MA's Best Hospitals For 2024: See Full List

MASSACHUSETTS — Throughout 2024, several data-based national rankings and safety grades helped Massachusetts residents navigate the labyrinth of health care, and make decisions about the best places to have a baby, surgery or take care of other medical issues.

Here’s a review of how Massachusetts stacked up in analyses and rankings from various publications, government agencies and a health care watchdog group:

U.S. News & World Report’s respected rankings included looks at the best maternity, children’s and overall hospitals in Massachusetts. Read more:

• MA Hospitals Ranked Among Best In Country: U.S. News & World Report
• 2 MA Children’s Hospitals Among Nation’s Best: U.S. News Rankings
• These MA Hospitals Are The Best Places To Have A Baby In MA: U.S. News

The publication also released reports to help guide older Massachusetts residents in their decisions about health care. Read more:

• MA Senior Living Communities Among Best In America, U.S. News Says

Another publication also took a look at Massachusetts residents’ access to top hospitals. Read more:

• 5 MA Health Care Facilities Among ‘Great Hospitals In America’

The watchdog Leapfrog Group’s twice-a-year safety grades use both data and patient surveys to measure Massachusetts hospitals’ records on patient safety, infection rates and other patient experiences. Read more:

• 16 MA Hospitals Get 'A' Rating On New Safety Grades: See Full List

Healthgrades, which maintains a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals and health care providers, also released ratings on hospitals in Massachusetts and others. Read more:

• 7 MA Hospitals Ranked Among Best 250 In The Country
• 14 Specialty Hospitals Ranked Among Best In Massachusetts