Valley Medical Center Ranked No. 11 in Washington State

The publication says its rankings were devised using patient death rates and physician surveys, among other factors. Nearly 4,800 hospitals around the nation were evaluated in 16 medical specialties, and the facilities designated as high performing in at least one of these areas were ranked at the state or regional level.

Valley Medical Center tied 11th with Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup.

Here is what U.S. News & World Report had to say about Valley Medical:

"Valley Medical Center is a general medical and surgical hospital in Renton, WA. It performed nearly at the level of nationally ranked U.S. News Best Hospitals in 1 adult specialty, as shown below. Valley Medical Center has 176 beds. The hospital had 16,811 admissions in the latest year for which data are available. It performed 4,589 annual inpatient and 6,568 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 74,622 visits."

University of Washington Medical Center topped the list for Washington state, followed by EvergreenHealth Medical Center at No. 2 and Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital in Spokane at No. 3. Harborview Medical Center and Providence Holy Family Hospital in Spokane rounded out the top five.

The complete list and more info about the rankings can be found here.