Doylestown Hospital Ranked 13th Best In PA By U.S. News

PENNSYLVANIA — U.S. News & World Report has ranked Doylestown Hospital among the best in Pennsylvania. The publication, which released its latest rankings of the country's best hospitals, has ranked Doylestown Hospital 13th in Pennsylvania.

It was one of two Bucks County hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania. St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne was ranked 17th.

In total, 26 Pennsylvania hospitals made the state’s best hospitals list.

Doyelstown Hospital was rated high performing in six adult procedures and conditions, including three cardiology and heart conditions, two orthopedic conditions, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

“Doylestown Hospital provides an expanding array of specialty services with extremely skilled clinical teams and a growing, focused and talented Medical Staff,” said Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Scott Levy. “Our performance as a non-profit community health system and the high marks we receive for patient safety and experience are often a model for others seeking to achieve excellence.”

St. Mary Medical Center, the other Bucks County hospital ranked, was rated high performing in four adult procedures and conditions, including heart failure, two orthopedic conditions, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian was the top-ranked hospital in the state and the only in Pennsylvania that made U.S. News' Honor Roll of the top 20.

The data used is pre-pandemic, so the coronavirus's impact on hospitals nationwide is not shown in the latest rankings.

“The pandemic has altered, perhaps permanently, how patients get care and from whom they get it. Amid the disruption, we are steadfastly committed to providing the public with authoritative data for comparing hospital quality,” said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. “No hospital’s clinical team came through this unprecedented health crisis unscathed.”

In Pennsylvania, the top-ranked hospitals are:

*denotes a tie in the rankings

1. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia: Ranked in 12 adult specialties and rated high performing in 2 adult specialties and 10 procedures and conditions. MORE.

2. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Pittsburgh: Ranked in 11 adult specialties specialties and rated high performing in 3 adult specialties and 8 procedures and conditions. MORE.

3. Jefferson Health-Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia: Ranked in 9 adult specialties specialties and rated high performing in 3 adult specialties and 7 procedures and conditions. MORE.

4.* Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster: Ranked in 1 adult specialty specialty and rated high performing in 4 adult specialties and 9 procedures and conditions. MORE. Penn State Health

4.* Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey: Ranked in 1 adult specialty and 5 pediatric specialties and rated high performing in 6 adult specialties and 7 procedures and conditions. MORE.

6.* Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown: Rated high performing in 7 adult specialties and 8 procedures and conditions. MORE.

6.* St. Luke's University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus, Bethlehem: Rated high performing in 5 adult specialties and 10 procedures and conditions. MORE.

8. Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia: Ranked in 1 adult specialty specialty and rated high performing in 5 adult specialties and 5 procedures and conditions. MORE.

9. UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg: Rated high performing in 3 adult specialties and 8 procedures and conditions. MORE.

10.* Chester County Hospital, West Chester: Ranked in 1 adult specialty specialty and rated high performing in 3 adult specialties and 3 procedures and conditions. MORE.

10.*Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood: Rated high performing in 9 adult procedures and conditions.

12. Jefferson Health-Abington Hospital, Abington: Rated high performing in 2 adult specialties and 5 procedures and conditions. MORE.

13.* Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown: Rated high performing in 6 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

13.* Reading Hospital, Reading: Rated high performing in 2 adult specialties and 4 procedures and conditions. MORE.

13. UPMC Passavant, Pittsburgh: Rated high performing in 1 adult specialty and 5 procedures and conditions. MORE.

16. Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr: Rated high performing in 1 adult specialty and 4 procedures and conditions. MORE.

17.* Geisinger Medical Center, Danville: Rated high performing in 4 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

17.* Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College: Rated high performing in 4 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

17.* St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh: Rated high performing in 4 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

17.* St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne: Rated high performing in 4 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

17.* UPMC St. Margaret, Pittsburgh: Rated high performing in 4 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

17.* WellSpan York Hospital, York: Rated high performing in 4 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

23.* Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh: Rated high performing in 3 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

23.* Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg: Rated high performing in 3 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

23.* Riddle Hospital, Media: Rated high performing in 3 adult procedures and conditions. It is a general medical and surgical facility. MORE.

26. *Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre: Rated high performing in 3 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

26.* Jefferson Health-Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, Philadelphia: Rated high performing in 3 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

26.* WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon: Rated high performing in 3 adult procedures and conditions. MORE.

The 16 specialties that hospitals were ranked for 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, psychiatry, pulmonology and lung surgery, rehabilitation, rheumatology and urology.

Twelve of the specialty rankings — which cover categories such as cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology and nephrology — are determined mostly by data; the other four specialties — ophthalmology, psychiatry, rehabilitation and rheumatology — are determined entirely by expert opinion, U.S. News said.

More information on the full rankings is here.