14 Illinois Hospitals Ranked Among 2022's Best, 6 In Top 100

CHICAGO — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to place renewed importance on access to safe, quality health care, a new ranking by Healthgrades has recognized 14 hospitals in Illinois for superior performance.

Healthgrades, an online health care information company, on Tuesday released its 2022 list of America’s Best Hospitals. The annual ranking recognizes the top 1, 2 and 5 percent of hospitals in the nation.

To compile the ranking, researchers looked at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid data between 2018 and 2020 for more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Researchers then analyzed how each performed across 31 commonly treated conditions and procedures including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.

In a release announcing the 2022 list, Healthgrades said that only 22 percent of U.S. adult patients said that they considered hospital quality the last time they selected a specialist. By offering easy access to data-driven hospital ratings, Healthgrades connects consumers with the providers and hospitals who are right for their care needs.

“It is crucial to know the top-performing hospitals in your community and look to these centers of clinical excellence to support you and your family’s health long-term,” Burt Kann, executive vice president and Head of Product at Healthgrades said in a news release on Tuesday.

“Many individuals choose a specialist without considering the quality of the hospital where that doctor treats patients. These questions need to be asked, and Healthgrades has the answers.”

This also means that if all hospitals performed similarly to Healthgrades America’s Best Hospitals, 167,235 lives could potentially have been saved, the release says.

After identifying eligible hospitals, Healthgrades used a series of steps to compile its final rankings. Read the full methodology for the rankings.

Here are the Illinois hospitals ranked among the best in the nation.

Top 100:

• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village
• AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago
• Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana
• Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights
• Palos Community Hospital

Top 250:

• Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn
• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital and Medical Center, Barrington
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village
• AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago
• Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana
• Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital - Rockton
• Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights
• Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
• Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital
• OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights
• Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago

The hospitals listed above are organized alphabetically and are not ranked in any particular order. Healthgrades’ complete list of the top 250 hospitals is also organized by state and not ranked in any order.

“Now more than ever, consumers understand the importance of researching hospitals and finding the best organization to meet their health care needs,” Dr. Brad Bowman, chief medical officer of Healthgrades, said in a release. “Especially in this era of COVID-19, we commend the recipients … for their commitment to providing superior outcomes and keeping their communities safe.”

In addition to its Best Hospitals ranking, Healthgrades provides information to consumers based on patient surveys, data from government sources and data that comes directly from providers or practices.

You can see the full list of the top 50, 100 and 250 hospitals from Healthgrades on its website.