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The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center celebrates a decade of being ranked as the
nation’s No. 1 cardiac care center with the release in July of the U.S.News
& World Report 2004 "America’s Best Hospitals" survey
rankings.
With the new rankings, The Cleveland Clinic also continues its tradition of
being recognized as one the nation’s best overall hospitals. For 2004, the
hospital is ranked No. 4. In addition, the new survey ranks 16 Cleveland Clinic
specialty care areas among the nation’s best, with 10 of those areas ranked
among the Top 10 in the United States.
"The standards for ranking in ‘Best Hospitals’ are rigorous,"
according to U.S.News & World Report. "Of all 6,012 U.S. medical
centers (military and veterans’ hospitals are not included), only 177, or
fewer than 1 in 30, were of high enough quality to be ranked in even a single
specialty this year."
Complete ranking information was published in U.S.News & World Report
July 12 issue.
Complete 2004 rankings for The Cleveland Clinic are:
- Heart and heart surgery, 1
- Digestive disorders, 2
- Urology, 2
- Rheumatology, 3
- Kidney disease, 5
- Orthopaedics, 5
- Neurology and neurosurgery, 6
- Ear, nose and throat, 8
- Gynecology, 8
- Hormonal disorders, 10
- Geriatrics, 11
- Respiratory disorders, 11
- Eyes, 14
- Rehabilitation, 24
- Psychiatry, 26
- Cancer, 30
The ranking model used by U.S. News was devised and is conducted by the
National Opinion Research Center, a social science research group at the
University of Chicago. Rankings for 12 of the 17 specialties are based on a
combination of factors including number of procedures performed, reputation and
care-related factors, such as nursing. Rankings for five other specialties—ophthalmology, pediatrics, psychiatry, rehabilitation and rheumatology—are
based on reputation alone.
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