Posted on 08/09/2017 9:16:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The top three US hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery are the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio (number 1), the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (number 2), and New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City (number 3), according to US News & World Report latest rankings.
These three hospitals also took the top three spots—in the same order—in last year's rankings.
The remainder of the top 10 hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery got shuffled around a bit this year, compared with last year.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA holds the number 4 spot this year, up from number 10 last year, while Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston fell from the number-4 spot to the number 5 spot.
(Excerpt) Read more at medscape.com ...
That is: more research money,public and private,flows into Boston's hospitals and medical schools than into any other city on earth.
That's how you *really* determine quality of health care.US News is,today,nothing more than there ratings.They depend on ad revenue and other considerations from these hospitals.It's kinda like Health Food Monthly naming "Whole Foods" as the best supermarket in the country.
My experience in health care has taught me that there are many,many *outstanding* hospitals in this great nation.They're found in major cities like New York,LA and San Francisco.They're also found in "second tier" cities like Boston,Cleveland,Baltimore,Rochester,Minnesota and Pittsburg.
But Boston's at the top of the heap.
Just sayin'...
Woo Hoo!!!
Emory??? The Heart Institute???
Dr. Milstein of Cleveland Clinic’s Head and Neck Institute accurately diagnosed and treated my daughter’s dysphonia in a total of two hours (one for diagnosis, one for treatment). She’d been through almost three years of unsuccessful diagnostic testing in the UW Madison system, who told it was just “stress”. We love Cleveland Clinic!
That’s great. Sometimes it pays to see the best.
So which ones are the best when it comes to treating people?
Cleveland clinic like that of OSU is top notch. Why? Because unlike most they have a network of very few hospitals that have live test lab and linked in shred output with minimal hospitals. Clinical trials and labs on site places them above the rest.
Minus the city it is located in and minus World News, there’s never been a doubt that Vleveland Clinic has been, is and always will be the top Cardio hospital in the US.
Given my families history and that I’m in the Cleveland area ... this is comforting in an odd way....being that to need the service would require a perilous situation to begin with.
Nah. Baltimore is the epicenter of the medical world. Great hospitals all over, but really started here and continues.
For routine physicals and minor problems, I want a doctor who treats people. For really big problems, I want a borderline-Asperger's nerd who doesn't know there is a person connected to the condition, but knows everything in the world about that condition.
As I suggested Cleveland is one of a number of US cities where one can absolutely get world class medical care.But before calling it the best in cardiac care one should first google Dr Paul Dudley White,Dr Eugene Braunwald and Dr Bernard Lown...all Boston physicians.
Sorry. I worked in Baltimore and now in Pittsburgh. I wouldn’t take a dead cat to Baltimore hospitals. Awful care.
In spite of how it might seem that's a surprisingly complicated question.For a "primary care" care doctor the two essential qualities are a strong,basic knowledge of certain medical specialties (e.g,cardiology,pulmonary diseases,infectious diseases and psychiatry among others) and an ability to listen and "sympathize" (my word) *as well as* the experience to know when a patient needs the services of a specialist.
OTOH,diagnosing and treating the most serious (and uncommon) conditions is best done at a hospital like the ones mentioned in this thread (Massachusetts General,Cleveland Clinic,NY Presbyterian,etc,etc).That's where the research capabilities come into to play.At major medical schools there's a synergy that exists between researchers and clinical practitioners that makes for the very best outcome for their patients.
Did you work in health care in either city?
Yes. Both.
The link is asking for a log in.
Can you post the rest of the list? TIA.
Hmmm...awful care.Assuming you're talking about a Hopkins hospital that's surprising to hear.Are we talking awful food? Uncomfortable beds? Incompetent physicians/surgeons? Outdated equipment?
Have a friend waiting for a heart transplant at Cedars Sinai LA...praying it comes soon ( to another’s loss unfortunately )
Both Univ. of Maryland and Hopkins were filthy. Dirtiest hospitals I’ve ever been in. And extremely political, especially Hopkins. Patient care was driven more on customer satisfaction than what was actually best for the patient, and everyone was worried about press ganey scores. I could go on but bottom line I just was not impressed. Both of those hospitals in my opinion survive on their names (Hopkins in particular) and the research money.
I have a family member that works at the Cleveland Clinic. Totally different type of mentiality that runs that place. Much better care.
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