1 Rhode Island Hospital Among Nation’s Best: U.S. News Ranking

RHODE ISLAND — A hospital in Rhode Island was named among the best in the country, according to new Best Hospitals rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

The 34th edition of the rankings recognizes the top 484 regional hospitals, as well as the top 22 “honor roll” hospitals. Hospitals that made the ranking achieved excellence across a range of specialties, U.S. News said.

For Rhode Island, the Miriam Hospital in Providence made the "honor roll." The hospital received high marks for orthopedics, diabetes, heart failure, colon cancer, heart attack, hip replacement, kidney failure, knee replacement, leukemia, prostate cancer surgery, and stroke.

"I am so proud that The Miriam Hospital has, for the 12th year in a row, earned the distinction of being the top hospital in Rhode Island for our care and treatment of patients," hospital President Maria Ducharme said. "We have a talented and committed team that truly
lives the mission of Delivering health with care. This passion and dedication to patient-centered care can be seen across The Miriam Hospital, and I consider myself fortunate to work among such amazing individuals daily."

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 21 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a “best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, quality of nursing care and patient experience.

This year, U.S. News said it placed more emphasis on objective quality measures and less on expert opinion. Other changes include the introduction of outpatient outcomes in key specialty and surgical rankings.

The rankings are meant to help patients and their doctors make health care decisions, according to Ben Harder, managing editor at U.S. News.

The top hospitals nationwide by specialty are:

Cancer

1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
5. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston.

Cardiology, heart and vascular surgery:

1. Cleveland Clinic
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
5. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York.

Neurology and neurosurgery

1. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York
2. UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
3. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
4. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
5. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

Orthopedics

1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York
5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell.