The Mount Sinai Hospital has been ranked No. 16 out of nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide in the U.S. News & World Report 2014–15 “Best Hospitals” guidebook. Additionally, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai achieved a No. 10 national ranking for Ophthalmology, while Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s/Mount Sinai Roosevelt attained “high-performing” designations in a total of 11 specialties.
Further, according to U.S. News & World Report, The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of only 17 hospitals to receive “very high scores” in at least six clinical specialties, earning it Honor Roll status.
“We are proud of our U.S. News & World Report rankings, as we are committed to innovative medicine and a team approach to personalized patient care,” says Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Mount Sinai Health System. “In this changing health care landscape, Mount Sinai continues to provide coordinated care to ensure the highest quality outcomes for our patients. We are also dedicated to developing groundbreaking therapies and treatments, and we continue to recruit and retain top physicians, researchers, and medical staff.”
According to the rankings, which were made public in July, The Mount Sinai Hospital placed among the nation’s top ten hospitals in four specialties: Geriatrics (No. 2); Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (No. 9); Cardiology & Heart Surgery (No. 10); and Ear, Nose & Throat (No. 10). Also garnering top rankings were: Rehabilitation Medicine (No. 14); Neurology & Neurosurgery (No. 15); Diabetes & Endocrinology (No. 17); Urology (No. 27); Nephrology (No. 47); and Cancer (No. 48). Additionally, the Hospital was recognized as “high-performing” in Gynecology, Orthopaedics, Psychiatry, and Pulmonology.
U.S. News & World Report evaluated each institution’s reputation, mortality index, discharges, and other care-related factors, including nursing and technology, for 12 of the 16 specialties measured. The remaining four specialties, which include Ophthalmology and Rehabilitation Medicine, were based on reputation alone.
“We congratulate the staff of The Mount Sinai Hospital on their excellence and dedication to quality, safety, and service to patients in our community and beyond,” says David L. Reich, MD, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Mount Sinai Hospital and the Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Anesthesiology.
Along with the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, hospitals of the Mount Sinai Health System that received recognition in the “Best Hospitals” rankings were:
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which achieved a high-performing designation in six specialties, up from five last year: Ear, Nose & Throat; Geriatrics; Gastroenterology & GI Surgery; Gynecology; Nephrology; and Neurology & Neurosurgery; and
- Mount Sinai St. Luke’s/Mount Sinai Roosevelt, ranked together, which achieved a high-performing designation in five specialties: Ear, Nose & Throat; Geriatrics; Nephrology; Neurology & Neurosurgery; and Urology.
“Mount Sinai has a legacy of groundbreaking scientific discoveries that has led to improved methods of diagnosing and treating human disease,” says Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System. “As one of the largest health systems in the nation with a freestanding medical school, we serve a diverse and challenged patient population and remain committed to unprecedented excellence in clinical care and research discoveries that make a difference in the lives of our patients.”
Go to www.usnews.com/besthospitals to view the 2014-2015 edition of the “Best Hospitals” guidebook, which will also be on newsstands on Monday, August 25.