Spokane Hospital Ranked Among Best In Washington

SPOKANE, WA - U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of 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. U.S. News also ranked the best hospitals in America by region.

In Washington, the University of Washington Medical Center was ranked No. 1. The hospital was ranked No. 1 last year.

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.

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.

According to the rankings, here are the 10 best hospitals in Washington:

1. UW Medical Center, Seattle
2. Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Spokane
3. Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle
4. EverGreen Health, Kirkland
5. Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett
6. Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia
7. Swedish Medical Center, Seattle (Cherry Hill)
8. Swedish Medical Center, Seattle (First Hill)
9. Harborview Medical Center
10. Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, Vancouver

You can see the full rankings 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. )

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