BIDMC Among US News "Best Hospitals"
Highly ranked in eight clinical specialties
Date: 7/19/2011
BIDMC Contact: Jerry Berger
Phone: 617-667-7308
Email: jberger@bidmc.harvard.edu
BOSTON – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s top hospitals in the US News & World Report “Best Hospitals” edition, placing among the leaders in eight clinical specialty categories.
According to the magazine, BIDMC is among an elite group of 140 hospitals nationally – only 3 percent of the nation’s 4,825 hospitals – to rank in at least one of 16 specialties.
BIDMC ranked among the nation’s top hospitals in cancer care; the care and treatment of diabetes and endocrinology (in partnership with the Joslin Clinic); digestive disorders; respiratory care; heart and heart surgery; neurology and neurosurgery; the care and treatment of kidney diseases; and geriatrics. It was also cited as a “high performer” in gynecology; urology; orthopedics; psychiatry; and ears, nose and throat care.
Earlier this year, BIDMC was ranked third in Boston in U.S. News & World Report's first-ever Best Hospitals metro area rankings.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a patient care, teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and currently ranks third in National Institutes of Health funding among independent hospitals nationwide. BIDMC is clinically affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and is a research partner of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. BIDMC is the official hospital of the Boston Red Sox. For more information, visit www.bidmc.org.
