Best places to receive health care (USA)?

EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN · Jun 22, 2003

What about the US News rankings? They rank hospitals in lots of different specialities around the country.

EricTAMUCC-BSN, BSN, RN · Jun 22, 2003

Originally posted by EmeraldNYL
What about the US News rankings? They rank hospitals in lots of different specialities around the country.

Thanks, that's a good idea. Do you know of any internet links?

fourbirds4me · Jun 22, 2003

This is the US News site..... http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hosptl/tophosp.htm

Child magazine also does a ranking of pedi hospitals

http://www.child.com/kids/health_nutrition/top_hospitals03.jsp

EricTAMUCC-BSN, BSN, RN · Jun 22, 2003

thanks!

BMS4 · Jun 22, 2003

WooHoo! The facility I work in was ranked in the top fifty in "Heart and Heart Surgery". How cool. I love my job and we have a nice facility with caring people. It's nice to see. :)

EricTAMUCC-BSN, BSN, RN · Jun 30, 2003

yes, i hope to be at one of those facilities soon! :)

vaughanmk · Jun 30, 2003

Nursing-wise look for hospitals with Magnet designation. It is a national recognition program that hospitals apply for, specifically nursing

purplemania, BSN, RN · Jun 30, 2003

Inquire how the rankings are done. I worked for a surgeon once who submitted his own bio. Once it was printed in one newspaper, he used that as a reference. Got listed lots of time in lots of magazines, etc. when really he did no more than any other surgeon in town.

NurseStacey143, ADN, RN · Jun 30, 2003

cool, my fall clinical in rated #4 pedi hospitals:)

Allison S. · Jul 2, 2003

Hmmm. We're always ranked in the top ten, and, uh, . . . .

Hmmm.