Ratings and Rankings - Health Care
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The St. Louis region offers some of the best and most accessible health care from more than 50 general practice, teaching and research hospitals. Not only is St. Louis recognized as the most affordable city for children's health insurance, St. Louis is home to some of the best overall hospitals in the nation.
See how health care in Greater St. Louis has recently ranked:
Best Hospital Overall
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University ranked No. 11 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 annual list of “America’s Best Hospitals". In addition, the hospital ranked highly in 14 specialties areas, which include orthopedics, kidney disorders, diabetes & endocrinology, neurology & neurosurgery, ear, nose & throat and more.
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University, Saint Louis University Hospital, and St. Louis Children's Hospital were named in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2011" list for the St. Louis metro area. The magazine ranked every hospital in metropolitan areas with populations of 1 million or greater. Of 53 hospitals in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University ranked No. 1.
- Saint Louis University Hospital ranked No. 21 in the specialty area of geriatric care by U.S. News & World Report in its 2011 “America’s Best Hospitals” list.
- St. Luke's Hospital received the 2012 "America's 50 Best Hospitals" award by HealthGrades for outstanding clinical performance over the course of an eight-year period. St. Luke's was ranked for the sixth consecutive year and remains the only hospital in Missouri to be named since the inception of the HealthGrades list.
- In 2009, St. Louis Children’s Hospital was named as the 5th "Best Pediatric Hospital" in the nation by Parents magazine. Several specialties were rated in the top ten, including newborn medicine (No. 3), orthopedics (No. 3), pulmonary medicine (No. 4), emergency medicine (No. 4), and cardiac services (No. 6). St. Louis Children's Hospital also ranked on U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Children's Hospitals" 2012-2013 Honor Roll list with top rated specialties in neonatal care, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, respiratory disorders, urology, and more.
- St. Luke’s Hospital has been named a Top 100 hospital five times by Solucient, an information provider to the health care industry. St. Luke’s consistent excellence led to its being named one of 77 benchmark hospitals in the nation.
Highest Quality
- Seven St. Louis-area hospitals were awarded HealthGrade Inc.'s Distinguished Hospital For Clinical Excellence for 2012. The hosptials included Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital (St. Peters, MO), Christian Hospital (St. Louis, MO), Memorial Hospital (Belleville, IL), Missouri Baptist Medical Center (St. Louis, MO), SSM St. Joseph Hosptial West (Lake St. Louis, MO), SSM St. Mary's Health Center (Richmond Heights, MO), and St. Luke's Hospital (Chesterfield, MO). All scored in the top 5 percent for risk-adjusted death and complication rates after HealthGrades evaluated over 40 million patient records. St. Luke's Hosptial ranked no. 1 in the state of Missouri for overall cardiac services for 2011 and 2012.
Best for Critical Care
- St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO was ranked No. 1 in Missouri and in the top 5 percent of hospitals nationally for critical care services such as respiratory failure and sepsis, according to a study by HealthGrades in 2012.
Special Designation
- St. Louis-based Sisters of Mercy Health System took two of the top three spots in health analytics firm SDI's ranking of top 100 most integrated health-care networks in the nation. The network was recognized for its ability to operate as a unified organization in eight categories: integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization, and physicians. St. John's Mercy Health Care in St. Louis ranked No. 2 in the nation on its list.
- Missouri Baptist Medical Center and the Center for Cancer Care and Research is one of just 62 community programs nationwide to be granted Community Clinical Oncology Program designation by the National Cancer Institute.
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