U.S. News and World Report Names 10 Best Ortho Hospitals
BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI, JULY 14, 2008
Hospital for Special Surgery topped U.S. News and World Report's list of the best ortho hospitals in the country, boasting the most discharges of any orthopedic hospital, a large nursing staff and advanced technologies. A low mortality index (0.14), status as a nurse magnet hospital, stellar patient services and presence of a trauma center round out the rankings' criteria. HSS also scored the top spot in a "reputation" index, determined by a random sample of 200 orthopedic surgeons who were asked to list the five hospitals they considered the best in the specialty. 44% named HSS in their responses.
Here are the top 10:
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Highest discharge rate of the top 10; lowest mortality rate; advanced technologies; trauma center.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
0.47 mortality index; offers advanced technologies; scored 7/7 for patient services.
Cleveland Clinic
Offers advanced technologies; no trauma center.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Scored 0/1 for advanced technologies; trauma center.
New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp. of Columbia and Cornell
Advanced technologies; 7/7 for patient services; trauma center.
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
7/7 for patient services; 0/1 for advanced technologies; fewest discharges (1,596 over three years, compared to HSS' 11,706) of the top 10.
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
0.78 mortality index, the highest in the top 10; trauma center.
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York
Advanced technologies; trauma center.
UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Advanced technologies; 7/7 for patient services; trauma center.
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Advanced technologies; 7/7 for patient services; trauma center.
