26 PA Hospitals Among Nation?s Best: U.S. News Ranking

PENNSYLVANIA ?Twenty-six hospitals in Pennsylvania are among the best in the country, according to new Best Hospitals rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

The 34th edition of the rankings recognizes the top 484 regional hospitals, as well as the top 22 ?honor roll? hospitals. Hospitals that made the ranking achieved excellence across a range of specialties and "have attained the highest standard of care in the nation," U.S. News said.

Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, in Philadelphia, was recognized as one of the top 22 hospitals in the country. It is nationally ranked in 11 adult specialties and rated high performing in nearly all procedures and conditions, according to U.S. News.

The list also ranks down the top medical centers by state, and in nearly 100 metro areas.

Here were the other Pennsylvania hospitals ranked as top in the state, and their rankings (several shared a ranking spot):

• 1. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian
• 2. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
• 3. Jefferson Health-Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
• 4. Lancaster General Hospital
• 5. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• 6. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest
• 7. UPMC Harrisburg
• 7. Main Line Health Lankenau Medical Center
• 9. St. Luke's University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus
• 10. Temple University Hospital
• 11. Reading Hospital
• 12. Pennsylvania Hospital
• 13. Geisinger Medical Center
• 13. Chester County Hospital
• 15. UPMC Passavant
• 15. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
• 17. Jefferson Health-Abington Hospital
• 17. Doylestown Hospital
• 17. Main Line Health Paoli Hospital
• 20. UPMC Hamot
• 20. St. Mary Medical Center-Langhorne
• 20. WellSpan York Hospital
• 23. Allegheny General Hospital
• 23. St. Luke's Anderson Campus
• 25. Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 21 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a ?best? designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, quality of nursing care and patient experience.

This year, U.S. News said it placed more emphasis on objective quality measures and less on expert opinion. Other changes include the introduction of outpatient outcomes in key specialty and surgical rankings.

The rankings are meant to help patients and their doctors make health care decisions, according to Ben Harder, managing editor at U.S. News.

The top hospitals nationwide by specialty are:

Cancer

1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
5. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston

Cardiology, heart and vascular surgery:

1. Cleveland Clinic
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
5. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York

Neurology and neurosurgery

1. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York
2. UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
3. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
4. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
5. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Orthopedics

1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York
5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell