Beaumont Among U.S. News & World Reports’ ‘Best Hospitals

All three Beaumont Hospitals are represented on the 2009 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” lists. 

Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, on the list every year for the past 15 years, is ranked in eight medical specialties. Beaumont Hospital, Troy, on the list for three of the past four years, is ranked in Neurology/Neurosurgery. Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe (known as Bon Secours Cottage Health Services for most of the data tracking period) appears on the lists for the first time in two specialties: Neurology/Neurosurgery and Orthopedics. Beaumont assumed ownership of Bon Secours hospital in October 2007. 

 

“Beaumont’s rankings on these prestigious national lists highlight our reputation for clinical and academic excellence,” says Ananias Diokno, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer, Beaumont Hospitals. “The expertise of our physicians, the outstanding quality of care provided by our nurses and staff and the exceptional support provided by hospital leadership were essential components for achieving this recognition.”

The authoritative and influential “Best Hospitals” list analyzed 4,861 hospitals for its rankings. Only 1,500 hospitals met eligibility requirements, and of that group, just 174 of the hospitals scored high enough to be ranked in at least one medical specialty on this year’s lists.  In all, the magazine ranked 16 specialties, 12 on measurable data and four on reputation scores. Complete rankings are accessible online today at www.usnews.com/besthospitals and on newsstands July 21.

Now in it’s 20^th year, the rankings in 12 of the 16 specialties are predominately driven by hard data. There are four components: reputation, death rate, patient safety (new this year) and care-related factors such as nursing and patient services. In four of the specialties (ophthalmology, psychiatry, rehabilitation and rheumatology), reputation scores alone determine the ranking.

To be eligible, hospitals must meet three of these conditions: be a teaching hospital, have at least 200 beds or at least 100 beds with four of the eight predetermined medical technologies available. Then, hospitals have to meet a specified volume of certain procedures and conditions over three years or have been nominated by at least one physician in the past three years on a specialist survey. Finally, reputation, death rate, patient safety and factors like nurse staffing and technology help finalize ranking order.