The Best Hospitals for 2009

GAPrincess · Jul 28, 2009

July 20, 2009 U.S. News & World Report has released its annual "honor roll" of America's best medical centers, and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is at the top of the list for the 19th straight year. The top 21 hospitals all earned high scores in at least six of 16 specialties, ranging from cancer and geriatric care to orthopaedics and urology. Scores were based on both objective measures -- such as mortality rates, patient safety, and other care-related factors -- and subjective measures, such as reputation.

Since y'all travel all over the country I thought this might come in handy if ever you find yourself sick on the road.

The 'Best Hospitals' for 2009

Hospitals are listed below by total points. Here are the 21 hospitals that made the magazine's honor roll (two are tied for 10th place):

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

Cleveland Clinic

Massachusetts General, Boston

New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell

University of California-San Francisco Medical Center

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle

UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor

Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.

New York University Medical Center

Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

Methodist Hospital, Houston

Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus

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Top Hospitals by Specialty
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Here are the No. 1 hospitals in each specialty, according to U.S. News and World Report:

Cancer: M.D. Anderson Center, University of Texas, Houston

Diabetes and endocrine disorders: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Digestive disorders: Mayo Clinic

Ear, nose, throat: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

Geriatric care: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

Gynecology: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Heart and heart surgery: Cleveland Clinic

Kidney disorders: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Neurology and neurosurgery: Mayo Clinic

Ophthalmology: Bascon Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami

Orthopaedics: Mayo Clinic

Psychiatry: Massachusetts General, Boston

Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Respiratory disorders: National Jewish Hospital, Denver

Rheumatology: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Urology: Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Interesting, maybe I need to move back to Massachusetts.
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