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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release in Pittsburgh yesterday from Allegheny Health Network, three hospitals from Allegheny Health Network have recently been honored with Healthgrades’ 2026 Specialty Care Excellence Awards, which adds to the Pittsburgh-based health system’s growing list of accolades for serving patients throughout Western Pennsylvania. AHN Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) was among the top award winners, stood out for its leading cardiovascular care and cardiac surgery programs and it was recognized as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery (2022-2026) and one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care (2025-2026) and Coronary Intervention (2026). The other AHN facilities recognized by Healthgrades included AHN Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, which ranked in the nation’s top 50 hospitals for outpatient excellence in prostate care (2026) for superior clinical outcomes in benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment and AHN Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills, which received the Vascular Surgery Excellence award (2024-2026) and ranking No. 3 in Pennsylvania this year for superior clinical outcomes in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, carotid surgery, and peripheral vascular bypass surgery.