The 'Best Hospitals' for 2009

[Principessa]

July 20, 2009 — U.S. News & World Report has released its annual "honor roll" of America's best medical centers, and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is at the top of the list for the 19th straight year. The top 21 hospitals all earned high scores in at least six of 16 specialties, ranging from cancer and geriatric care to orthopaedics and urology. Scores were based on both objective measures -- such as mortality rates, patient safety, and other care-related factors -- and subjective measures, such as reputation.

The 'Best Hospitals' for 2009

Hospitals are listed below by total points. Here are the 21 hospitals that made the magazine's honor roll (two are tied for 10th place):

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
3. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. Massachusetts General, Boston
6. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
7. University of California-San Francisco Medical Center
8. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
9. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis
10. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
11. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
12. University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
13. UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
14. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor
15. Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.
16. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
17. New York University Medical Center
18. Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
19. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
20. Methodist Hospital, Houston
21. Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus

Top Hospitals by Specialty

Here are the No. 1 hospitals in each specialty, according to U.S. News and World Report:

• Cancer: M.D. Anderson Center, University of Texas, Houston
• Diabetes and endocrine disorders: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
• Digestive disorders: Mayo Clinic
• Ear, nose, throat: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
• Geriatric care: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Gynecology: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
• Heart and heart surgery: Cleveland Clinic
• Kidney disorders: Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Neurology and neurosurgery: Mayo Clinic
• Ophthalmology: Bascon Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
• Orthopaedics: Mayo Clinic
• Psychiatry: Massachusetts General, Boston
• Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• Respiratory disorders: National Jewish Hospital, Denver
• Rheumatology: Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Urology: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Interesting, maybe I need to move back to Massachusetts.

 

[Pitbull]

The 'Best Hospitals' for 2009

Interesting, maybe I need to move back to Massachusetts.

No.
Move to Baltimore.

Hopkins is by far the best.
Not just overall #1
But in 16 categories
#1 - three categories
#2 - five categories
#3 - five categories


In the top 10 Ten in 15 out of 16 categories
in the top twenty for 16th category
In the top 10 for 9/10 categories - Children's Medicine
(Beat out a lot of the"Childrens" Hospitals)

#1 Ranking past 19 years

Many good hospitals do not get ranked in even one category which is not to say they are not good.

And everyone who works there seems to be so nice.
Patients are treated well down to every detail.

 

[Principessa]

Would I be closer to you if I did that? :flirt:

No.
Move to Baltimore.

Hopkins is by far the best.
Not just overall #1
But in 16 categories
#1 - three categories
#2 - five categories
#3 - five categories


In the top 10 Ten in 15 out of 16 categories
in the top twenty for 16th category
In the top 10 for 9/10 categories - Children's Medicine
(Beat out a lot of the"Childrens" Hospitals)

#1 Ranking past 19 years

Many good hospitals do not get ranked in even one category which is not to say they are not good.

And everyone who works there seems to be so nice.
Patients are treated well down to every detail.

 

[Pitbull]

Would I be closer to you if I did that? :flirt:

Yes but not for long.
Moving to Texas
Should I change my name to TexPitbull?

 

[Principessa]

Yes but not for long. Moving to Texas.
Should I change my name to TexPitbull?

No, because if you move again, then you have to change your name again.