U.S. News & World Report named Emory Hospital one of
Americas Best Hospitals in five medical specialties including
cardiology, where Emory is included in the top 10 for the 12th time
since the magazines Best Hospital rankings began in 1990.
This year, Emorys program in heart and heart surgery finished
8th, just ahead of Stanford University Hospital in California. Emorys
heart program was the only one in Georgia included in the nations
top 50.
Also ranked this year were Emorys programs in eyes (13th),
psychiatry (17th), kidney disease (21st) and urology (35th). Each
of those programs was the only one in Georgia listed in its specialty
area.
Emory Hospitals consistent presence in these rankings,
as well as rankings compiled by other organizations, is indicative
of our intense commitment to clinical excellence, physician/patient
education and development of clinical tools and techniques that
will be used for years to come, said John Henry, CEO of Emory
Hospitals.
We are delighted the Emory Heart Center has been recognized
once again as one of the most important cardiology centers in the
country, said Douglas Morris, director of the Emory Heart
Center. The U.S. News and World Report ranking is particularly
meaningful because it is a reflection of our standing among our
medical peers.
This confirms that our hard work has paid off in not only
maintaining our ranking but in improving our stature as one of the
countrys best heart centers, Morris continued. Most
importantly, we believe it helps get the word out to patients and
referring physicians that Emory continues to be nationally recognized,
year after year, for our outstanding performance as a caring, innovative
and highly experienced center for the full spectrum of cardiology
care.
Emorys programs in eye care and psychiatry were ranked strictly
on the basis of professional reputation, based on a survey of 180
randomly selected, board-certified physicians who were asked to
name the top five programs in their specialty.
Thirteen of the 17 specialty areas ranked by U.S. News were
assessed on a quality-of-care index that assigned equal weight to
reputation, patient mortality (based on Medicare data), and a mix
of other factors including the ratio of registered nurses to beds
and the presence of various technology services.
In eye care, psychiatry and two other disciplinesrehabilitation
medicine and pediatricsmortality data are either not available
(pediatrics) or are largely irrelevant, the magazine said.
To be recognized again as one of Americas Best Hospitals
is an outstanding tribute not only to our faculty physicians but
also to our nurses, medical technologists and support staff across
the board, said Michael Johns, executive vice president for
health affairs and chairman of Emory Healthcare.
Johns noted that although the rankings specifically apply to Emory
Hospital, they reflect Emorys strengths across the Emory Healthcare
system. All physicians who admit patients to Emory Hospital are
members of The Emory Clinic and a majority also are on the medical
staffs of Crawford Long Hospital and Wesley Woods, each of which
fall under the Emory Hospitals umbrella.
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