Top five for cardiology and heart surgery
- 1. Cleveland Clinic
- 2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
- 3. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
- 4. New York–Presbyterian Hospital–Columbia and Cornell, New York
- 5. New York University Langone Hospitals
Top five for orthopedics
- 1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- 2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
- 3. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
- 4. New York University Langone Hospitals
- 5. (tie) Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
- 5. (tie) UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
According to the news release, the procedures and conditions ratings are based entirely on objective patient care measures like survival rates, patient experience, home time, and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals rankings consider a variety of data provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations, and medical specialists.
The full report is available online.
A version of this article first appeared on Medscape.com.