Survey selects top U.S. hospitals

Forty-one U.S. hospitals [thirty-three hospitals and eight children's hospitals were named top facilities by] have been named 2007 Leapfrog Top Hospitals, based on results from the Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, a rating system that provides an up-to-the-minute assessment of a hospital’s quality and safety. The 2007 Top Hospitals list is based on 1,285 hospitals and evaluated them in four areas such as "having intensive care units staffed by specially trained doctors and having computerized order-entry systems for medications and other orders with error-prevention measures.