestern North Dakota medical center 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. 3:00 pm, May 7, 2021 ×
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.
Last week, Nicole Chiabotti helped the14-bed community hospital in Cook, Minn., administer second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to all of its patients 65 and older who wanted it.