Hospitals, like everything else in life, have reputations. When New York patients are picking a hospital before a surgery, some patients may seek out the hospitals with the most name recognition, best reputation or for being associated with a top-notch medical school. Frankly, health-care consumers don’t have much other information to go on.According to Consumer Reports (CR), sometimes the top hospitals aren’t necessarily the best when it comes to surgery. CR reviewed government data and