AMERICA BEST HOSPITALS 2007

U.S. News put 5,462 medical centers through progressively finer screens to create the 16 specialties rankings in the 2007 edition of America's Best Hospitals. Just 173 hospitals made it into the rankings, and of those, a mere 18 displayed the marked breadth of expertise, with high scores in at least six specialties, that qualified them for the Honor Roll. They are ordered by total points—a hospital got 2 points if it ranked at or close to the top in a specialties and 1 point if it ranked slightly lower (View 2007 Methodology).
1
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore30 points in 15 specialties
2
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.29 points in 15 specialties
3
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles25 points in 15 specialties
4
Cleveland Clinic25 points in 13 specialties
5
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston23 points in 12 specialties
6
New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp. of Columbia and Cornell21 points in 11 specialties
7
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.18 points in 10 specialties
7
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center18 points in 10 specialties
9
Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis17 points in 11 specialties
10
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston16 points in 10 specialties
11
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle15 points in 9 specialties
12
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia11 points in 8 specialties
13
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center10 points in 7 specialties
14
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor9 points in 7 specialties
15
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.8 points in 6 specialties
15
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.8 points in 6 specialties
17
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles7 points in 6 specialties
17
University of Chicago Medical Center7 points in 6 specialties