Here, each facility receives a rating on how well its patient population represents the racial demographics of its surrounding community and, for Black residents specifically, how well its preventive care reduces potentially avoidable hospitalizations.
It also included a new addition to each hospital’s profile page focused on racial disparities in care, based on federal data and other professional society sources. This year’s rankings were updated with seven new specific procedures and conditions that users may search for, including stroke, pneumonia and kidney failure. The only other institution named as a top hospital in multiple specialties was Johns Hopkins Hospital, which led the way in psychiatry and rheumatology. In addition to its sixth consecutive placement at the top of the Honor Roll, Mayo Clinic was also named as the top hospital for five of the 15 medical specialties: diabetes/endocrinology, gastroenterology/GI surgery, gynecology, pulmonology/lung surgery and urology. RELATED: Boston Children's, CHOP again crowned as top-ranked pediatric hospitals by U.S. UCLA Medical Center, for instance, pushed its way up to the third slot this year, followed by Johns Hopkins Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The remainder of the publication’s top 20 “Honor Roll” consisted of several familiar names, albeit shuffled up and down the ranking.