PHILADELPHIA – For the third consecutive year, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) has been ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the nation in U.S.News & World Report’s rankings of the best hospitals in America. The publication’s annual ranking of hospitals placed HUP 9th out of the more than 4,800 facilities surveyed. HUP is the only hospital in the Philadelphia region, and one of only 14 hospitals nationwide, to be placed on the publication’s “Honor Roll” list in recognition of excellence in multiple specialties.
The survey also breaks out the top hospitals in the nation according to 16 specialties. HUP ranked in the top 20 in 15 specialty categories: Cancer; Diabetes & Endocrinology; Ear, Nose, & Throat; Gastroenterology; Geriatrics; Gynecology; Heart & Heart Surgery; Kidney Disorders; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Ophthalmology; Orthopaedics; Psychiatry; Pulmonology; Rheumatology; and Urology.
In addition, Pennsylvania Hospital was ranked among the nation’s best for Orthopaedics.
Since 1990, U.S.News & World Report has published this annual special issue, which provides a ranking of hospital quality of care on a nationwide basis and is meant to help consumers make informed decisions when looking for hospital care. The survey evaluates hospitals based on factors such as mortality rate, procedure volume, patient safety, technology, nurse staffing, factors related to the individual specialties, and reputation among a group of randomly selected, board-certified physicians. This year, only 152 of the 4,852 hospitals scored high enough to rank in even a single specialty. To be on the “Honor Roll,” hospitals must be ranked very highly in at least six of the 16 specialties.
The complete guide appears in the August edition of the magazine. Rankings are also available online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals.
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