U.S. News ranks 3 local hospitals among Colorado’s 10 best

Three area hospitals have been ranked among the best in Colorado by U.S. News & World Report in its annual rankings.

University of Colorado Health’s Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins was ranked in a three-way tie for fourth place in the magazine’s overall statewide rankings, while Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette and UCHealth’s Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland were in a three-way tie for seventh.

University of Colorado Hospital, the academic medical center of UCHealth located on the old Fitzsimons Army Hospital site in Aurora, ranked No. 1 on the list.

The annual rankings are based on a U.S. News analysis…