U.S. News & World Report Names Good Samaritan Hospital Among Best In City and State
Good Samaritan Hospital announced Tuesday (July 16th, 2013) they have been ranked as one of the best hospitals in both the city and the state by U.S. News & World Report. The annual U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 24th year, recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients.
Good Samaritan Hospital was recognized as a high performing hospital in twelve different categories, including Cancer care, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Ear, Nose and Throat, Gastroenterology & GI surgery, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonolgy and Urology.
"This accomplishment is a credit to the skills, knowledge and dedication of the physicians, nurses and staff at Good Samaritan Hospital," said Dr. John R. Robinson, Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations at TriHealth. "Good Samaritan Hospital continues to provide exceptional care in a wide spectrum of categories. This award is representative of the outstanding quality care people have come to expect from our hospitals."
U.S. News evaluates hospitals in 16 adult specialties. In most specialties, it ranks the nation's top 50 hospitals and recognizes other high-performing hospitals that provide care at nearly the level of their nationally ranked peers.
"A hospital that emerges from our analysis as one of the best has much to be proud of," said Avery Comarow, U.S. News Health Rankings Editor. Only about 15 percent of hospitals are recognized for their high performance as among their region's best."
U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition, or added risk because of other health problems or age. Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, the adequacy of nurse staffing levels and other data largely determined the rankings in most specialties.
The specialty rankings and data were produced for U.S. News by RTI International, a leading research organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Using the same data, U.S. News produced the state and metro rankings.