UCLA Health hospitals again rank No. 1 in Los Angeles, No. 7 nationally

UCLA Health hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica ranked No. 1 in Los Angeles, No. 2 in California and No. 7 nationally in the annual U.S. News& World Report assessment released today.It ’s the 29th consecutive year that U.S. News has placed UCLA Health on its honor roll, a distinction reserved for only 20 hospitals in the nation that deliver high-quality care across a range of specialties, procedures and conditions.“UCLA Health is proud to once again be recognized for comprehensive excellence in patient care,” said Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System. “At our medical centers and clinics throughout the region, our highly skilled teams of physicians, nurses and health care profe ssionals are committed to providing state-of-the art, compassionate care to patients and their families from greater Los Angeles and around the world.”U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 16 specialties and nine procedures and conditions. To be included on the honor roll, hospitals must perform well in many of these areas of care. Only 158 hospitals were nationally ranked in even one specialty.UCLA Health  received top 10 rankings in 11 specialties: geriatrics (No. 4); nephrology (5); ophthalmology at the UCLA Jules Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes (5); gastroenterology/gastrointestinal surgery (7); urology (7); psychiatry at the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA (8); rheumatology (8); diabetes and endocrinology (9); ear...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news