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"Oh, we were good," declares CEO Frank Corvino, describing Greenwich (CT) Hospital in the late 1990s. "But we wanted to become something special and great." Greatness, of course, covers a lot of ground. And it's certainly a stretch in any dimension for a 174-bed community hospital. But on at least one important scale, Greenwich has achieved undisputed superiority. For the past four years, it has consistently ranked in the top 1% of U.S. hospitals in patient satisfaction