Montco Hospitals Largely Absent From Latest 'World's Best' Ranking

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — While dozens of Pennsylvania hospitals were recognized in the latest round of Newsweek's analysis of the top healthcare facilities around the globe, most of the Montgomery County area's hospitals were absent from the list.

The "World’s Best Hospitals" ranking featured 420 hospitals in the United States, including 27 in Pennsylvania alone. While the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at Penn Presbyterian was 15th overall, only Lankenau Medical Center (168th) and Jefferson Abington Hospital (377) made the list of 420.

Newsweek partnered with data firm Statista to release the fifth year of this list. The outlet says the hospitals chosen “consistently attract the best people and provide the best outcomes for patients as well as the most important new therapies and research."

A global board of medical experts compiled the list based on four data sources: an online survey from medical experts, results from patient surveys, hospital quality metrics, and a PROM (patient-reported outcome measures) implementation survey. Details on methodology are available here.

Montgomery County area hospitals not featured on the list include Einstein Medical Center locations (Montgomery, Elkins Park), Suburban Community Hospital, Jefferson Lansdale Hospital, Holy Redeemer Hospital, Eagleville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Chestnut Hill Hospital, and more.

A total of 2,300 hospitals from 80 countries were included on the list.

Here are the 27 PA hospitals on the list, and where they ranked out of 420 U.S. hospitals.

• 15. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian, Philly (overall score 81.32 percent)
• 54. Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philly (overall score 70.16 percent)
• 58. UPMC Presbyterian and Shadyside, Pittsburgh (overall score 69.38 percent)
• 64. Penn State Health - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey (overall score 68.83 percent)
• 76. Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, West Chester (overall score 67.46 percent)
• 103. Reading Hospital (overall score 65.62 percent)
• 116. St. Luke's Hospital Bethlehem (overall score 65.40 percent)
• 122. Doylestown Hospital (overall score 65.29 percent)
• 153. Lancaster General Hospital (overall score 64.62 percent)
• 168. Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood (overall score 64.41 percent)
• 192. Pennsylvania Hospital, Philly (overall score 64.14 percent)
• 228. Main Line Health-Bryn Mawr Hospital (overall score 63.78 percent)
• 266. Pinnacle Health Hospitals, Harrisburg (overall score 63.39 percent)
• 277. UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital, Pittsburgh (overall score 63.28 percent)
• 278. St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh (overall score 63.27 percent)
• 299. UPMC Altoona (overall score 63.06 percent)
• 343. Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College (overall score 62.62 percent)
• 347. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre (overall score 62.58 percent)
• 348. Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg (overall score 62.57 percent)
• 350. St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne (overall score 62.55 percent)
• 356. UPMC Horizon, Greenville (overall score 62.49 percent)
• 365. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown (overall score 62.40 percent)
• 377. Jefferson Abington Hospital (overall score 62.25 percent)
• 383. Temple University Hospital, Philly (overall score 62.15 percent)
• 400. WellSpan York Hospital (overall score 61.95 percent