3 Main Line Hospitals Ranked Among PA's Best

Those looking for healthcare in the Main Line area have some stellar options, as a new list of the best hospitals in the United States shows three of Pennsylvania's best are on the Main Line.

The new ranks list the best hospitals in America for 2018-19, evaluating more than 4,500 hospitals in the country across 16 specialties and nine procedures and conditions.

According to the publication, these are the best hospitals on the Main Line:

• Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood – No. 6 in Pennsylvania, No. 4 in Philadelphia Area
• Paoli Hospital in Paoli – No. 13 in Pennsylvania, No. 7 in Philadelphia area
• Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr – No. 16 in Pennsylvania, No. 10 in Philadelphia area

Sadly, none of these hospitals were nationally ranked in specialties.

Among Pennsylvania's 15 best hospitals, the Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian was ranked in 12 specialties and made the honor roll of best 20 hospitals. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside was nationally ranked in 12 adult specialties.

See the full list of Pennsylvania's best hospitals here.

U.S. News uses two methodologies, one for procedures and conditions ratings and another for specialty rankings. The rankings are produced by U.S. News with research organization, RTI International. U.S. News says its methodologies in most areas of care are based largely or entirely on objective measures like risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient experience, patient safety and quality of nursing. (You can read more about the methodology here. )

In all, 158 hospitals in the country ranked nationally in at least one specialty and more than 1,100 hospitals were rated as high performing in at least one common procedure or condition, according to U.S. News. A total of 29 hospitals were rated as "high performing" in all nine procedures and conditions. Hospitals were not ranked numerically for procedures and conditions.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was named the country's best hospital. It was tops on an "honor roll" list of 20 hospitals noted for delivering "exceptional treatment across multiple areas of care."

The Minnesota hospital was ranked in 15 specialties and rated as "high performing" in one specialty. U.S News explains that a "high performing" rating means a hospital was not nationally ranked but was significantly better than average in a specialty.

The specialties included in the rankings are:

• Cancer
• Cardiology and Heart Surgery
• Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Ear, Nose and Throat
• Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Nephrology
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Pulmonology
• Psychiatry
• Rehabilitation
• Rheumatology
• Urology

The procedures and conditions included in the rankings are:

• COPD
• Heart Bypass Surgery
• Heart Failure
• Hip Replacement
• Knee Replacement
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Aortic Valve Surgery
• Colon Cancer Surgery
• Lung Cancer Surgery

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