Edward Hospital Ranked Among Nation’s Top Hospitals

NAPERVILLE, IL — Edward Hospital in Naperville has been ranked among the nation’s best teaching hospitals/community hospitals in the Fortune/IBM Watson Health’s latest ranking.

The rankings released Tuesday show Edward Hospital taking the number seven spot among the best large community hospitals.

In all, IBM Watson Health ranked the top 40 teaching hospitals and top 60 community hospitals based on Medicare cost reports, other data from Medicare providers, and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, according to the rankings’ methodology.

Edward Hospital received five stars out of five for clinical outcomes, five stars for operation efficiency, four stars for patient experience and four stars for financial health.

The community health survey performance, a category added to the rankings criteria for the first time this year, is 100 percent at Edward Hospital, which has been in the Fortune/IBM Watson Health top 100 for ## years.

St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was the top major teaching hospital, while Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado, is the top non-major teaching hospital.

Fortune/IBM Watson Health’s community hospital rankings were divided into large, medium and small categories. Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois, had the No. 1 ranking among large community hospitals, with Dublin Methodist Hospital in Dublin, Ohio, taking the top spot among medium hospitals and Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital the best among small hospitals.

Additionally, Fortune/IBM Watson Health ranked the top five large, medium and small health systems in the nation. The Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, took the No. 1 spot among large health systems, the study found, while Edward-Elmhurst Health in Naperville, Illinois, was No. 1 among medium hospital systems and Asante, in Medford, Oregon, was the highest ranked among small hospital systems.