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USC University Hospital placed among the best hospitals in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report magazine’s 21st annual rankings of “America’s Best Hospitals.”
In addition to USC University Hospital, USC-affiliated Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center also was ranked. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), staffed exclusively by USC faculty physicians, was recognized in June as a top children’s hospital.
The rankings, released today, are categorized by medical specialty, with the top 50 medical centers listed for most specialties.
USC University Hospital ranked in six specialty areas:
• Eighth in ophthalmology (USC Department of Ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute)
• 16th in urology
• 28th in pulmonology
• 31st in orthopaedics
• 20th in neurology and neurosurgery (up 25 spots from last year)
• 29th in gynecology (up one spot from last year).
Rancho Los Amigos ranked 17th in rehabilitation, up one spot from last year.
This year’s rankings also include patient satisfaction, measured from a sample of patients who responded to a survey after discharge from USC University Hospital. The hospital was rated “Highest or very high” by 74 percent of patients surveyed. Eighty-one percent of patients surveyed said they would “definitely” recommend USC University Hospital to friends and family. Both ratings are above state and national averages.
“The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings are a validation of the commitment to excellence of our Doctors of USC and all of our staff,” said Mitch Creem, chief executive officer of USC University Hospital. “I also congratulate
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center for their rankings.”
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles was one of only seven children's hospitals in the nation—and the only pediatric medical center on the West coast—named to the national "Honor Roll" of children's hospitals in the United States.
“I’m proud of our Keck School of Medicine faculty and the hospital staff who did the hard work that made all of the recent rankings possible,” said Keck School Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, M.D., M.B.A. “This national recognition of their dedication and professionalism is well deserved.”
The Best Hospitals guide ranked 152 medical centers nationwide out of 4,852 hospitals in 16 specialties.
To be considered for the rankings, a hospital must be a teaching hospital, be affiliated with a medical school, have at least 200 beds, or have at least 100 beds and at least four of eight key medical technologies available, such as a PET/CT scanner and certain precise radiation therapies.
Hospitals also must meet a volume requirement—a minimum number of Medicare inpatients from 2006 to 2008 who had certain procedures and conditions in a given specialty. Each hospital received a U.S. News score from 0 to 100 based on four basic elements: reputation, death rate, patient safety, and care-related factors such as nursing and patient services.
In four specialties—including ophthalmology and rehabilitation—ranking is based solely on reputation, derived from physician surveys.
The full list of hospital rankings and methodology is also available online at http://www.usnews.com/besthospitals. The rankings will be published in the August issue of the magazine.
USC University Hospital
Ranked among the top in the nation in six specialty areas by U.S. News & World Report
