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- Paducah Baptist And Ashland Hospitals 'above Average' In Consumer Reports' Ratings Of Hospitals For Heart Surgery
Baptist Health Paducah (formerly Western Baptist Hospital)By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Consumer Reports has reported ratings of hospitals for heart-valve and coronary artery bypass surgery based on hospitals' reports to the Society...
- State's Hospitals See Impressive Growth Spurt From Nearly $1 Billion In Capital Investment
Kentucky?s major hospital systems are going big, making high-profile, technology-forward capital investments across the commonwealth. Josh Shepherd of The Lane Report writes that every sector of the state is part of the hospital boom. The state's...
- 18 Kentucky Hospitals Cited As 'top Performers' On Accreditation Board's Annual List
Eighteen Kentucky hospitals have been included on the annual list of hospitals that have excelled at adhering to basic procedures for surgery and other treatment of common illnesses such as heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia. The Joint Commission,...
- Sinai Named One Of U.s. News & World Report's 2009-2010 Best Hospitals
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore is ranked as one of the top hospitals in the country for neurology and neurosurgery, according to the U.S. News & World Report?s 2009-10 America?s Best Hospitals edition. Sinai ranked in the top 50 hospitals for the second...
- Physiatry Added To Dictionary
It?s a word that?s been around since the days of the Truman presidency. But a patient looking up ?physiatry? would find nothing in the dictionary. Until now. Last week, Merriam-Webster Inc. released its list of the more than 100 entries now included in...
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U.S. News gives Kosair Children's Hospital a national ranking; 11 other Kentucky hospitals make 'high-performing' list
Each year, U.S. News and World Report publishes its "Best Hospitals" guide for people seeking a high level of specialty care. The only Kentucky hospital to be nationally ranked in the report for 2014 is Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville. It received national rank in these areas of specialty care: heart, lung, neurology, cancer, orthopedics and urology.
While no Kentucky hospitals were nationally ranked in adult specialty categories, 11 Kentucky hospitals made the cut for meeting standards of strong performance within the state:
1. St. Elizabeth Edgewood - 11 high-performing specialties
2. Baptist Health Louisville - 10 high-performing specialties
2. University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital - 10
high-performing specialities
4. Baptist Health Lexington - 9 high-performing specialties
5. Jewish Hospital in Louisville - 7 high-performing specialties
6. Norton Hospital in Louisville - 5 high-performing specialties
7. University of Louisville Hospital - 2 high-performing specialties
8. King?s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland - 1 high-performing specialty
8. St. Elizabeth Florence - 1 high-performing specialty
8. St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas- 1 high- performing specialty
8. St. Joseph East- 1 high-performing specialty
To read more about specialty rankings for each hospital, click here for an article in The Lane Report or here for the U.S. News report.
While no Kentucky hospitals were nationally ranked in adult specialty categories, 11 Kentucky hospitals made the cut for meeting standards of strong performance within the state:
1. St. Elizabeth Edgewood - 11 high-performing specialties
2. Baptist Health Louisville - 10 high-performing specialties
2. University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital - 10
high-performing specialities
4. Baptist Health Lexington - 9 high-performing specialties
5. Jewish Hospital in Louisville - 7 high-performing specialties
6. Norton Hospital in Louisville - 5 high-performing specialties
7. University of Louisville Hospital - 2 high-performing specialties
8. King?s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland - 1 high-performing specialty
8. St. Elizabeth Florence - 1 high-performing specialty
8. St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas- 1 high- performing specialty
8. St. Joseph East- 1 high-performing specialty
To read more about specialty rankings for each hospital, click here for an article in The Lane Report or here for the U.S. News report.
- Paducah Baptist And Ashland Hospitals 'above Average' In Consumer Reports' Ratings Of Hospitals For Heart Surgery
Baptist Health Paducah (formerly Western Baptist Hospital)By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Consumer Reports has reported ratings of hospitals for heart-valve and coronary artery bypass surgery based on hospitals' reports to the Society...
- State's Hospitals See Impressive Growth Spurt From Nearly $1 Billion In Capital Investment
Kentucky?s major hospital systems are going big, making high-profile, technology-forward capital investments across the commonwealth. Josh Shepherd of The Lane Report writes that every sector of the state is part of the hospital boom. The state's...
- 18 Kentucky Hospitals Cited As 'top Performers' On Accreditation Board's Annual List
Eighteen Kentucky hospitals have been included on the annual list of hospitals that have excelled at adhering to basic procedures for surgery and other treatment of common illnesses such as heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia. The Joint Commission,...
- Sinai Named One Of U.s. News & World Report's 2009-2010 Best Hospitals
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore is ranked as one of the top hospitals in the country for neurology and neurosurgery, according to the U.S. News & World Report?s 2009-10 America?s Best Hospitals edition. Sinai ranked in the top 50 hospitals for the second...
- Physiatry Added To Dictionary
It?s a word that?s been around since the days of the Truman presidency. But a patient looking up ?physiatry? would find nothing in the dictionary. Until now. Last week, Merriam-Webster Inc. released its list of the more than 100 entries now included in...