Mayo Clinic named best hospital by U.S. News & World Report

Mayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in the nation for the second consecutive year, according to the 2017-2018 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals survey.

Along with its overall top ranking, Mayo Clinic also ranked No. 1 in six specialties, including diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastroenterology surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, nephrology and neurology and neurosurgery. Mayo Clinic is recognized as having more No. 1 rankings than any other hospital. In addition, Mayo Clinic ranked in the top five hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery, cancer, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology and ear, nose and throat.

“Mayo Clinic is consistently top ranked nationwide more often than any other hospital because of the thousands of people here who shared a vision,” John Noseworthy, MD, president and CEO of Mayo Clinic, said in a statement. “Our physicians, scientists, researchers, educators and allied health staff bring their expertise to focus on the individual needs of each patient.”

“Our patients tell us that the Mayo Clinic experience is unparalleled, offering answers quickly and giving them confidence and hope,” he added. “Our unwavering focus on the patient is the bedrock on which Mayo Clinic is built.”

The report compared more 4,500 medical centers in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. There were 152 hospitals that were ranked this year in at least one specialty. Twenty hospitals earned the distinction of the Honor Roll, awarded to those that deliver exceptionally high-quality treatment across multiple areas of care:

1. Mayo Clinic;

2. Cleveland Clinic;

3. Johns Hopkins Hospital;

4. Massachusetts General Hospital;

5. University of California, San Francisco Medical Center;

6. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers;

7. Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center;

8. New York-Presbyterian Hospital;

9. Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital;

10. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian;

11. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center;

12. Barnes-Jewish Hospital;

13. Northwestern Memorial Hospital;

14. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside;

15. University of Colorado Hospital;

16. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals;

17. Duke University Hospital;

18. Mount Sinai Hospital;

19. New York University Langone Medical Center; and

20. Mayo Clinic Phoenix.

In the specialty rankings, the hospitals that ranked first in cardiology and heart surgery, cancer and orthopedics were Cleveland Clinic, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Hospital for Special Surgery, respectively.

Hospital quality was measured and based on a methodology that factored in risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient experience, patient safety and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators.

“We know outcomes matter most, which is why U.S. News is committed to publishing as much data as possible on patient outcomes,” Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News, said in a press release.

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