2014 US Hospital Ranking

It was with great pride when I read of the news today.

The US News and World Report published their annual hospital ranking.

And this time, for the first time ever, my alma mater was ranked number one.

Rank	Hospital	Points*	High-ranking specialties*
1	Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota	29	15
2	Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston	28	15
3	Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore	26	15
4	Cleveland Clinic	26	14
5	UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles	23	15
6	New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York	22	12
7	Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia	19	11
8	UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco	17	10
9	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston	15	10
10	Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago	13	10

 

For many years, she has ranked number two, just behind Johns Hopkins. This was in spite of being number 1 for many subspecialties. But this time, it barely beat out the competition and ended up on the top, with Mass Gen (Harvard) being right behind.

Well done, Mayo!

As one of the thousands of your graduates, today we beam with pride at the news. This was well-earned, and reflects well on the teachings of the Mayo brothers, one of which I hold dear to my heart even today: The needs of the patient comes first