Geneva Hospital In Top 250 Nationwide, Report Says

GENEVA, IL — Eleven hospitals in Illinois, including one in Geneva, are ranked among the top 5 percent of clinical care facilities in the country, according to a new report Tuesday.

The 2025 America’s Best Hospitals Awards from Healthgrades, an online resource to help people find doctors and hospitals, is a three-tiered ranking of the top 50, 100 and 250 hospitals, which, respectively, represent the top 1 percent, 2 percent and 5 percent of clinical care hospitals nationwide.

In Geneva, Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital ranked among the 250 best in the country.

In a statement to Patch, Emily Jakacki, president of Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, credited the hospital's staff's hard work and dedication.

"Recognitions like these would not be possible without the dedication and commitment of our physicians, nurses and staff who continually strive to deliver safe, high-quality and compassionate care to the patients and communities we are privileged to serve," Jakacki said. "Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital has a long legacy of providing world-class care to Kane County and we’re proud to see this recognized at a national level."

Healthgrades said it uses a clinically validated methodology that focuses solely on patient outcomes to help consumers choose doctors who practice at hospitals recognized for their quality.

The report evaluated clinical performance for about 4,500 hospitals across more than 30 common procedures and conditions. The rankings are designed to increase patients’ confidence in choosing a doctor and hospital.

“While there are several factors to consider when looking for a doctor, hospital quality is one that can have a critical impact on a patient’s overall quality of care,” Dr. Brad Bowman, Healthgrades’ chief medical officer and head of data science, said in a news release.

The persistent performance gap between the nation’s highest and lowest performers underscores the importance of ensuring that consumers have access to objective measures of hospital quality, Healthgrades said.

If all hospitals performed similarly to America’s 250 Best Hospitals, 174,081 lives could have been saved, Healthgrades said.