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July 21, 2015
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Cleveland Clinic again ranked top cardiology hospital by U.S. News & World Report

For the 21st consecutive year, Cleveland Clinic has been ranked No. 1 among cardiology and heart surgery hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals.

The top-ranked hospitals in the 2015-2016 report for the field of cardiology and heart surgery are as follows:

  1. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
  2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
  3. NewYork-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York
  4. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
  5. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
  6. Duke University Hospital, Durham, N.C.
  7. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
  8. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania – Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
  9. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
  10. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

“We’re very pleased and thrilled to receive the honor,” Steven E. Nissen, MD, FACC, chairman of the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic’s Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute, told Cardiology Today.

Steven E. Nissen, MD

Steven E. Nissen

Nissen, a Cardiology Today Editorial Board member, highlighted the model of care at the clinic, in which cardiac surgery, cardiology and vascular surgery all function together within the Heart & Vascular Institute, as one of the reasons for its consistently high ranking. “We work toward a common goal of putting the patient first,” he said. “The fact that we work in a seamless way, without silos, has been a tremendous strength of our model.”

Moving forward, he added, the clinic maintains a goal to always improve quality of care. “There has to be a constant focus on improving,” he said. “Our competition gets better every year, and we get better every year. As good as you are, you can always do something a little bit better.” 

Cleveland Clinic was also ranked No. 5 in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll, which included a total of 15 hospitals that ranked at or near the top in at least six evaluated specialties, according to a press release. Eight of the top 10 hospitals in cardiology and heart surgery were also included in the honor roll for 2015-2016, including Massachusetts General Hospital, which was ranked at No. 1.

Factors measured to determine a hospital’s position in the rankings include patient volume, risk-adjusted survival rates and nurse staffing adequacy, among other indicators, according to the press release.

(Data reprinted with permission from U.S. News & World Report.)