July 18, 2003

MGH ranks fourth in U.S. News' best hospitals list

In what has become an anticipated annual event, the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospital's" honor roll has been published, ranking the MGH fourth in the nation. BWH also made the hospital honor roll, ranking 12th. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore was ranked first overall, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., ranked second and UCLA ranked third.

MGH Psychiatry again ranked first in the psychiatry category for the eighth year in a row, and the hospital had a number-one ranking in the kidney disease category for the third year. Below is a complete list of the MGH rankings in the areas of specialty:

Cancer	26
Digestive disorders	4
Geriatrics	4
Gynecology	6
Heart and heart surgery	5
Hormonal disorders	2
Kidney disease	1
Neurology and neurosurgery	2
Orthopaedics	3
Pediatrics	16
Psychiatry	1
Respiratory disorders	5
Rheumatology	7
Urology	6

Other Partners institutions that ranked in their area of specialty include McLean Hospital, ranking fourth in psychiatry, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, ranking ninth in rehabilitation. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which collaborates with the MGH and BWH in Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, ranked fourth in the cancer category. In addition, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a sister institution of the MGH, ranked second in the ear, nose and throat category and fourth in eye care.

The annual publication of the honor roll has become a resource for the general public in choosing hospitals for medical care. The listed hospitals were chosen based on reputation, mortality rates and clinician surveys.

The MGH and BWH have been among the leading institutions since the publication began conducting the survey in 1990. The honor roll will appear in the July 28 issue of U.S. News & World Report, which will be available on newsstands July 21.
For more information about the "Best Hospitals" issue, visit www.usnews.com