Mass. General Ranks Fifth Among Best Hospitals List
Monday August 11, 2008
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MGH, along with two other local hospitals, is among 19 facilities to make the magazine's prestigious Honor Roll. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston) earned the No. 8 overall ranking, and Yale-New Haven Hospital (New Haven, Conn.) earned the 19th overall ranking. Additionally, Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) received high marks in several pediatric specialties.
MGH ranked first in psychiatry, second in endocrinology, and third in neurology/neurosurgery. The hospital also ranked fourth in five specialties (orthopedics, gastrointestinal disorders, geriatric care, respiratory disorders, and heart/heart surgery). It also placed in kidney disease (fifth), rheumatology (sixth), cancer (seventh), urology (12th), gynecology (17th), and ear/nose/throat (31st). Among pediatric specialties, MGH ranked 21st in general, 16th in neonatal care, 27th in digestive disorders, and 17th in respiratory disorders.
Brigham and Women's ranked first in gynecology and kidney disorders; fifth in heart/heart surgery; seventh in rheumatology; eighth in endocrinology; 12th in gastrointestinal disorders; 14th in orthopedics and respiratory disorders; 17th in urology; 21st in neurology/neurosurgery; 22nd in geriatric care; 25th in cancer; and 35th in ear/nose/throat.
Yale-New Haven ranked sixth in geriatric care; 13th in gynecology and psychiatry; 14th in endocrinology; 19th in respiratory disorders; 21st in kidney disease; 23rd in gastrointestinal disorders; 27th in heart/heart surgery; 28th in ear/nose/throat; 29th in cancer and pediatric digestive disorders; and 32nd in neurology/neurosurgery.
Meanwhile, CHB ranked first in two pediatric specialties (digestive disorders and heart/heart surgery); second in general, cancer, and neurology/neurosurgery; third in neonatal care; and fourth in respiratory disorders.
Fourteen local hospitals earned a ranking in at least one specialty category, including Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. (43rd in endocrinology); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (ninth in geriatrics, 13th in endocrinology, 16th in gastrointestinal diseases, 25th in gynecology, 29th in kidney disease, 32nd in heart/heart disease, 39th in respiratory diseases, 46th in urology, 48th in ear/nose/throat, and 50th in cancer); Boston Medical Center in Boston (20th in rheumatology, 25th in respiratory disorders, and 31st in geriatrics); Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford Conn. (30th in pediatric digestive disorders); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston (fifth in adult cancer); Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. (38th in gynecology, 39th in ear/nose/throat, and 44th in cancer); Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. (23rd in psychiatry); Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, Conn. (41st in ear/nose/throat); Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass (22nd in urology); Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston (fifth in ear/nose/throat; and fourth in ophthalmology); McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. (fourth in psychiatry); New England Baptist Hospital in Boston (23rd in orthopedics); Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Boston (seventh in rehabilitation); and Tufts Medical Center in Boston (40th in kidney disease).
Another 51 hospitals were named to the list as well. Those honored were Beverly Hospital in Beverly Mass.; Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Conn.; Bristol Hospital in Bristol, Conn.; Brockton Hospital in Brockton Mass.; Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Mass.; Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Mass.; Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton Mass.; Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen Mass.; Caritas Norwood Hospital in Norwood, Mass.; Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H.; Concord Hospital in Concord, N.H.; Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn.; Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N.H.; Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass.; Faulkner Hospital in Boston; Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, Conn.; Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Conn.; Hallmark Health System in Melrose, Mass.; Health Alliance Hospitals in Leominster, Mass.; Holyoke Medical Center in Holyoke, Mass.; Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain Conn.; Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Mass.; Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn.; Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, Mass.; Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, Mass.; Manchester Memorial Hospital in Manchester, Conn.; Marlborough Hospital in Marlborough, Mass.; Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.; MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, Mass.; Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn.; MidState Medical Center in Meriden, Conn.; Milford Regional Medical Center in Milford, Mass.; Milton Hospital in Milton, Mass.; Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I.; Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge Mass.; Noble Hospital in Westfield, Mass.; North Shore Medical Center in Salem, Mass.; Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn.; Parkland Medical Center in Derry, N.H.; Quincy Medical Center in Quincy, Mass.; Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, R.I.; Rockville General Hospital in Vernon Rockville, Conn.; Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I.; Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass.; Saints Memorial Medical Center in Lowell, Mass.; Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass.; Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Conn.; South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, Mass.; Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Conn.; St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston in Brighton, Mass.; St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn.; St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn.; University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Conn.; VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven, Conn.; Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury, Conn.; Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H.; Winchester Hospital in Winchester, Mass.; Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers in Palmer, Mass.; and Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island in Providence, R.I.
