Health Grades Inc., an independent health rating firm, awarded its Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence Award for 2010 to six Missouri hospitals.
The Missouri hospitals on the list are:
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- Boone Hospital Center, Columbia
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 Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis County
-  Skaggs Regional Medical Center, Branson
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 SSM Saint Joseph Health Center, St. Charles, including SSM St. Joseph Health Center-Wentzville
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 SSM St. Mary’s Health Center, Richmond Heights
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 St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield
[St. Louis Business Journal]