16 MN Hospitals Ranked Among Best In World: Newsweek

MINNESOTA — A new report has named 16 hospitals in Minnesota among the best in the world.

Newsweek said it partnered with Statista to release its annual ranking of the world's best hospitals. The series began in 2019.

The researchers evaluated 2,400 hospitals across 30 countries, including the United States, much of Western Europe, Australia, 10 Asian countries, Chile, and Malaysia.

In Minnesota, the following hospitals earned a spot among the world’s very best:

1 — Mayo Clinic - Rochester
54 — CentraCare - St. Cloud Hospital
81 — University of Minnesota Medical Center
97 — Abbott Northwestern Hospital
136 — Regions Hospital
163 — Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
172 — Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin
176 — M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
213 — M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
277 — Lake Region Healthcare Corporation
300 — Mercy Hospital
308 — Lakewood Health System
325 — Perham Health Clinic
360 — Centracare Health - Monticello
382 — Cuyuna Regional Medical Center
394 — Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato

Newsweek listed the top 250 hospitals worldwide. The 10 best were highlighted particularly for their “intriguing use of artificial intelligence to advance medical discoveries.”

Hospitals were scored based on an online survey of about 85,000 medical experts and publicly available data from post-hospitalization patient surveys on their general satisfaction, Newsweek said. Hygiene and patient/doctor ratios were also considered, along with a Statista survey on whether hospitals use “Patient Reported Outcome Measures,” which are surveys filled out by patients about their experience.