Kalispell Regional Medical Center recently was ranked one of the nation’s 10 best hospitals among more than 4,000 covered in a recent Medicare report detailing the number of patient readmissions for three key health concerns.

In addition, KRMC is ranked seventh in the nation for readmission of heart failure patients, and 12th for readmission of patients treated for pneumonia. When readmissions are low, it indicates that initial treatment was successful.

Medicare supplied data for more than 4,000 hospitals nationwide, listing those that have done a superior job in decreasing readmissions for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients.

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