Northwestern Memorial Hospital ranked No. 11 in a list of the country’s top hospitals, compiled by U.S. News & World Report.
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The hospital, which has made the list’s “Best Hospitals Honor Roll” of top hospitals in the U.S. for four consecutive years, slipped a notch from last year. Northwestern was also the top-ranked local hospital and the highest-ranking hospital in the state, according to U.S. News.
The top spot went to Massachusetts General Hospital, which bumped former No. 1 holder Mayo Clinic into the No. 2 spot. U.S. News’ “Honor Roll” features 15 best hospitals that scored near the top in at least six specialties.
The report, which covers nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide, scores hospitals on a number of quality and performance factors including patient survival rates, safety data and the adequacy of nursing staffing levels.
In a statement, Northwestern said that it applauds the “talented physicians, nurses and staff who have earned this recognition.”
The top 15 hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report ranking are:
*Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
*Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
*Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md. (tie)
*UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles (tie)
*Cleveland Clinic
*Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
*New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
*University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco
*Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
*Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University
*Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
*New York University Langone Medical Center, New York
*University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh
*Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
*Stanford Health-Stanford Hospital, Stanford, Calif.
The top 10 hospitals in Illinois, according to the ranking, are:
*Northwestern Memorial Hospital
*Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
*Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood
*University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago
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*Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn
*Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield
*Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
*St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates
*NorthShore Evanston Hospital, Evanston
*Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village
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