WA Hospitals Among Best In U.S., Newsweek Says In New Ranking

WASHINGTON — Two of the best hospitals on the globe are in Washington, according to Newsweek's recently-released 2023 list of the World’s Best Hospitals, and many place high among America's top medical institutions.

Newsweek partnered with data firm Statista to release the fifth year of this list, which ranked 2,300 hospitals in 80 countries. The hospitals on the list are not only innovative and offer first-class care, but also “consistently attract the best people and provide the best outcomes for patients as well as the most important new therapies and research,” Newsweek said.

A global board of medical experts compiled the list based on four data sources: an online survey from medical experts, results from patient surveys, hospital quality metrics, and a PROM (patient-reported outcome measures) implementation survey.

Nancy Cooper, global editor-in-chief for Newsweek, said the goal of the study was to provide a data-based comparison of hospital reputations and performances across counties.

"We hope this will be useful to patients and families seeking the best care for themselves and loved ones, as well as to hospitals as they benchmark themselves against their peers," Cooper said.

Each hospital is rated by a score; read more about the methodology here.

Here are the Washington hospitals that placed on the national list, ranked among 420 U.S. hospitals.

U.S. Rank: 27th (Global Rank: 113th)
University of Washington Medical Center
Total Score: 74.29%

U.S. Rank: 37th (Global Rank: 195th)
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Total Score: 72.24%

U.S. Rank: 112th
Swedish Medical Center
Total Score: 65.46%

U.S. Rank: 144th
EvergreenHealth Medical Center
Total Score: 64.99%

U.S. Rank: 155th
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
Total Score: 64.58%

U.S. Rank: 313th
Kadlec Regional Medical Center
Total Score: 62.92%

U.S. Rank: 355th
Providence St Mary Medical Center
Total Score: 62.50%

U.S. Rank: 367th
Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Total Score: 62.38%

Five U.S. hospitals were in the top 10 on Newsweek's list of the World's Best Hospitals, including the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN (1), Cleveland Clinic in Ohio (2), Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (3), Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (4), and UCLA Health- Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles (10).