The rankings are out again for the Best Hospitals. Out of the 5,000 that were considered only 152 made it to the list and of those only 14 to this years honor roll.
In brief, death rate, care-related factors, and patient safety added up to slightly more than two-thirds of each hospital’s score. The reputation portion of the score used responses from nearly 10,000 physicians, who were surveyed in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and asked to name five hospitals they consider among the best in their specialty for difficult cases, ignoring cost or location.
The Honor Roll requirements were so stiff that 99.7 percent of all centers in the nation were excluded. A hospital had to be ranked in at least six specialties, but ranking alone was insufficient for inclusion. It also had to have an extremely high score (in statisticians’ terms, at least 3 standard deviations above the mean). That earned 1 point per specialty. Reaching the top of the Honor Roll called for even higher scores (4 or more standard deviations above the mean), earning 2 points, in far more specialties. The highest-ranked hospitals on the Honor Roll, which is ordered by points, had high scores in 15 of the 16 specialty rankings. Johns Hopkins stands at No. 1—as it has for the last 20 years.
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Elaine I don’t know about the other Hospitals but number 11 Bringham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has a TV show on Friday nights here in Canada and to see how much the staff goes through to help the people in emerg. is amazing…..I have no idea which are the best hospitals here in Canada but
the three most outstanding ones I can think of are Princess Margaret in Toronto, also Toronto general……..and Sunnybrook that is in the GTA, were they handle the most serious problems, I never want to hear them say this one has to go to sunnybrook.