Emory Johns Creek On Newsweek's List Of 'World's Best' Hospitals

JOHNS CREEK, GA -- Several Georgia hospitals were ranked in a new list from Newsweek identifying the best facilities in the world.

More than 200 U.S. hospitals made Newsweek's 2019 list, including Emory Johns Creek which came in at No. 133. Emory Johns Creek received a score of 75.1.

Other hospitals in Georgia that made the list include Emory University Hospital in Atlanta (No. 25), Medical Center Navicent Health in Macon (No. 110), Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta (No. 132), Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens (No. 154), Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville (No. 172), Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville (No. 212).

Newsweek chose 1,000 hospitals from around the world "based on recommendations from medical professionals, patient survey results and medical performance indicators."

Among the top 10 hospitals in the world, four were in the United States. The U.S. hospitals that made the top 10 are:

• Mayo Clinic-Rochester; Rochester, Minnesota (No. 1)
• Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, Ohio (No. 2)
• The Johns Hopkins Hospitals; Baltimore, Maryland (No. 4)
• Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts (No. 6)

In addition to the global rankings, which ranked the top 10 hospitals in the world and listed 90 other hospitals in alphabetical order, Newsweek also ranked the best hospitals by country. The magazine explained that the scores awarded to each hospital are only comparable to hospitals in the same country.

Newsweek's rankings list the best hospitals in the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia and Israel.

You can read more about the rankings and methodology from Newsweek here.

Patch Editor Kimberly Johnson contributed to this article.