See St. John Hospital's US News And World Report Ranking

WESTLAKE, OH — St. John Hospital has been rated in several categories by US News and World Report. The publication released its annual rankings of the best hospitals in the country for 2017-18, ranking more than 4,500 medical centers in the U.S. in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. The rankings also looked at the best hospitals in every state and 20 hospitals made it to the honor roll, a distinction given to hospitals that deliver exceptional treatment across multiple specialties.

The hospital was rated as high-performing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the highest possible rating a hospital can achieve. The facility was rated as average in the following categories: colon cancer surgery, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement and lung cancer surgery. St. John's was not rated in aortic valve surgery.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota topped the honor roll for the second consecutive year. The hospital was ranked across 15 specialties and ranked in the top five for 13 of the specialties. Cleveland Clinic was ranked number two and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore climbed up the rankings one spot this year to number three on the honor roll.

U.S. News ranked 152 hospitals nationally in at least one specialty and 535 hospitals were recognized as best regional hospitals for those seeking care close to home. (To stay up to date on local stories, subscribe to the Patch Westlake newsletter. As news breaks and the story develops, you will be the first to receive updates from Patch.)

The five best hospitals in Ohio are:

1. Cleveland Clinic
2. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
3. Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
4. Miami Valley Hospital
5. Christ Hospital

The methodology used by U.S. News is based largely on objective measures with more than 70 percent of the rankings relying on such data. The rankings also took into account survey answers from more than 125,000 physicians across the country about reputation. U.S. News also looked at five years of Medicare data and the number of patients treated in hospitals. The methodology was also updated to avoid penalizing hospitals for treating low-income patients or for accepting high-risk cases transferred from other hospitals. For the best regional hospitals, procedures and conditions rankings were emphasized more than specialty rankings.

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