St. Francis, North Shore Hospitals Ranked By US News

U.S. News and World Report released its annual rankings of the best hospitals in the country for 2018-19, ranking St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn and North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset No. 5. and 9 in the state, respectively.

Seven Long Island hospitals made the New York rankings, which rated hospitals from No. 1 to 32.

The top ranked hospital on Long Island was St. Francis Hospital, which was rated high performing in five adult specialties and seven procedures and conditions.

North Shore University Hospital was ranked high performing in two adult specialties and seven procedures and conditions.

New York-Presbyterian Hospital was ranked as the number one hospital in New York. It was ranked across 14 adult and 10 pediatric specialties and was ranked No. 10 on the 2018–19 U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll.

According to the rankings, the best hospitals on Long Island are:

• St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn— No. 5 in state
• NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola— No. 6 in state
• North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset— N0. 9 in state
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park— No. 15 in state
• Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook— No. 16 in state
• Huntington Hospital, Huntington— No. 20 in state
• South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside— No. 26 in state

In all, 158 hospitals in the country ranked nationally in at least one specialty and more than 1,100 hospitals were rated as high performing in at least one common procedure or condition, according to U.S. News. A total of 29 hospitals were rated as "high performing" in all nine procedures and conditions. Hospitals were not ranked numerically for procedures and conditions.

U.S. News uses two methodologies, one for procedures and conditions ratings and another for specialty rankings. The rankings are produced by U.S. News with research organization, RTI International. U.S. News says its methodologies in most areas of care are based largely or entirely on objective measures like risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient experience, patient safety and quality of nursing. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

The specialties included in the rankings are:

• Cancer
• Cardiology and Heart Surgery
• Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Ear, Nose and Throat
• Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Nephrology
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Pulmonology
• Psychiatry
• Rehabilitation
• Rheumatology
• Urology

The procedures and conditions included in the rankings are:

• COPD
• Heart Bypass Surgery
• Heart Failure
• Hip Replacement
• Knee Replacement
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Aortic Valve Surgery
• Colon Cancer Surgery
• Lung Cancer Surgery

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