University of California hospitals lead California and the nation in latest rankings

College of California hospitals once more are ranked among the many greatest within the state and the nation in U.S. Information & World Report’s 2022-2023 Finest Hospitals survey, recognizing the world-class care they carry to California. 4 UC hospitals are in California’s high six, and all fee nationally in a number of specialties for treating sufferers with complicated, high-risk situations.

Two UC hospitals are also included within the Finest Hospitals Honor Roll — UCLA Well being at No. 5 and UCSF Well being at No. 12. This rating is the thirty third consecutive yr that UCLA Well being has been on the nationwide Honor Roll, a distinction reserved for under 20 of the nation’s highest performing hospitals throughout 15 specialties and 20 procedures and situations. This yr, information was assessed from roughly 4,500 hospitals. 

All UC hospitals distinguished themselves by being nationally ranked in two or extra specialties. Solely 164 of the hospitals evaluated had been rated within the high 50 in at the very least one specialty. The neurology and neurosurgery program at UCSF Well being is acknowledged as No. 2 within the nation. That is the twenty sixth yr that the UCSF Medical Heart has been among the many high 5 hospitals nationwide in neurology and neurosurgery.

“UC tutorial well being facilities are on the forefront of how we’re delivering on our mission to enhance the well being of Californians. As these rankings present, our groups are among the many greatest within the nation in quite a few specialties. The standard care they supply is a vital useful resource for individuals in our state,” mentioned Carrie L. Byington, M.D., govt vice chairman of College of California Well being. “I congratulate everybody on our groups and thank our sufferers for trusting us with their care.”

The rankings for every of the medical facilities are:

• UC Davis Well being’s Medical Heart once more ranks because the No. 1 hospital within the Sacramento metro space whereas additionally shifting up the state rankings to No. 6. The medical heart has been the No. 1 hospital in Sacramento for at the very least the final 11 years, and among the many high 10 within the state for the previous 9 years. The medical heart ranked nationally in 9 areas of specialty care: most cancers; cardiology and coronary heart surgical procedure; diabetes and endocrinology; ear, nostril and throat; geriatrics; neurology and neurosurgery; obstetrics and gynecology; orthopedics; pulmonology and lung surgical procedure. It was additionally rated as excessive performing — the very best ranking — in 13 frequent grownup procedures and situations.

• UCI Well being’s Medical Heart moved as much as No. 6 within the Los Angeles metropolitan area and No. 13 amongst hospitals within the state. The medical heart has been acknowledged as one among America’s Finest Hospitals for 22 consecutive years. The hospital was nationally ranked in three specialties: most cancers; geriatrics; and obstetrics and gynecology. Moreover, UCI Well being, the one tutorial well being heart in Orange County, was acknowledged as excessive performing in 10 grownup specialties and procedures/situations.

• UCLA Well being secured the very best spot for UC on the nationwide Honor Roll, coming in at No. 5, and ranked within the high two in California and within the Los Angeles metropolitan space. UCLA Well being earned high 10 nationwide rankings in 11 specialties: most cancers; diabetes and endocrinology; ear, nostril and throat; gastroenterology and GI surgical procedure; geriatrics; obstetrics and gynecology; ophthalmology; orthopedics; psychiatry; pulmonology and lung surgical procedure; and rheumatology. UCLA Well being contains 4 hospitals on two campuses — Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Heart, UCLA Mattel Kids’s Hospital and the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital on the College’s primary campus, and UCLA Medical Heart, Santa Monica.  

• UC San Diego Well being once more ranked No. 1 in San Diego and No. 5 in California. UC San Diego Well being, the one tutorial well being heart in its area, was famous among the many greatest within the nation in 10 specialty care areas: most cancers; cardiology and coronary heart surgical procedure; ear, nostril and throat; gastroenterology and GI surgical procedure; geriatrics; obstetrics and gynecology; orthopedics; neurology and neurosurgery; pulmonology and lung surgical procedure; and urology. The well being system can be rated as excessive performing in 17 frequent grownup procedures and situations. UC San Diego Well being contains UC San Diego Medical Heart in Hillcrest and Jacobs Medical Heart, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Institute, Moores Most cancers Heart, Shiley Eye Institute, and the Altman Medical and Translational Analysis Institute, all in La Jolla.

• UCSF Well being’s Medical Heart ranked nationally because the No. 2 hospital nationwide in neurology and neurosurgery and was No. 12 general. It was the No. 4 hospital in California, one of the best hospital within the San Francisco metropolitan space and the one hospital in Northern California to be ranked among the many nation’s greatest in all 14 areas through which it was assessed. UCSF Medical Heart is among the many nation’s high 10 in eight areas: diabetes and endocrinology; ear, nostril and throat; geriatrics; neurology and neurosurgery; ophthalmology; psychiatry; pulmonology and lung surgical procedure; and rheumatology. It was acknowledged as excessive performing in 16 procedures and situations.

U.S. Information & World Report has been publishing its Finest Hospitals report for 3 many years to assist make hospital high quality extra clear and help sufferers in making knowledgeable well being care choices. The rankings are primarily based on quantitative measures reminiscent of risk-adjusted survival and discharge-to-home charges, hospital quantity and nurse staffing, amongst different care-related indicators. Moreover, the report considers enter from physicians throughout the nation who reply to a survey asking them to call the hospitals to which they might be inclined to refer their sickest sufferers. Extra particulars about U.S. Information & World Report’s methodology will be discovered on its web site.

About College of California Well being

College of California Well being contains six tutorial well being facilities, 20 well being skilled faculties, a World Well being Institute and systemwide companies that enhance the well being of sufferers and the College’s college students, college and workers. All of UC’s hospitals are ranked among the many greatest in California and its medical faculties and well being skilled faculties are nationally ranked of their respective areas.