Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato was named among America’s 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, an independent healthcare ratings company.

Healthgrades ranked the performance of nearly 4,500 hospitals in overall clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of conditions and procedures. The rankings are intended to help consumers evaluate and compare hospital performance and evaluate hospitals for overall clinical excellence.

Healthgrades analyzes patient outcomes data on more than 45 million records of Medicare medical claims. Other select data include patient survey data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and patient outcome data for all patients from states that make their data available. The top 1% of these hospitals, including Mankato, made the 50 Best Hospitals list.

Additional awards received by Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato hospital include:

• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care Award™ – ranking #1 in Minnesota
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Pulmonary Care Award™
• Stroke Care Excellence Award™