s Hopkins Tops Best Hospitals List Again

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s Hopkins Tops Best Hospitals List Again

Magazine Names Top Hospital In 17 Categories

POSTED: 7:01 am EDT July 2, 2004

BALTIMORE -- The s Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is America's top

hospital for the 14th straight year.

The annual rankings, released by U.S. News & World Report, are based on a

survey of doctors nationwide on hospital reputations in 17 medical

specialties. The survey also looks at indicators such as death rates,

technology and nurse staffing.

The magazine named the top 50 hospitals in the 17 specialties and recognized

a handful of other hospitals that excelled in six or more specialties.

" The standards for ranking in 'Best Hospitals' are rigorous, " according to

the magazine. " Of all 6,012 U.S. medical centers (military and veterans'

hospitals are not included), only 177, or fewer than 1 in 30, were of

high-enough quality to be ranked in even a single specialty this year. "

The survey says Hopkins ranked in the top 10 in 16 of the 17 specialties.

The hospital ranked first in gynecology, otolaryngology and urology.

The second-ranked hospital on the honor roll is the Mayo Clinic in

Rochester, Minn., followed by Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the

Cleveland Clinic and the UCLA Medical Center.

Complete ranking information will be published in U.S. News & World Report's

July 12 issue, available at newsstands July 5.

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Best Hospitals 2004: Honor Roll

POSTED: 9:44 am EDT July 2, 2004

UPDATED: 9:45 am EDT July 2, 2004

U.S. News & World Report recognized 14 hospitals that excelled in six or

more specialties. Here is its Honor Roll:

1. s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

32 points in 16 specialties

2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

28 points in 14 specialties

3. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

24 points in 13 specialties

4. Cleveland Clinic

24 points in 12 specialties

5. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

23 points in 14 specialties

6. (TIE) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

18 points in 10 specialties

6. (TIE) University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

18 points in 10 specialties

8. -Jewish Hospital, St. Louis

17 points in 11 specialties

9. (TIE) New York-Presbyterian Hospital

17 points in 10 specialties

9. (TIE) University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle

17 points in 10 specialties

11. University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor

13 points in 9 specialties

12. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

12 points in 8 specialties

13. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

11 points in 6 specialties

14. Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.

10 points in 7 specialties

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est Hospitals 2004: Top 5 In Each Specialty

POSTED: 10:17 am EDT July 2, 2004

U.S. News & World Report's survey is published in its July 12 issue.

Cancer:

1.

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

2.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

3.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

4.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

5.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Digestive Disorders:

1.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

2.

Cleveland Clinic

3.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

4.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

5.

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

Ear, Nose & Throat:

1.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

2.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City

3.

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston

4.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

5.

University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor

Geriatrics:

1.

UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

2.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

3.

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

4.

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

5.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Gynecology:

1.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

2.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

3.

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

4.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

5.

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

Heart and Heart Surgery:

1.

Cleveland Clinic

2.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

3.

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

4.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

5.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Hormonal Disorders:

1.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

2.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

3.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

4.

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

5.

University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville

Kidney Disease:

1.

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

2.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

3.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

4.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

5.

Cleveland Clinic

Neurology and Neurosurgery:

1.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

2.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

3.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

4.

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

5.

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

Ophthalmology:

1.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami

2.

Wilmer Eye Institute, s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

3.

Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia

4.

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston

5.

Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

Orthopedics:

1.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

2.

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

3.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

4.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

5.

Cleveland Clinic

Pediatrics:

1.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

2.

Children's Hospital Boston

3.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

4.

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston

5.

Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian

Psychiatry:

1.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2.

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

3.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

4.

McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass.

5.

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Los Angeles

Rehabilitation:

1.

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

2.

University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle

3.

TIRR-The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston

4.

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, N.J.

5.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Respiratory Disorders:

1.

National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver

2.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

3.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

4.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

5.

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

Rheumatology:

1.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

2.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

3.

Cleveland Clinic

4.

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

5.

UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

Urology:

1.

s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

2.

Cleveland Clinic

3.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

4.

UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

5.

-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis

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