U.S. News & World report best hospital rankings

July 23, 2008

From the Office of Martha Marsh, CEO

The annual U.S. News & World Report ranking of Best Hospitals was released today. For the eighth consecutive year, Stanford Hospital & Clinics is listed in the report’s Honor Roll of the best hospitals in the nation. SHC’s overall ranking of 16 is a reflection of the tremendous expertise and dedication of our physicians, nurses and staff. Congratulations to all for this recognition of your ongoing commitment to quality patient care and the standards of excellence we strive for together every day.

This year SHC ranked in the top 20 in nine specialties. The specialty areas in which SHC received national recognition are (rankings in parenthesis): Cancer (9), Psychiatry (10), Heart & Heart Surgery (11), Ear, Nose & Throat (12), Gynecology (12), Rheumatology (12), Kidney Disease (19), Urology (19), Orthopedics (20), Neurology & Neurosurgery (28) and Geriatric Care (33).

SHC was one of only 19 hospitals nationwide to qualify for Honor Roll status. The Honor Roll ranking represents breadth of excellence and only hospitals that score at or near the top of at least six specialty areas are included. Here are the 19 medical centers nationwide that were included in the Honor Roll (in rank order): 1-Johns Hopkins, 2-Mayo Clinic (Minn.), 3-Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 4-Cleveland Clinic, 5-Massachusetts General, 6-New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, 7-UCSF Medical Center, 8-Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Duke University Medical Center (tie), 10-Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and University of Washington Medical Center (tie), 12-Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, 13-University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System, 14-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 15-Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 16-Stanford Hospital & Clinics, 17-University of Chicago Medical Center, 18-Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and 19-Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Complete results of the survey are available online at U.S. News & World Report.