Recent News: Eighteen MEDITECH Customers Among HealthGrades' 50 Best Hospitals

February 25, 2008 -- HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization, today identified America’s 50 Best Hospitals, an elite class of top-performing facilities. The HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospital designation represents the healthcare industry’s only quality ranking based solely on objective clinical outcomes among U.S. hospitals.

Of the 50 hospitals to make HealthGrades' Best list are 18 MEDITECH facilties. Congratulations to the following MEDITECH hospitals:

• Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove, IL)

• Centura Health - Penrose St. Francis Health Services (Colorado Springs, CO)

• CJW Medical Center - Chippenham Campus (Richmond, VA)

• Cleveland Clinic - Children's (Cleveland, OH)

• Community Hospital Anderson (Munster, IN)

• Deaconess Hospital (Cincinnati, OH)

• Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center (Glendale, CA)

• Good Samaritan Hospital (Los Angeles, CA)

• Henrico Doctor's Hospital (Richmond, VA)

• Henrico Doctor's Hospital Parham (Richmond, VA)

• Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

• Jewish Hospital St. Mary's (Louisville, KY)

• Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute (Fort Pierce, FL)

• Memorial Healthcare System (Chatanooga, TN)

• Ocala Regional Medical Center (Ocala, FL)

• Rio Grande Regional Hospital (McAllen, TX)

• Sarasota Memorial Hospital (Sarasota, FL)

• St. John's Hospital Health Center (Santa Monica, CA)

More info: http://www.healthgrades.com/media/dms/pdf/A50BestRelease2008.pdf