July 2, 2004

MGH ranks third in U.S. News' best hospitals list

In what has become an anticipated annual event, the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospital's" honor roll has been published, ranking the MGH third in the nation. MGH Psychiatry again ranked first in the psychiatry category for the ninth year in a row. BWH also made the hospital honor roll, ranking 12th.

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore was ranked first overall, and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., ranked second. Other Partners institutions that ranked in their area of specialty include McLean Hospital, ranking fourth in psychiatry, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, ranking eighth in rehabilitation. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which collaborates with the MGH and BWH in Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, ranked fourth in the cancer category. In addition, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a sister institution of the MGH, ranked third in the ear, nose and throat category and fourth in ophthalmology.

The annual publication of the honor roll has become a resource for the general public in choosing hospitals for medical care. The listed hospitals were ranked based on reputation, mortality rates and clinician surveys.

The MGH and BWH have been among the leading institutions since the publication began conducting the survey in 1990. The honor roll will appear in the July 12 issue of U.S. News & World Report, which will be available on newsstands July 5.

For more information about the "Best Hospitals" issue, visit www.usnews.com.