Hopkins tops nation's hospitals, 4 others ranked
The U.S. News and World Report rankings are out, and Johns Hopkins tops the list again.
It was followed by Massachusetts General in Boston and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Of 5,000 hospitals examined, 17 were at the top or near the op in 16 specialties. And 140 ranked in at least one specialty.
In adult categories, Hopkins ranked #3 in Cancer, #3 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery, #3 in Diabetes & Endocrinology, #1 in Ear, Nose & Throat, #3 in Gastroenterology, #3 in Geriatrics, #2 in Gynecology, #3 in Nephrology, #1 in Neurology & Neurosurgery, #2 in Ophthalmology, #5 in Orthopedics, #1 in Psychiatry, #4 in Pulmonology, #15 in Rehabilitation, #1 in Rheumatology, and #1 in Urology.
In pediatric categories: #9 in Cancer, #26 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery, #8 in Diabetes & Endocrinology, #12 in Gastroenterology, #10 in Neonatology, #12 in Nephrology, #3 in Neurology & Neurosurgery, #11 in Orthopedics, #9 in Pulmonology, and #9 in Urology.
The University of Maryland Medical Center was nationally ranked in 9 categories: #22 in Cancer, #31 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery, #29 in Diabetes & Endocrinology, #38 in Ear, Nose & Throat, #47 in Geriatrics, #27 in Nephrology, #28 in Orthopedics, #20 in Pulmonology, and #44 in Urology. It was high performing in 3 others.
Union Memorial was nationally ranked in three categories: #33 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery, #50 in Diabetes & Endocrinology, and #34 in Orthopedics. It was high performing in 8 other categories.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center was nationally ranked #13 in Geriatrics and high performing in 8 other categories.
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital was nationally ranked #6 in Psychiatry.
Several other area hospitals got high marks for many of their specialties. See the full list from the region here.









Comments
Hopkins ranked #3 in cancer.
Posted by: winston Smith | July 19, 2011 9:08 AM
Emergency Medicine should be one of the specialties included in the study.....that would help and JHH and UMMC rank even higher
Posted by: cody | July 19, 2011 12:34 PM
Reviewing hospitals is not an exact science. Many categories referred to in US New are qualitative not quantitative in nature. Outcomes vary based on intricacies of cases. Physician refer based upon patterns they develop over time. Staff numbers vary per needs of a medical unit. Having four CT scanners instead of three does not make a hospital better. The criteria US News utilizes is quasi. Its science is mediocre at best.
Posted by: Mark Davis, MD | July 19, 2011 1:38 PM