McHenry Co. Hospital Ranked Among 2021’s Best

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — As the coronavirus places renewed importance on our access to safe, quality health care, a new ranking by Healthgrades has recognized 12 hospitals in Illinois for superior performance in the years leading up to the pandemic.

Healthgrades, an online health care information company, recently released its 2021 list of America’s Best Hospitals. The annual ranking recognizes the top 1, 2 and 5 percent of hospitals in the nation.

To compile the ranking, researchers looked at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid data from fiscal years 2017-19 for more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Researchers then analyzed how each performed across 32 conditions and procedures including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.

In a release announcing the 2021 list, Healthgrades said that patients treated in ranked hospitals have a 27.4 percent lower chance of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that are unranked.

This also means that if all hospitals performed similarly to Healthgrades America’s Best Hospitals, 167,235 lives could potentially have been saved, the release says.

After identifying eligible hospitals, Healthgrades used a series of steps to compile its final rankings. Read the full methodology for the rankings

One McHenry County hospital, Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, was ranked among the top 250 best hospitals in the nation, according to the Healthgrades rankings. The local hospital also was ranked among the top 100 best hospitals for cardiac care and coronary intervention for the third year in a row.

In addition, the hospital received a pulmonary care excellence award for the second year in a row.

Here is a look at other hospitals in the state that were among Healthgrades top 250 for 2021:

• Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago
• Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital - Rockton in Rockford
• OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington

And here is a look at hospitals that ranked among the 100 best in the nation;

• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge
• Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights

And here are the hospitals that made it into the top 50:

• AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village in Elk Grove Village
• AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago in Chicago
• Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana
• Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights
• Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago

The hospitals listed above are organized alphabetically and are not ranked in any particular order. Healthgrades’ complete list of the top 250 hospitals is also organized by state and not ranked in any order.

“Now more than ever, consumers understand the importance of researching hospitals and finding the best organization to meet their health care needs,” Dr. Brad Bowman, chief medical officer of Healthgrades, said in a release. “Especially in this era of COVID-19, we commend the recipients … for their commitment to providing superior outcomes and keeping their communities safe.”

In addition to its Best Hospitals ranking, Healthgrades provides information to consumers based on patient surveys, data from government sources and data that comes directly from providers or practices.

You can see the full list of the top 50, 100 and 250 hospitals from Healthgrades on its website.