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Experts have come out with a new list of the best and safest Florida hospitals, so you can see which local hospitals you'll want to head to when you're in need to medical attention. Hopefully, you don't have to go to the hospital too much in life, but when you do, you want to make sure to be at a good hospital.
These Are the Safest Florida Hospitals, Experts Say
The experts at U.S. News and World Report have released their annual tally of the safest and best hospitals in America. "For more than 30 years, the mission of U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Hospitals rankings has been to help guide patients, in consultation with their doctors, to the right hospital when they need care," they explain. "Because each patient's needs are different, U.S. News offers rankings and ratings in three dozen different health care services, including cancer care, orthopedics, heart bypass surgery and much more. In each state and region, hospitals with a wide breadth of excellence are recognized as Best Regional Hospitals, and the best of them are also named to the national Honor Roll." So, the methodology is thorough and includes the input of actual doctors and experts.
Before we get to the best and safest Florida hospitals, let's look at what U.S. News and World Report says are the best hospitals in the entire U.S. The publication's "honor roll" includes Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; Cleveland Clinic; Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina; Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia; Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Mayo Clinic, Phoenix; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Mount Sinai Hospital, New York; New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York; Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago; North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York; NYU Langone Hospitals, New York; Rush University Medical Center, Chicago; Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, California; UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles; UC San Diego Health-La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals, San Diego; and UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco.
So, what are the best and safest Florida hospitals? No. 1 on the tally is the Mayo Clinic-Florida in Jacksonville. It's nationally ranked in 10 specialties. Also in the top five are Tampa General Hospital at No. 2, UF Health Shands Hospital at No. 3, AdventHealth Orlando at No. 4 and Sarasota Memorial Hospital at No. 5. I'm glad to see these choice Florida hospitals thriving and getting some good press.
