America's Best Hospitals Report
For the past 22 years, U.S. News has compiled a list of America's Best Hospitals after evaluating thousands of hospitals across multiple medical specialties. U.S.News & World Report evaluates hospitals, excluding military and veterans hospitals, based upon sixteen specialties. Specialty rankings include Cancer, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Ear Nose & Throat, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Heart & Heart Surgery, Kidney Disorders, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Rehabilitation, Rheumatology, and Urology. To be considered one of the top hospitals overall, medical centers must score at or near the top (at least two standard deviations above the mean) in a minimum of six specialties.
In the latest 2012-2013 rankings, 4,793 hospitals were considered of which only 148 were ranked in any one of 16 specialities. Seventeen hospitals ranked highly enough within at least 6 specialties to qualify them for the Honor Roll. In the 2012-2013 rankings, Massachusetts General Hospital displaced Johns Hopkins Hospital, which had been ranked No. 1 for 21 consecutive years.
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