Best in Care America’s best hospitals, as ranked by U.S. News U.S. News & World Report rated the 20 best hospitals for 2018-19. Aug. 14, 2018Tuesday Ashley Altus Contact Ashley Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email After evaluating nearly 5,000 hospitals, U.S. News & World Report ranked the best 20 hospitals for 2018-19. In order to qualify, these hospitals had to also rank in one or more of the 16 specialties that U.S. News assesses and rate as high-performing in one or more of nine procedures and conditions. U.S. News also created rankings for the best children’s hospitals, the best hospitals by specialty such as oncology and orthopedics, and the best hospitals by procedure, such as heart failure and hip replacement. Visit U.S. News to read more about its ranking methodology. U.S. News & World Report’s top 20 hospitals for 2018-2019 1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 2. Cleveland Clinic 3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 4. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 5. University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor 6. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco 7. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 8. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 9. Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California 10. New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York 11. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis (tie) 11. Mayo Clinic Phoenix (tie) 13. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago 14. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia 15. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York (tie) 15. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Pittsburgh (tie) 17. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 18. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York 19. Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina 20. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Additional reading The 20 best hospitals in the US, according to U.S. News & World Report The best and worst states for health care in 2018 Best and worst states for doctor work, life happiness, according to Medscape More in Profession Advancing osteopathic medicine: Leadership, mentorship & legislative wins The FSMB presented the Distinguished Service Award presented to Geraldine T. O’Shea, DO, and Patrick F. Leary, DO, was named AOASM’s 2025 Mentor of the Year. Nevada’s SB 78 did not pass, preserving DO-led regulation in the state. In Memoriam: June 2025 View the names of recently deceased osteopathic physicians. Previous articleScholarship for $1,000 available to medical students: Entry due Dec. 21 Next articleIn Memoriam: Aug. 14, 2018
Advancing osteopathic medicine: Leadership, mentorship & legislative wins The FSMB presented the Distinguished Service Award presented to Geraldine T. O’Shea, DO, and Patrick F. Leary, DO, was named AOASM’s 2025 Mentor of the Year. Nevada’s SB 78 did not pass, preserving DO-led regulation in the state.