Two Massachusetts hospitals ranked as top in the nation

BOSTON — Massachusetts is known for healthcare facilities, and recently, two Massachusetts hospitals have been ranked as the top in the nation.

In their annual list, U.S. News & World Report ranked Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital among the 20 of the ‘best of the best hospitals’.

For over 30 years, the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings have served as a trusted guide to help patients find high-quality medical care.

These 20 medical centers, listed in alphabetical order, are the best of the Best Hospitals, according to U.S News:

AdventHealth Orlando
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Cleveland Clinic
Hackensack University Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, New Jersey
Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
Houston Methodist Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Mayo Clinic-Arizona, Phoenix
Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Minnesota
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, California
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor

"To help readers narrow their search, U.S. News rates hospitals in 22 benchmark procedures and conditions, such as knee replacement, heart bypass surgery, and gynecological cancer surgery,“ the report said.

The rankings are primarily based on patient outcomes, along with other measures of hospital performance.

To view the full report, visit the link here.

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