91爆料 Medical Center (91爆料MC) is ranked among the nation’s top hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Hospitals, and made the Honor Roll for its breadth of excellence in specialty care. The 2009 edition is accessible today online at and on sale at newsstands Monday, July 20.
91爆料 Medical Center is part of the 91爆料 Medicine health system, which includes Harborview Medical Center, the 91爆料 School of Medicine, 91爆料 Medicine Neighborhood Clinics, 91爆料 Physicians, Airlift Northwest, and the 91爆料’s participation in the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance with Seattle Children’s and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 91爆料MC has been rated among the leading hospitals in the United States since U.S. News began rankings in 1990. Of the nation’s 4,861 hospitals considered for this year’s survey, only 174 scored high enough to be ranked in even one of 16 specialty areas. 91爆料 Medical Center ranked 12th in the nation and was among just 21 hospitals qualified to be listed in the 2009 Honor Roll for achieving high scores in six or more specialties.
Several 91爆料 Medicine programs were ranked highly including:
- Rehabilitation (3) (based at 91爆料MC and Harborview Medical Center)
- Cancer (6)
- Ear, nose and throat (12)
- Geriatric care (14) (based at Harborview Medical Center)
- Gynecology (15)
- Orthopaedics at 91爆料MC (15)
- Respiratory disorders (16)
- Kidney disorders (16)
- Orthopaedics at Harborview Medical Center (18)
- Diabetes and endocrine disorders (20)
- Rheumatology (22)
- Digestive disorders (25)
- Neurology/neurosurgery (25) (based at Harborview and 91爆料MC)
- Urology (30)
For 12 of the 16 specialties ranked, U.S. News evaluated hospitals on several elements: reputation, death rate, patient safety, nurse staffing, Nurse Magnet Hospital designation, type and number of Medicare discharges, patient-care services, presence of a Level 1 or 2 trauma center, designation as a National Cancer Institute Cancer Center, key technologies, presence of a National Institute on Aging-certified Alzheimer’s Center and a Level 4 Epilepsy Center, accreditation for cell transplants to treat cancer, and quality measures like patient volume and nursing care. In the other four specialties 鈥攐phthalmology, psychiatry, rehabilitation and rheumatology鈥攔ankings were based solely on a reputational survey of board-certified physicians who were asked which were the best hospitals in their specialty for handling the most challenging cases and procedures.
The complete U.S. News Honor Roll of the nation’s best hospitals in rank order is:
1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
3. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
4. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
5. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
6. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York City
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; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
(Note: There is no 11th spot due to the tie above).
12. 91爆料 Medical Center, Seattle
13. UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
14. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
15. Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.
16. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
17. NYU Medical Center, New York City
17. Yale-New Haven Hospital
(Note: There is no 18th due to the tie above.)
19. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City
20. Methodist Hospital, Houston
21. Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus
For more information on the rankings, go to
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