Gundersen Hospital in La Crosse named one of nation's Top 50 Hospitals

Healthgrades® has announced that it has selected Gundersen Hospital in La Crosse as one of America's 50 Best Hospitals™.

Healthgrades evaluated nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide.  According to Healthgrades, if all hospitals performed at the level of the Top 50 Hospitals, more than 157,000 lives potentially could have been saved nationwide between 2010 and 2012.  In other words, there was a 23.29 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate for the hospitals among the Healthgrades' America's 50 Best Hospitals when compared to all other hospitals in the nation.

Healthgrades is the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. For more information about Healthgrades, to download a full copy of the report or to get information about hospital and physician quality, go to www.healthgrades.com. For a listing of Gundersen's Healthgrades' designations and interactive materials on this designation, go to www.gundersenhealth.org/healthgrades