A shopper recently marched into the gift shop at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and asked: “Where are the clip-on ornaments?” She was shown to the decorated Christmas tree, where she picked out several ornaments. She clips a $50 bill onto each ornament for everyone on her Christmas list. The woman is not a hospital patient. She doesn’t visit anyone. She simply shops there, as if it were a “real” gift store. Which, indeed, it is. Many retail stores are ailing in these tough times. But the gift shops at Providence Sacred Heart and Deaconess Hospital enjoy healthy revenues, thanks to changing trends in retail and health care and the buy-local movement/Rebecca Nappi, SR. More here. (Colin Mulvany's SR photo: In Providence Sacred Heart’s gift shop, surgical technician Sharon Riddle checks out the designer clothing during her break last week.)

Question: Which regional hospital has the best gift shop?