Rated as the Number Four Hospital in Los Angeles and Number Eight in California
Huntington Memorial Hospital has been ranked among the top hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital received the ranking in the orthopedics and urology specialties, and is considered the 18th best hospital in the nation for orthopedics. Huntington Hospital was also named the number four hospital in Los Angeles and ranked as the eighth “Best Hospital” in California.
“Pursuing excellence in patient care is what we do every day at Huntington Hospital and it’s an honor to have the hard work of our medical and nursing staffs – as well as all of our employees – recognized in this way,” said Stephen A. Ralph, Huntington Hospital president and CEO. “The national ranking further underscores what our nurses accomplished by earning Magnet status, and I am extremely proud to share this good news with our community and board of directors.”
In addition to its national rankings in orthopedics and urology, Huntington Hospital was noted to be “high performing” in cancer care; diabetes and endocrinology; ear, nose and throat; gastroenterology; geriatrics; gynecology; nephrology; neurology and neurosurgery and pulmonology.
The 2012-13 rankings will appear in the U.S. News Best Hospitals 2013 guidebook, to go on sale in August. The complete rankings and methodology are available at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals.
