Several Pittsburgh Hospitals Rank Among PA's Best: Newsweek

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16 March, 2021

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PENNSYLVANIA — Fifteen Pennsylvania hospitals were ranked among the best in America by Newsweek, including two from the Pittsburgh area. The magazine's "World's Best Hospitals" list for 2021 ranked the top hospitals around the world, including in the United States. It's the third year Newsweek has published the list, for which it partnered with the data firm Statista. Ten Pennsylvania hospitals ranked among the top 200 in the U.S., while another five hospitals were included in the overall list but did not rank among the top 200. Here's how Pennsylvania hospitals were ranked on the list: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia, No. 16UPMC Presbyterian & Shadyside, Pittsburgh, No. 55Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, No. 72Penn State Health - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, No. 77Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, West Chester, No. 85Reading Hospital, Reading, No. 92St. Luke's Hospital Bethlehem, Bethlehem, No. 102Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, No. 142Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, No. 149Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, No. 150Main Line Hospital, Paoli, No. 253Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, No. 256Main Line Hospital - Bryn Mawr Campus, Bryn Mawr, No. 279Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, No. 304St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh, No. 330 In its methodology, Newsweek explained that it looked at three data sources to compile the rankings: recommendations from medical experts, results from patient surveys and medical KPIs on hospitals. These are the top 10 hospitals in the United States, according to Newsweek. Mayo Clinic - Rochester in Rochester, MNCleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OhioMassachusetts General Hospital in BostonThe Johns Hopkins Hospital in BaltimoreStanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital in Stanford, CARonald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los AngelesThe Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NYUniversity of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, MIBrigham And Women's Hospital in BostonNew York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell in New York, NY Hospitals in the U.S. were also recognized for infection prevention if they performed above the national average based on data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Below are Pennsylvania hospitals that were "above average" in infection prevention: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia, No. 16UPMC Presbyterian & Shadyside, Pittsburgh, No. 55Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, No. 72Reading Hospital, Reading, No. 92St. Luke's Hospital Bethlehem, Bethlehem, No. 102Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, No. 149Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, No. 150Main Line Hospital, Paoli, No. 253Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, No. 256Main Line Hospital - Bryn Mawr Campus, Bryn Mawr, No. 279Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, No. 304St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh, No. 330 See the full rankings and read more about the methodology via Newsweek. Reporting: Max Bennett/Patch