Updated: 07/16/2009 7:28 PM KSTP.com | 
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By: Liz O'Connell
3 Local Hospitals Ranked in National Survey
Three Minnesota hospitals ranked in the top 50 in U.S. News and World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" survey.
University of Minnesota Medical Center ranked in eight categories. Its highest marks earned in specialties including kidney and digestive disorder and ear, nose and throat. In June, U.S. News and World Report ranked University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital among the nation's top children's hospitals.
Abbott Northwestern also scored among the nation's best with high marks in Neurology and Neurosurgery, Digestive Disorders and Orthopedics. The hospital has been included in the listings since 2002.
For the 13th consecutive year in the rankings, Hennepin County Medical Center ranked 49th in the specialty of kidney disease.
For more information about "America's Best Hospitals" is available by visiting
www.usnews.com.
