The Streak Continues: JHH Tops U.S. News & World Report "Honor Roll" For 18th Year!

The Johns Hopkins Hospital has once again--for the 18th consecutive time--earned the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of American hospitals, placing first in three medical specialties and very high in 12 others.

We appreciate this ongoing acknowledgment of our commitment to patient care and emphasize as always that we are honored to be in the very good company of our academic medical center peers nationwide. We congratulate them all.

Most of all, we appreciate the significant contributions made by our faculty, our nurses, our staff and the community physicians to Johns Hopkins Medicine and to our patients.  We say it each year and we mean it:  this recognition is principally a tribute to all of you.

In addition to landing at the overall #1 spot on the Honor Roll by accumulating 30 points in 15 of the 16 ranked specialties, the Hospital ranked #1 in Ear, Nose and Throat, Rheumatology, and Urology; #2 in Geriatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics,  Neurology and Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, and Psychiatry; #3 in Cancer, Digestive Diseases, Endocrinology, Heart Disease and Heart Surgery, and Respiratory Disorders; #6 in Kidney Disease and Orthopedics; and #15 in Rehabilitation.

Only 170 hospitals out of 5,453 that went through the magazine’s evaluation process made the rankings standard in one or more specialties this year. For a detailed list of all the rankings, go to www.hopkinsmedicine.org or to the USN&WR Web site at www.usnews.com.

Ranking methods are complex and may change over time. But it’s clear that after 19 years of being in the very top tier (JHH was #2 the first year of the rankings), the elements of what makes us rank high are firmly in place. We’re as proud as we have ever been of our impressive showing in this survey year after year, and of the outstanding faculty, nurses, staff and community physicians who put us there.

Individual decisions about where to go for care are complex, highly personal and not easily guided by any single ranking or report. But we can applaud sincere efforts to assess the safety, outcomes and service of institutions like ours, and trust that as they improve over time, they will be of even more use in informing the medical community, patients and insurers.

The magazine’s recognition of Johns Hopkins is especially welcome news as redevelopment of the East Baltimore medical campus goes into high gear, along with intensified programs in patient safety, diversity, innovation and medical science education.

We know you will join us in extending congratulations to all of the superb institutions on the magazine’s list this year. And we look forward to celebrating the talent and dedication you bring to Johns Hopkins.