US News & World Report is out with their rankings of the best hospitals according to their own survey. For the first time, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, claimed the No. 1 spot, followed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is No. 1 in cancer and the Cleveland Clinic is 1st in cardiology & heart surgery.
The 2014-15 Honor Roll
1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
6. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York
7. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
8. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
9. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
10. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
11. University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
12. (tie) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
12. (tie) UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
14. Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina ?
15. NYU Langone Medical Center, New York
16. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
17. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis
Here are the full rankings:
U.S. News 2014-15 Best Hospitals Rankings
For the full list of national rankings by specialty, visit www.usnews.com/best-hospitals.
Top-Ranked Hospitals in Cancer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, California
Top-Ranked Hospitals in Cardiology & Heart Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York
Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Top-Ranked Hospitals in Orthopedics
1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
3. Cleveland Clinic
4. Hospital for Joint Diseases, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York
5. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
6. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
7. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
8. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia
9. (tie) Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
9. (tie) Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina