#1 Hospital in New England

Overview

Guided by the needs of our patients and their families, Massachusetts General Hospital delivers exceptional care grounded in leading-edge research, advanced treatment offerings and the latest clinical trials. We are pleased to be named the among the top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

We are pleased to be named a top hospital in the nation and #1 in New England based on U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for 2022-2023. Massachusetts General Hospital has been ranked among the top hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report ever since the rankings began. Applying groundbreaking research to the needs of our patients, we deliver a unique depth and breadth of care.

• Experts in treating the most complex medical conditions
• Harvard Medical School teaching hospital
• Largest hospital-based research institution in the U.S.
• Nationally recognized for excellence in nursing

Thousands of people from around the world travel to Boston each year to receive care at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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World-Class Medical Care

Massachusetts General Hospital is the first and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, where nearly all of our staff physicians serve on the faculty. Our 999-bed medical center, located in the heart of Boston, offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. Each year, we see nearly 1.6 million patients.

As a top hospital in America, our multidisciplinary approach to care unites specialists from across the hospital to offer patients comprehensive and state-of-the-art medical treatments.

• Cancer Center
• Digestive Healthcare Center
• Heart Center
• Neurology Department and Neurosurgery
• Orthopaedics Department
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Located in the Heart of Boston

Massachusetts General Hospital's main campus spans nearly 30 buildings, housing inpatient and ambulatory care services as well as research labs, administrative offices and amenities like cafeterias and cafes, a chapel, a healing garden, gift shops and a museum.

Patient Experience

Massachusetts General Hospital is designated a Magnet® hospital, the gold standard for nursing excellence, by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Research demonstrates that Magnet® hospitals have better patient outcomes, patient satisfaction and nursing satisfaction. To date, fewer than 7% of all hospitals in the United States have received this recognition. 

Remote Second Opinions

Whether you live in New England, across the United States or around world, specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital are available to review your medical records and provide an expert opinion on your diagnosis or treatment plan—without the need for an in-person visit. Learn more about our remote second opinion service

TeleHealth

The TeleHealth program at Massachusetts General Hospital uses innovative technology to enhance care for patients who travel to the hospital from outside the Boston region. TeleHealth services provide our patients and their local physician or specialist virtual options for access to the expertise of their Mass General clinicians, without the need to travel back to Boston.

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Research

Massachusetts General Hospital is America’s #1 research hospital. Our teams of passionate experts collaborate to bridge innovative science with state-of-the-art clinical medicine. Mass General publishes more research articles in prestigious medical journals (see Nature Index) and receives more federal funding than any other independent hospital in the country. With an annual research budget of more than $850 million, our research program spans more than 30 clinical departments and centers across the hospital and approximately 1,200 clinical trials are taking place at Mass General at any given time. Our research drives discoveries and breakthroughs in basic and clinical research, which translate into new and better treatments for our patients locally and around the globe.

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Read More

• Proto Magazine stakes its ground on medicine’s leading edge, reporting back from the frontiers of research and practice—exploring breakthroughs, dissecting controversies and opening a forum for informed debate. Explore the latest articles
• Mass General Magazine focuses on impact. Its stories look at lives changed by the extraordinary care provided by Mass General doctors, nurses and other caregivers. Read the magazine
• Advances at Mass General is a bi-annual physician-to-physician publication, which communicates specific advances made in the treatment and diagnosis of disease within Massachusetts General Hospital’s multidisciplinary care centers. Browse the latest issue