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What are the best hospitals in America?

The U.S News and World Report released their 2010-2011 rankings of the best hospitals in the United States. This honor roll results from the evaluation of an impressive list of thousands of hospitals throughout the country. Please keep in mind that while the hospitals are numerically ranked, some are better in certain specialties than others. The different hospitals may also provide a unique set of skills and services that may cater to an individual patient's needs more than those at a "higher-ranked" hospital.

We provide contact information and social media tools used by the individual hospitals.

#1 The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

For the 21st consecutive year, the Johns Hopkins Hospital has earned the top rank among the best hospitals in the United States, according to the U.S. News & World Report. It is also informally viewed as one of the best hospitals in the world.

The hospital is the birthplace of many traditions in modern medicine, such as residency training, "rounds" (visiting each patient and teaching at the bedside), and a number of medical specialties, such as endocrinology, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, pediatrics, child psychiatry, and urology.

The image to the right is an artist's rendition of the new hospital entrance, children's hospital, and critical care towers to open in April 2012.

600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
410-955-5000

WWW | @HopkinsMedNews | YouTube | Facebook

#2 Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is the original teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School.

55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
617-726-2000

WWW

#3 Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Mayo Clinic is an internationally-renowned health care conglomerate famous for its outstanding clinic care and cutting-edge biomedical research. The hospital operates on an unusual fee-system, paying its doctors on a fixed salary instead of basing income on patient volume. This reduces the pressure to see too many patients and the motivation to do too many procedures, thus freeing the physicians to practice quality medicine while minimizing health care costs.

200 First St. S.W.
Rochester, MN 55905
507-284-2511

WWW | @mayoclinic | YouTube | Facebook | Blog

#4 Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Besides being a top hospital, the Cleveland Clinic is world-renowned as the top heart hospital in the United States. It has ranked in the #1 spot for cardiovascular care over the past 15 years.

The Cleveland Clinic is primarily located in Ohio, but has branches in Florida, Canada, and Abu Dhabi.

Similar to the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic physicians are salaried, which means that their income is not directly related to the number of patients seen or procedures performed. Proponents of this staffing model claim that it permits the physician to provide quality care, while reducing health care costs.

9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
866-594-2091

WWW | @clevelandclinicnews

#5 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, California

The UCLA Medical Center is a tertiary-care hospital that serves the Los Angeles region. It is touted as the "Best in the West" Coast.

The newly opened medical complex is an advanced 525-bed hospital that is smaller than its predecessor across the street. The new building was designed by world-renowned architect I.M. Pei and recently opened in 2008.

757 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-825-9111

WWW

#6 New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell

New York, New York

The New York Presbyterian Hospital is a joint teaching affiliate of the Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

525 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10021
212-746-5454

WWW

#7 University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

San Francisco, California

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is the only University of California dedicated to graduate education (that is, without an option to obtain an undergraduate degree), while specializing in the health and the biomedical sciences.

500 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143
415-476-1000

WWW

#8 Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Also known as "The Brigham", the Brigham and Women's Hospital is one of three Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals. It is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, adjacent to Harvard Medical School.

75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-732-5500

WWW

#9 Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina

The Duke University Medical Center is a large 900-bed tertiary care center affiliated with the Duke University Health System. The hospital was constructed in 1927 through a $4 million endowment by James Buchanan Duke to create a medical school, nursing school, and hospital.

The Duke University Medical Center is the only one of the mentioned hospitals here to feature a monorail train (seen in image).

2301 Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27710
919-684-8111

WWW | @duke_medicine

#10 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founded in 1874, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) is the oldest university-owned teaching hospital in the United States. It is associated with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-662-4000

WWW

#11 Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri

The Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the teaching hospital of the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) School of Medicine.

1 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314-747-3000

WWW | @BarnesJewish

Where Are The Rest?

There were 17 hospitals ranked on this year's Honor Roll. The 6 others are the following:

12. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
13. University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle, Washington)
14. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
15. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tennessee)
16. Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York, New York)
17. Stanford Hospital and Clinics (Stanford, California)

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    May 14, 2011 @ 12:48 am | delete
    Thanks for the list..We are providing Medical transcription services for US hospitals..
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    mednotes Mar 24, 2010 @ 10:13 pm | delete
    I am glad to hear that Flagstaff has an excellent choice of a hospital. I agree that there are many excellent hospitals throughout the United States, but unfortunately I could only list a select few. While the above hospitals are considered the "best" by US News & World Report, the ideal hospital for you or me may be elsewhere. Although I work at one of the hospitals above (and even if I did not work there), I purposely chose a different hospital to have my son delivered.
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    Ramkitten Mar 24, 2010 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    I hope not to have to visit any of them, but the lens is nicely done. :) I know it's not on the list, but the hospital here in Flagstaff (FMC) is, in my opinion, an excellent hospital. I say that based on my family's experiences there and those of friends. FMC serves pretty much all of Northern Arizona.
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    bethd821 Feb 13, 2010 @ 2:58 pm | delete
    Good information. Simple and to the point.
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