68 CA Hospitals Named Best In State: U.S. News

CALIFORNIA — U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday ranked several hospitals in California among the best in the nation.

The outlet rated the best overall hospitals, as well as others that consistently deliver the best care.

The Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center was named the top hospital in California, receiving high marks in specialties including diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, pulmonology and lung surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, psychiatry, cancer, neurology and neurosurgery, urology, cardiology and heart surgery, U.S. News reported.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was ranked No. 2 for delivering high-quality care in cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery and urology.

To compile the rankings, U.S. News compared more than 4,750 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties and 17 procedures and conditions, including cardiology, neurology, geriatrics, orthopedics and more.

U.S. News also added seven new procedures or conditions to the rankings this year, including heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, diabetes, kidney failure, hip fracture and back surgery.

The goal of the rankings is to help patients choose a hospital based on the specific type of care they need.

The following California hospitals were also ranked.

• No. 3: The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.
• No. 4: Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital.
• No. 5: Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California.

Data used to determine this year’s best hospitals came from a period predating the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning rankings were not affected by the pandemic’s effect on hospitals.

The methodology for the rankings was based largely on objective measures such as risk-adjusted survival, discharge-to-home rates and the volume and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators.

Learn more about the U.S. News' best hospitals methodology.

Of the hospitals analyzed by U.S. News, 531 were recognized as best regional hospitals, based on their strong performance in multiple areas of care.

In addition to state, regional and specialty rankings, U.S. News also announced the 20 hospitals that made it to this year’s Honor Roll, which recognized the top hospitals nationwide that deliver exceptional treatment across multiple areas of care.

In California, the following hospitals made the Honor Roll.

• No. 3: UCLA Medical Center.
• No. 6: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
• No. 9: UCSF Medical Center.
• No. 12: Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, claimed the No. 1 spot on the best hospitals Honor Roll. Cleveland Clinic ranked No. 2, followed by UCLA Medical Center at No. 3.

In the specialty rankings, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ranked No. 1 in cancer care. The Cleveland Clinic ranked tops in cardiology and heart surgery, and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City was No. 1 in orthopedics.

How Hospitals Ranked In California

• No. 1: UCLA Medical Center.
• No. 2: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
• No. 3: UCSF Medical Center.
• No. 4: Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital.
• No. 5: Keck Medical Center of USC.
• No. 5: University of California, San Diego Health-Jacobs Medical Center.
• No. 7: University of California, Davis Medical Center.
• No. 7: Scripps La Jolla Hospitals.
• No. 9: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
• No. 10: John Muir Health-Walnut Creek Medical Center.
• No. 11: Torrance Memorial Medical Center.
• No. 12: Mission Hospitals-Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach.
• No. 13: MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center.
• No. 13: Loma Linda University Medical Center.
• No. 15: University of California, Irvine Medical Center.
• No. 16: John Muir Health-Concord Medical Center.
• No. 17: Sharp Memorial Hospital.
• No. 18: Kaiser Permanente Anaheim and Irvine Medical Centers.
• No. 18: Providence St. John's Health Center.
• No. 20: PIH Health Hospital-Whittier.
• No. 21: Adventist Health-Glendale.
• No. 21: St. Joseph Hospital-Orange.
• No. 21: Eisenhower Medical Center.
• No. 24: Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
• No. 24: Providence St. Joseph Medical Center-Burbank.
• No. 24: MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center.
• No. 24: Providence Holy Cross Medical Center.
• No. 24: Kaiser Permanente Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers.
• No. 24: Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion and San Diego Medical Center.
• No. 30: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.
• No. 30: Mercy General Hospital.
• No. 32: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
• No. 32: Huntington Memorial Hospital.
• No. 32: Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance.
• No. 32: Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center.
• No. 32: Sequoia Hospital.
• No. 37: MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center.
• No. 37: Providence Tarzana Medical Center.
• No. 37: Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center.
• No. 37: Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center.
• No. 37: Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center.
• No. 42: Enloe Medical Center.
• No. 42: Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center.
• No. 42: St. Jude Medical Center.
• No. 42: Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center.
• No. 42: Community Memorial Hospital-Ventura.
• No. 42: Sutter Medical Center.
• No. 42: Sharp Grossmont Hospital.
• No. 42: Scripps Mercy Hospital.
• No. 50: NorthBay Medical Center.
• No. 50: Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center.
• No. 50: Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center.
• No. 50: Methodist Hospital of Southern California.
• No. 50: Scripps Memorial Hospital-Encinitas.
• No. 50: Kaiser Permanente Oakland and Richmond Medical Centers.
• No. 56: Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System.
• No. 56: Adventist Health Bakersfield.
• No. 56: Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.
• No. 56: Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center.
• No. 56: Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center.
• No. 56: Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center.
• No. 56: California Pacific Medical Center.
• No. 56: Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center.
• No. 56: El Camino Hospital.
• No. 65: Kaweah Delta Medical Center.
• No. 65: Good Samaritan Hospital-Los Angeles.
• No. 65: Palomar Medical Center Escondido.
• No. 68 Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center.

See this year’s full Best Hospitals ranking.

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