Top Hospitals in Florida: U.S. News & World Report’s Latest Rankings

TAMPA BAY, FL — U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released its rankings of the best hospitals in the country and across Florida. The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota earned No. 1 honors in the national rankings. Its Jacksonville counterpart tied for first place in Florida.

U.S. News’ annual rankings look at how hospitals perform across different specialties, procedures and conditions. Hospitals that score high in those categories are compiled into an “Honor Roll” of the Top 20 hospitals across the country. Hospitals from each state are also ranked according to the publication’s standards. While no hospitals in Florida made the Top 20 list, 28 did meet ranking standards.

Tampa’s Moffitt Cancer Center was also recognized on a breakout ranking of the country’s best cancer hospitals. It came in sixth in the country.

“Moffitt is honored to be acknowledged by U.S. News as the No. 6 cancer hospital in the nation,” said Alan F. List, M.D., president and CEO of Moffitt, after Tuesday’s ranking release. “It’s especially poignant that this honor comes as we celebrate the hospital’s 30th anniversary this year.”

This is the 27th year U.S. News & World Report has compiled rankings for hospitals across the country. Here are the top hospitals in Florida, according to the rankings:

• No. 1 - Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville (tied)
• No. 1 – UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville (tied)
• No. 3 – Tampa General Hospital, Tampa
• No. 4 – Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville
• No. 5 – Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston
• No. 6 – Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando
• No. 7 – Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami (tied)
• No. 7 – Sarasota Memoria Hospital, Sarasota (tied)
• No. 9 – Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale
• No. 10 – Naples Community Hospital, Naples
• No. 11 – Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland (tied)
• No. 11 – Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater (tied)
• No. 11 – Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach (tied)
• No. 11 – Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando (tied)
• No. 11 – South Miami Hospital, Miami (tied)
• No. 11 – St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa (tied)
• No. 11 – Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven (tied)
• No. 18 – Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton (tied)
• No. 18 – Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center, Daytona Beach (tied)
• No. 18 – Homestead Hospital, Homestead (tied)
• No. 18 – Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach (tied)
• No. 18 – Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers (tied)
• No. 18 – North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville (tied)
• No. 18 – UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville (tied)
• No. 18 – West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Miami (tied)
• No. 26 – Florida Hospital Waterman, Tavares (tied)
• No. 26 – Venice Regional Medical Center, Venice (tied)
• No. 28 – Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala

Click here to see the full Florida rankings.

To compile the rankings, U.S. News & World Report used several different objective measurements such as patient survival, number of patients and staffing numbers. The publication also used survey data from qualified physicians, who were asked to name the top five hospitals in their specialty.

VA and military hospitals were not included, the publication said, because the federal government is reluctant to release performance data in those hospitals.

Procedures and conditions that were considered included hip replacement and heart failure.

Hospitals were also ranked according to these 16 specialties:

1. Cancer

2. Cardiology and heart surgery

3. Diabetes and endocrinology

4. Ear, nose and throat

5. Gastroenterology and GI surgery

6. Geriatrics

7. Gynecology

8. Nephrology

9. Neurology and neurosurgery

10. Orthopedics

11. Pulmonology

12. Urology

13. Ophthalmology

14. Psychiatry

15. Rehabilitation

16. Rheumatology

View U.S. News and World Report's methodology here.

To see how Tampa Bay and Florida hospitals stacked up in other rankings, check out these related stories:

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• Florida's Top 15 Hospitals: Who Made the List

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