Triangle hospital named among 20 best in the country by US News & World Report
A Triangle hospital made U.S. News & World Report’s list of the 20 best hospitals in the country.
Duke University Hospital in Durham is on the publication’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll, and it’s the only North Carolina hospital to make the list.
“We are grateful to our team members who work each and every day to compassionately care for our patients, their loved ones, and each other,” Duke University Health System officials said in a statement emailed to The News & Observer. “This recognition, and the many other awards and accolades we receive each year, celebrates the quality care and incredible patient experience our patients have come to expect from Duke University Health System.”
How is the ranking created?
U.S. News & World Report rates hospitals in 20 procedures and conditions, including knee replacement, heart bypass surgery and gynecological cancer surgery, along with 15 areas of complex specialty care. Ratings are based on patient outcomes and other factors, such as patient experience and hospital staffing.
Points are assigned based on rankings of the 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions; the more specialties and higher a hospital’s rank, the more points are given. The hospitals with the most points make the Honor Roll.
Which other hospitals made the Honor Roll?
Nineteen other hospitals were included in the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. In alphabetical order:
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital: Boston, Massachusetts
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, California
- Cleveland Clinic: Cleveland, Ohio
- Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Houston Methodist Hospital: Houston, Texas
- Johns Hopkins Hospital: Baltimore, Maryland
- Massachusetts General Hospital: Boston, Massachusetts
- Mayo Clinic-Arizona: Phoenix, Arizona
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester: Rochester, Minnesota
- Mount Sinai Hospital: New York City, New York
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia and Cornell: New York City, New York
- North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health: Manhasset, New York
- Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital: Chicago, Illinois
- NYU Langone Hospitals: New York City, New York
- Rush University Medical Center: Chicago, Illinois
- Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital: Stanford, California
- UC San Diego Health - La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals: San Diego, California
- UCLA Medical Center: Los Angeles, California
- UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center: San Francisco, California
Additional rankings for Duke University Hospital
The Durham hospital is also nationally ranked No. 11 for adult specialties and No. 10 for children’s specialties.
Among North Carolina hospitals, Duke University Hospital is No. 1. It’s also the top hospital in Raleigh-Durham and the top children’s hospital in the state.
Duke University Hospital is the No. 1 hospital in the Southeast, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Rankings from previous years
Last year marked the 12th time that Duke University Hospital took the top spot in the publication’s list of the best hospitals in North Carolina, The News & Observer previously reported.
The hospital was one of two in the Southeast that made the national top-20 ranking in 2018.
This story was originally published July 17, 2024 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Triangle hospital named among 20 best in the country by US News & World Report."
