BOSTON (WHDH) - U.S. News and World Report released its annual list of the 20 best hospitals in the United States on Tuesday and a pair from Boston cracked the top 15.
Massachusetts General Hospital was ranked second in the country, falling just short of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Brigham and Women’s Hospital checked in at thirteenth place.
Hospitals in this year’s ranking received points if they were nationally ranked in one of 16 specialties, according to U.S. News and World Report. The more specialties, the higher the hospital ranked.
MGH ranked in 16 adult and five pediatric specialties and rated highly in 9 adult procedures and conditions, including cancer, digestive disorders, neurological issues, heart disease, orthopedics, transplantation, urologic diseases, and trauma care.
The top 20 hospitals ranked as follows:
- 1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- 2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
- 3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
- 4. Cleveland Clinic
- 5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York
- 6. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
- 7. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
- 8. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
- 9. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York
- 10. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
- 11. University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor
- 12. Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California
- 13. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
- 14. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
- 15. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Pittsburgh
- 16. Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles
- 17. University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Madison
- 18. (tie) Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
- 18. (tie) Mayo Clinic-Phoenix
- 20. (tie) Houston Methodist Hospital
- 20. (tie) Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut
U.S. News recognized 569 U.S. hospitals in total as part of its latest ranking.
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