Best US Hospitals
U.S. News & World Report has released its 23rd annual Best Hospitals rankings. Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is #1 on the U.S. News Honor Roll this year, displacing Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital, which had been No. 1 on the Honor Roll for 21 years in a row.
In all, this year’s rankings showcase 732 hospitals out of nearly 4,800 hospitals nationwide, including the best in each of 16 medical specialties and in more than 90 metropolitan areas. For the first time, U.S. News has also named a No. 1 hospital in each state where hospitals met the publication’s rigorous criteria.
“The nationally ranked hospitals are referral centers where other hospitals send their sickest patients,” said Avery Comarow, U.S. News Health Rankings Editor. “These are hospitals that patients and their families should consider, with guidance from a medical professional, when the stakes are high.”
Only 148 hospitals earned a national ranking in one or more of the 16 specialties, which include cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, orthopedics, and pulmonology. The top-ranked hospitals in those four specialties are listed below.
Cancer: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Cardiology & Heart Surgery: Cleveland Clinic
Orthopedics: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Pulmonology: National Jewish Health, Denver-University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora
