Just A Few New York Hospitals Cited Among Best In Lowest Risk Of Death

New York - only seven hospitals statewide - and just two in the city - made the list of hospitals in the country where patients have the lowest risk of death or serious complications, according to a report to be released today. The study, by HealthGrades, a health care analysis firm, is in its fourth year, and each year has yielded disappointing results for New York.

The New York hospitals that made HealthGrades' "clinical excellence" list this year are NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the huge system, based in Manhattan, that includes the main teaching hospitals of Columbia and Cornell Universities; Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn; White Plains Hospital Center; Northern Westchester Hospital; St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh and Cornwall, in Orange County; Ellis Hospital in Schenectady; and Unity Health System Park Ridge Hospital in Rochester.