US News & World Report released its 2015 list of the nation’s best hospitals, assessing hospitals on 16 specialty areas and placing those achieving high scores in at least 6 categories on the “honor roll.”
After a 3-year absence from the top spot, Massachusetts General Hospital has reclaimed its number one spot in the annual honor roll of best hospitals. Last year’s first place titeholder, Mayo Clinic, got bumped to 2nd place, and tied for third place were Johns Hopkins and UCLA. The top 15 hospitals are as follows:
1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
3. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
5. Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
6. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
7. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York City
8. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
9. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
10. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
11. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
12. NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City
13. UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania
14. Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
15. Stanford Health-Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California
Of the 16 specialties listed in this year’s US News report, the Mayo Clinic claims 8 spots. The top hospital for all 16 specialties reviewed in the report are:
Cancer: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Cardiology and Heart Surgery: Cleveland Clinic
Diabetes and Endocrinology: Mayo Clinic
Ear, Nose, and Throat: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital
Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Surgery: Mayo Clinic
Geriatrics: Mayo Clinic
Gynecology: Mayo Clinic
Nephrology: Mayo Clinic
Neurology and Neurosurgery: Mayo Clinic
Ophthalmology: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital, Miami, Florida
Orthopedics: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
Psychiatry: New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
Pulmonology: Mayo Clinic
Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Rheumatology: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Urology: Mayo Clinic
For a complete breakdown of all the top hospitals by specialty, as well as pediatric hospitals and more, visit the US News website.
