15 VA, DC Hospitals Among Best In U.S., Newsweek Ranking Says

VIRGINIA — Fifteen of the best hospitals in the United States are in DC and Virginia, with four ranked among the top 100, Newsweek said in its 2023 list of the World’s Best Hospitals.

Newsweek partnered with data firm Statista to release the fifth year of this list, which ranked 2,300 hospitals in 80 countries. The hospitals on the list are not only innovative and offer first-class care, but also “consistently attract the best people and provide the best outcomes for patients as well as the most important new therapies and research,” said Newsweek.

Five U.S. hospitals were in the top 10 on Newsweek's list of the World's Best Hospitals, including the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (1), Cleveland Clinic in Ohio (2), Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (3), Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (4), and UCLA Health- Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles (10).

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.

Each hospital is rated by a score; read more about the methodology here.

Here are the 15 Virginia and DC hospitals on the list, and where they ranked out of 420 U.S. hospitals.

42. University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, overall score of 70.83%

66. VCU Medical Center in Richmond, overall score of 68.78%

72. Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, overall score of 68.06%

100. Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, overall score of 66.05%

128. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, overall score of 65.23%

160. Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, overall score of 64.53%

181. Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, overall score of 64.25%

221. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, overall score of 63.85%

233. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, overall score of 63.72%

242. Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, overall score of 63.63%

245. Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center in Williamsburg, overall score of 63.60%

289. Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, overall score of 63.16%

295. Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, overall score of 63.10%

306. Sentara Leigh Hospital of Norfolk, overall score of 62.99%

387. MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, overall score of 62.11%

Nancy Cooper, global editor-in-chief for Newsweek, said the goal of the study was to provide a data-based comparison of hospital reputations and performances across counties.

"We hope this will be useful to patients and families seeking the best care for themselves and loved ones, as well as to hospitals as they benchmark themselves against their peers," Cooper said.

Correction: An earlier version of this story reported the incorrect state of the Mayo Clinic. It is Minnesota.