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U.S. News & World Report names Mayo Clinic to ‘best hospital' honor roll

For the 21st consecutive year, Mayo Clinic was recognized by U.S. News & World Report in its 2010 America’s Best Hospitals Issue. Mayo Clinic was included in the Honor Roll, joining an elite group of hospitals rewarded for their performance with "complex and demanding" cases.

To make the magazine’s “Honor Roll,” a medical center has to rank at or near the top in at least six of the 16 specialties included in the rankings. Mayo scored in the top five in 13 specialties — up from 12 in 2009 —and was ranked first or second in eight specialties — up from seven in 2009.

Mayo Clinic was also one of only three medical centers recognized in 15 of 16 specialty categories U.S. News assessed. Rankings are based on factors such as reputation, mortality index, patient safety, nurse staffing and Magnet status, patient services, and technology.

"We acknowledge and appreciate being included in this well-respected honor roll," says John Noseworthy, M.D., Mayo Clinic president and CEO. "We realize it is yet another testament to the work we believe in, the work we do every day. It is recognition that our staff continues to embody our primary value ( the needs of the patient come first) just as they have done for more than 100 years."

Mayo Clinic was ranked in the following specialties:

Diabetes & endocrinology (1)

Gastroenterology (1)

Kidney disorders (1)

Gynecology (2)

Heart & heart surgery (2)

Neurology & neurosurgery (2)

Orthopedics (2)

Pulmonology (2)

Cancer (3)

Urology (3)

Rheumatology (4)

Ear, nose & throat (5)

Geriatrics (5)

Rehabilitation (6)

Psychiatry (8)

Ophthalmology (11)

For more information on the survey findings, visit the U.S. News & World Report website or pick up the magazine on newsstands July 19.