18 Illinois Hospitals Among 250 Best In America: Healthgrades

ILLINOIS — Eighteen hospitals in Illinois were ranked among the 250 best in the country in a new ranking from Healthgrades, a marketplace to help people find doctors and hospitals.

Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complications rates for 31 of the most common healthcare conditions and procedures at 4,500 U.S. hospitals for its 2023 America’s Best Hospitals ranking. This year’s awards recognize overall clinical excellence and the top-ranked hospitals for 18 specialty care among 32 eligible states.

The “America’s best” rankings recognize:

• America’s 50 Best Hospitals (top 1 percent)
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals (top 2 percent)
• America’s 250 Best Hospitals (top 5 percent)

The 18 Illinois hospitals included in the 250 best were:

• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington
• OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
• University of Chicago Medical Center
• AMITA Health Alexian Brothers, Elk Grove Village
• Evanston Hospital
• Highland Park Hospital
• Glenbrook Hospital
• Skokie Hospital
• Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
• Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
• Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital
• Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox
• Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• Javon Bea Hospital, Rockton
• Carle Foundational Hospital, Urbana

AMITA Health Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove Village and Urbana's Carle Hospital were the only two Illinois hospitals ranked in the Top 50 in the country, according to the survey.

Additionally, the following hospitals were recognized for their level of specialty care:

CARDIAC CARE:

• No. 1: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• No. 2: University of Chicago Medical Center
• No. 3: Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
• No. 4: Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn
• No. 5: OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington

CARDIAC SURGERY

• No. 1: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• No. 2: Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood
• No. 3: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• No. 4: University of Chicago Medical Center
• No. 5: Northwestern Medicine DuPage Hospital, Winfield

CARDIOLOGY

• No. 1: Northwestern Medicine McHenry Medical Center
• No. 2: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• No. 3: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
• No. 4: Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn
• No. 5: University of Chicago Medical Center

CORONARY INTERVENTION

• No. 1: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• No. 2: Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove
• No. 3: Unity Point-Methodist Hospital, Peoria
• No. 4: Edward Hospital, Naperville
• No. 5: Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital

CRITICAL CARE

• No. 1: OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• No. 2: Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford
• No. 3: Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
• No. 4: AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village
• No. 5: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago

GASTROINTESTINAL CARE

• No. 1: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• No. 2: OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• No. 3: Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox
• No. 4: Evanston Hospital
• No. 5: Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington

GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICAL

• No. 1: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• No. 2: OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• No. 3: Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington
• No. 4: AMITA Health St. Alexius Brothers Medical Center, Hoffman Estates
• No. 5: Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox

GENERAL SURGERY

• No. 1: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• No. 2: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
• No. 3: OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Ottawa
• No. 4: AMITA Health St. Alexius Brothers Medical Center, Hoffman Estates
• No. 5: University of Chicago Medical Center

JOINT REPLACEMENT

• No. 1: Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
• No. 2: AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago
• No. 3: Wabash General Hospital, Mount Caramel

NEUROSCIENCES

• No. 1: OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• No. 2: AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village
• No. 3: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• No. 4: Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford
• No. 5: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

• No. 1: AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago
• No. 2: Springfield Memorial Hospital
• No. 3: AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet

PULMONARY CARE

• No. 1: Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana
• No. 2: Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford
• No. 3: Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington
• No. 4: OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• No. 5: AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates

STROKE CARE

• No. 1: OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• No 2: AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Oak Grove Village
• No. 3: Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford
• No. 4: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• No. 5: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Healthgrades said in a news release that the awards help consumers choose a doctor or hospital based on the criteria that matter most to them, including compatibility, relevant experience, and quality of care, at a time of heightened awareness of the importance of taking care of themselves.

A recent Healthgrades survey found 64 percent of consumers are more concerned about their health now than before the pandemic. More than half (57 percent) are more concerned today than before the pandemic about the quality of care provided by hospitals and their doctors.

Healthgrades said that if all hospitals performed at the level of the top 250 hospitals, 160,615 lives would have been saved.