‘U.S. News & World Report’ ranks Johns Hopkins best hospital for rheumatology

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore was ranked the nation’s best hospital for challenging cases and procedures by U.S. News & World Report based on surveys from rheumatology specialists.

Johns Hopkins also was the No. 1-ranked overall hospital in the country in ratings that included 18 hospitals. The rankings covered nearly 5,000 US medical centers and included 16 medical specialties. There were 147 hospitals receiving a ranking in at least one specialty.

At least 5% of rheumatology specialists who responded to U.S. News surveys in 2011-2013 ranked 17 hospitals in the rheumatology category, according to a news release. One hundred eighteen other hospitals received nominations from at least one physician in the rheumatology category.

Johns Hopkins received a reputation score of 55.1% for rheumatology. Cleveland Clinic was ranked second with a 50% reputation score, and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., was third (39.9%).

Rounding out the top 10 ranked hospitals for rheumatology were: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York; UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; and UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco.

“It is a privilege to be in the company of all the excellent hospitals recognized in the magazine,” Ronald R. Peterson, president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine, said in a separate news release.