San Diego Hospitals Ranked Among Best In World: Newsweek

SAN DIEGO, CA — Several hospitals in San Diego County were named among the best in the world, according to a new report.

Newsweek said it partnered with Statista to release its annual ranking of the world's best hospitals. The series began in 2019.

The researchers evaluated 2,400 hospitals across 30 countries, including the United States, much of western Europe, Australia, 10 Asian countries, Chile and Malaysia.

In San Diego County, the following hospitals earned a spot among the world's very best:

Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health

• Rank: 25
• City: San Diego

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

• Rank: 35
• La Jolla

Sharp Memorial Hospital

• Rank: 72
• City: San Diego

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

• Rank: 122
• City: Chula Vista

Scripps Green Hospital

• Rank: 158
• La Jolla

Palomar Medical Center

• Rank: 167
• City: Escondido

Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center

• Rank: 200
• San Diego

Sharp Coronado Hospital

• Rank: 269
• Coronado

Newsweek listed the top 250 hospitals worldwide. The 10 best were highlighted particularly for their "intriguing use of artificial intelligence to advance medical discoveries."

Hospitals were scored based on an online survey of about 85,000 medical experts and publicly available data from post-hospitalization patient surveys on their general satisfaction, Newsweek said. Hygiene and patient/doctor ratios were also considered, along with a Statista survey on whether hospitals use "Patient Reported Outcome Measures," which are surveys filled out by patients about their experience.