St. Luke's ranked second best hospital in Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS — UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital is ranked among the nation's Best Regional Hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report.

The Cedar Rapids hospital, along with Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, tied for second best hospital in Iowa in the U.S. News & World Report 2016-17 edition. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics was ranked No. 1 in Iowa.

U.S. News & World Report evaluates approximately 5,000 hospitals nationwide on common inpatient procedures and conditions. The Best Hospitals methodologies include measures such as patient survival, number of patients, infection rates and adequacy of nurse staffing.

St. Luke's is ranked as high performing in seven procedures/conditions, including performing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, heart failure, colon cancer surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hip and knee replacement and lung cancer surgery.

U.S. News & World Report gave Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids a high performing ranking in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure and hip replacement.

U.S. News first began publishing hospital rankings in 1990 as part of an expanding group of consumer advice products.