IL's Best Hospitals For 2024: See Full List

ILLINOIS — Throughout 2024, several data-based national rankings and safety grades helped Illinois residents navigate the labyrinth of health care, and make decisions about the best places to have a baby, surgery or take care of other medical issues.

Here’s a review of how Illinois stacked up in analyses and rankings from various publications, government agencies and a health care watchdog group:

U.S. News & World Report’s respected rankings included looks at the best maternity, children’s and overall hospitals in Illinois. Read more.:

• U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals
• U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals
• U.S. News & World Report Best Maternity Hospitals

The publication also released reports to help guide older Illinois residents in their decisions about health care. Read more:

• U.S. News & World Report Best Nursing Homes

Other publications also took a look at Illinois residents’ access to top hospitals. Read more:

• Newsweek Best Hospitals in the World
• Becker’s Healthcare Great Hospitals In America

The watchdog Leapfrog Group’s twice-a-year safety grades use both data and patient surveys to measure Illinois hospitals’ records on patient safety, infection rates and other patient experiences. Read more:

• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Spring
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Fall

Healthgrades, which maintains a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals and health care providers, also released ratings on hospitals in Illinois and others. Click to see where your local hospitals landed in the roundup for Healthgrades America’s Best Hospitals Award.