Poudre Valley Hospital (Fort Collins, Colo.)

This 241-bed hospital, the only one in Fort Collins, specializes in orthopedic surgery, neuroscience, cancer, bariatric weight-loss surgery, and women and family services. In 2008 its parent, two-hospital Poudre Valley Health System, which, among other distinctions, won the Baldrige Award, recognizing a handful of organizations across industries for performance excellence each year. In June 2010, the system announced it is partnering with Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital on a medical facility in Frederick, Colo. The hospital has received an American Nurses Association teaching hospital award for outstanding nursing quality three times in a row.