America’s Best Hospitals

Amy Camarow of US News & World Report speaks about the methodology used to determine America’s best hospitals.

That patient, who truly needs outstanding care, is the target of the annual U.S. News “Best Hospitals” rankings, in which hospitals are judged not in routine procedures but in difficult cases across an entire specialty. This year, the 19th, hospitals are ranked in 16 specialties, from cancer and heart disease to respiratory disorders and urology. Out of the 5,453 hospitals put through a rigorous statistical mill, only 170 scored high enough to appear in any of the specialty rankings. (Data for military and veterans’ hospitals are unavailable.) And only 19 of the 170 made the Honor Roll of medical centers ranked at or near the top in at least six specialties, as explained on Page 72. This year, for the first time, data and scores are available online for more than 1,500 hospitals that in the end fell short of being ranked.

Hackensack University Medical Center Named Top 50 Hospitals in America

HUMC became the only New Jersey hospital named to the “HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospital” list identifying an elite class of top-performing facilities. HUMC is the only hospital in New Jersey, New York, and New England to be named to the list. 2008 marks the second consecutive year HUMC has achieved this honor. The HealthGrades designation represents the healthcare industry’s only quality ranking based solely on objective clinical outcomes among U.S. hospitals. Hackensack is a member of the NJHCQI Provider Council.

 

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