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Florida's Top 15 Hospitals: Who Made the List
What Florida hospitals are considered the best of the best?
U.S. News and World Report recently dove into data related to nearly 5,000 hospitals across the country and results from surveys of more than 140,000 physicians to rank the best facilities in 16 adult specialties from cancer to urology, according to the publication.
Patient safety, death rates and facility reputations were just a few of factors considered. On the national level, only 137 hospitals ranked in a specialty.
The results were also broken down into lists of top hospitals by state. Some notable Tampa Bay area omissions on Florida’s Top 15 list include Florida Hospital Tampa, Bayfront Medical Center and St. Joseph’s, among others.
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These hospitals were ranked as Florida’s best:
No. 1 – Florida Hospital Orlando
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Bed count – 2,338
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 874
Nationally ranked in nine specialties
No. 2 – UF Health Shands Hospital
Bed count – 946
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 652
Nationally ranked in seven specialties
No. 3 – Tampa General Hospital
Bed count – 1,018
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 931
Nationally ranked in six specialties
No. 4 – Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Bed count – 214
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 341
Nationally ranked in four specialties
No. 5 – Orlando Regional Medical Center
Bed count – 1,468
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 1,462
No national specialty rankings
No. 6 – Baptist Hospital of Miami
Bed count – 672
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors, 1,972
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 7 (tied) – Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale
Bed count – 559
Type – general medical and surgical
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 7 (tied) – Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Bed count – 628
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 747
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 9 (tied) – Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston
Bed count – 155
Type – General medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 209
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 9 (tied) – Naples Community Hospital
Bed count – 684
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 548
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 9 (tied) – Venice Regional Medical Center
Bed count – 220
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 211
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 12 (tied) – Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Bed count – 394
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 734
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 12 (tied) – Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach
Bed count – 245
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 257
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 12 (tied) – Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach
Bed count – 613
Type – general medical and surgical
Number of doctors – 469
No nationally ranked specialties
No. 12 (tied) – UF Health Jacksonville
Bed count – 620
Type – general medicine and surgical
Number of doctors – 403
No nationally ranked specialties
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