16 FL Hospitals Among Best In U.S., Newsweek Ranking Says

FLORIDA — Sixteen of the best hospitals in the United States are in Florida, with three ranked among the top 100, Newsweek said in its 2023 list of the World’s Best Hospitals.

Newsweek partnered with data firm Statista to release the fifth year of this list, which ranked 2,300 hospitals in 80 countries. The hospitals on the list are not only innovative and offer first-class care, but also “consistently attract the best people and provide the best outcomes for patients as well as the most important new therapies and research,” said Newsweek.

Five U.S. hospitals were in the top 10 on Newsweek's list of the World's Best Hospitals, including the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN (1), Cleveland Clinic in Ohio (2), Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (3), Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (4), and UCLA Health- Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles (10).

A global board of medical experts compiled the list based on four data sources: an online survey from medical experts, results from patient surveys, hospital quality metrics, and a PROM (patient-reported outcome measures) implementation survey.

Each hospital is rated by a score; read more about the methodology here.

Here are the 16 Florida hospitals on the list, and where they ranked out of 420 U.S. hospitals.

17. Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville in Jacksonville, overall score of 81.15%

45. Cleveland Clinic - Florida in Weston, overall score of 70.69%

84. Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, overall score of 66.95%

146. Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, overall score of 64.85%

149. St. Joseph's Hospital - BayCare in Tampa, overall score of 64.69%

172. Baptist Health Baptist Hospital in Miami, overall score of 64.34%

176. Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, overall score of 64.30%

179. Baptist Medical Center - Beaches in Jacksonville Beach, 64.27%

183. Adventhealth Orlando in Orlando, overall score of 64.23%

215. Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach, overall score of 63.91%

263. Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, overall score of 63.42%

310. Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, overall score of 62.95%

323. Adventhealth Wesley Chapel in Wesley Chapel, overall score of 62.82%

330. Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, overall score of 62.75%

354. UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, overall score of 62.51%

393. St Vincents Medical Center - Clay County in Middleburg, overall score of 62.03%

Nancy Cooper, global editor-in-chief for Newsweek, said the goal of the study was to provide a data-based comparison of hospital reputations and performances across counties.

"We hope this will be useful to patients and families seeking the best care for themselves and loved ones, as well as to hospitals as they benchmark themselves against their peers," Cooper said.

Correction: An earlier version of this story reported the incorrect state of the Mayo Clinic. It is Minnesota.