U.S. News Releases 2018-19 Best Hospitals List
U.S. News & World Report released their 2018-19 Best Hospitals rankings on Tuesday, which annually compiles evaluations on more than 5,000 medical facilities nationwide, according to their site. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Cleveland Clinic and John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland took the top three spots for another year. This marks the third consecutive year Mayo Clinic was recognized as the No. 1 hospital in the publication’s “Best Hospitals Honor Roll.” “We are humbled and honored to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report,” said John Noseworthy, M.D., president and CEO of Mayo Clinic in a press release. “This ranking recognizes Mayo Clinic as a destination medical center for patients with complex and serious illnesses, our staff’s total commitment to patient care, and the extraordinary depth and breadth of our medical practice.” Hospitals are ranked using a points system that evaluates performance in 16 areas of specialty care and for “bellwether procedures and conditions such as heart bypass, hip and knee replacement, heart failure and lung cancer surgery.” Facilities were also awarded additional points if they ranked in one of 16 specialty areas, like cancer, cardiology or neurology. Below are the top 20 facilities that made the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll. You can read more information about their selection process here. You can also find the full list of top hospitals by specialty and state, as well as the top children’s hospitals by clicking here. 2018-19 Best Hospitals Honor Roll Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Cleveland Clinic Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York (Tie) Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis (Tie) Mayo Clinic Phoenix Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia (Tie) NYU Langone Hospitals, New York (Tie) UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Pittsburgh Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston