4 Illinois Hospitals Among America’s Best: Money

ILLINOIS— At some point, nearly all Illinois residents — or their loved ones — will be in need of care from a hospital. But knowing which hospitals offer the highest quality, most affordable care is difficult.

To help residents of Illinois and other states make the best health care choices, the digital platform Money and the Leapfrog Group teamed up to issue its first-ever Best Hospitals In America list.

Out of 6,000 hospitals across the U.S., this year’s list spotlights nearly 150 that consistently provide great care.

The hospitals on this year’s list span 29 states and fall into five different categories: general hospitals, children’s hospitals, rural hospitals, large teaching hospitals and small teaching hospitals.

AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago is included on this year’s inaugural list. It also appeared earlier this year among the top 100 on Healthgrades' America's Best Hospitals list.

Other Illinois hospitals making the Money/Leapfrog list:

• Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb
• Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, Palos Heights
• University of Chicago Medical Center

To select the best hospitals, Money and The Leapfrog Group used data from The Leapfrog Group’s Hospitals Survey, its Hospital Safety Grade assessment and public data sources.

For more than 20 years, The Leapfrog Group has evaluated hospitals on numerous criteria from ICU staffing to high-risk surgery outcomes to maternity care. Factors that weighed heavily in determining this year’s best hospitals were hospital infection rates, maternity care, pediatrics, medication management, hand hygiene practices, nursing workforce and critical care.

Read more about the methodology used to determine the inaugural Best Hospitals In America list.

California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were the states with the greatest number of best hospitals. Each of these states had 10 or more hospitals that received the designation. Florida led the way with 26 top facilities.

See the full list of Best Hospitals In America.