University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) ranked 11th in the top hospitals in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report. The 2002 annual guide to "America's Best Hospitals," will be published in the July 22 U.S. News.
UWMC was ranked 11th in the nation, tied with New York Presbyterian Hospital, among the 1,958 major medical centers in this year's survey. It is the only hospital west of Rochester, Minn., and north of San Francisco to achieve an honor roll ranking. Last year, UWMC was ranked 12th.
In specialty rankings, UWMC ranked among the top 10 hospitals nationwide in rehabilitation (3rd) and orthopaedics (10th). It received rankings in the top 20 in several additional specialties: hormone disorders (11th); orthopaedics (11th); ear, nose and throat (12th); geriatrics (12th); respiratory disorders (13th); cancer (16th); and kidney disease (16th).
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center ranked 18th in pediatrics. Harborview Medical Center ranked 12th in orthopaedics.
For 13 of the 17 specialties ranked, U.S. News, in conjunction with the National Opinion Research Center, evaluated hospitals using a mathematical model combining reputation among board-certified specialists, death rate statistics, and other medical data such as the various medical technologies available. In the other four specialties -- ophthalmology, pediatrics, psychiatry and rehabilitation -- rankings were based on a reputational survey of physicians.
Besides UW Medical Center, U.S. News' Honor Roll of the nation's best hospitals includes (top ten, in rank order):
- Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
- Cleveland Clinic
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- UCLA Medical Center
- Duke University Medical Center
- University of California San Francisco Medical Center
- University of Michigan Medical Center
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis
- Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
July 12, 2002