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Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals 2020: Teaching Hospitals

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Fortune partnered with IBM Watson Health on the 2020 ranking of the 100 Top Hospitals in the U.S. Learn more about the list and see which teaching hospitals ranked high among their peers below.

  • 100 Top Hospitals: Introduction
  • 60 Top Community Hospitals
  • 15 Top Health Systems
  • Methodology

15 Top Major Teaching Hospitals

Map shows location of hospitals on the 100 top hospitals list

1. St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital

St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, David Vandenberg, chief medical officer at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, examines his patient.
Courtesy of St. Joseph Mercy Health System

Location: Ann Arbor
Clinical outcomes score: 7
Operational efficiency score: 2
Patient experience score: 1
Financial health score: 13
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 11
Website

2. St. Luke’s University Hospital—Bethlehem

Location: Bethlehem, Pa.
Clinical outcomes score: 9
Operational efficiency score: 1
Patient experience score: 8
Financial health score: 2
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

3. Baylor University Medical Center

Location: Dallas
Clinical outcomes score: 10
Operational efficiency score: 5
Patient experience score: 8
Financial health score: 1
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

4. University of Utah Hospital

Location: Salt Lake City
Clinical outcomes score: 8
Operational efficiency score: 8
Patient experience score: 2
Financial health score: 12
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

5. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center—Temple

Location: Temple, Texas
Clinical outcomes score: 4
Operational efficiency score: 4
Patient experience score: 12
Financial health score: 15
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 10
Website

6. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Location: Chicago
Clinical outcomes score: 5
Operational efficiency score: 9
Patient experience score: 14
Financial health score: 5
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

7. Evanston Hospital

Location: Evanston, Ill.
Clinical outcomes score: 6
Operational efficiency score: 6
Patient experience score: 12
Financial health score: 11
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 21
Website

8. Stanford Hospital

Location: Stanford, Calif.
Clinical outcomes score: 1
Operational efficiency score: 14
Patient experience score: 8
Financial health score: 10
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

9. UT Medical Branch at Galveston

Location: Galveston
Clinical outcomes score: 15
Operational efficiency score: 7
Patient experience score: 7
Financial health score: 3
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

10. Inova Fairfax Hospital

Location: Falls Church, Va.
Clinical outcomes score: 12
Operational efficiency score: 10
Patient experience score: 4
Financial health score: 8
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

11. UF Health Shands Hospital

Location: Gainesville, Fla.
Clinical outcomes score: 2
Operational efficiency score: 15
Patient experience score: 11
Financial health score: 9
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

12. UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

Location: Santa Monica
Clinical outcomes score: 3
Operational efficiency score: 13
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 14
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

13. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

Location: Aurora, Colo.
Clinical outcomes score: 13
Operational efficiency score: 11
Patient experience score: 6
Financial health score: 4
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

14. Maricopa Medical Center

Location: Phoenix
Clinical outcomes score: 14
Operational efficiency score: 3
Patient experience score: 15
Financial health score: 6
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

15. Froedtert Hospital

Location: Milwaukee
Clinical outcomes score: 11
Operational efficiency score: 12
Patient experience score: 4
Financial health score: 7
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

25 Top Teaching Hospitals

Map shows location of hospitals on the 100 top hospitals list

1. Rose Medical Center

Top 100 Hospitals 2020-Rose Medical Center
Courtesy of Rose Medical Group

Location: Denver
Clinical outcomes score: 1
Operational efficiency score: 10
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 5
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 13
Website

2. Sky Ridge Medical Center

Location: Lone Tree, Colo.
Clinical outcomes score: 3
Operational efficiency score: 1
Patient experience score: 15
Financial health score: 1
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

3. UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital

Location: Fort Collins, Colo.
Clinical outcomes score: 5
Operational efficiency score: 14
Patient experience score: 9
Financial health score: 6
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 14
Website

4. Utah Valley Hospital

Location: Provo, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 11
Operational efficiency score: 11
Patient experience score: 15
Financial health score: 9
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

5. Mount Carmel St. Ann’s

Location: Westerville, Ohio
Clinical outcomes score: 12
Operational efficiency score: 8
Patient experience score: 14
Financial health score: 18
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

6. Wesley Medical Center

Location: Wichita
Clinical outcomes score: 6
Operational efficiency score: 13
Patient experience score: 15
Financial health score: 8
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

7. Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas

Location: Rogers, Ark.
Clinical outcomes score: 14
Operational efficiency score: 2
Patient experience score: 15
Financial health score: 21
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

8. The Medical Center of Aurora

Location: Aurora, Colo.
Clinical outcomes score: 7
Operational efficiency score: 18
Patient experience score: 22
Financial health score: 10
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

9. St. Mark’s Hospital

Location: Salt Lake City
Clinical outcomes score: 17
Operational efficiency score: 6
Patient experience score: 23
Financial health score: 2
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

10. Mercy Hospital St. Louis

Location: St. Louis
Clinical outcomes score: 4
Operational efficiency score: 25
Patient experience score: 8
Financial health score: 14
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

11. Redmond Regional Medical Center

Location: Rome, Ga.
Clinical outcomes score: 13
Operational efficiency score: 15
Patient experience score: 15
Financial health score: 12
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

12. Aspirus Wausau Hospital

Location: Wausau, Wis.
Clinical outcomes score: 22
Operational efficiency score: 5
Patient experience score: 9
Financial health score: 23
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

13. Kettering Medical Center

Location: Kettering, Ohio
Clinical outcomes score: 19
Operational efficiency score: 17
Patient experience score: 2
Financial health score: 17
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 14
Website

14. MountainView Hospital

Location: Las Vegas
Clinical outcomes score: 9
Operational efficiency score: 21
Patient experience score: 20
Financial health score: 15
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

15. Swedish Medical Center

Location: Englewood, Colo.
Clinical outcomes score: 20
Operational efficiency score: 16
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 3
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

16. United Hospital Center

Location: Bridgeport, W.Va.
Clinical outcomes score: 2
Operational efficiency score: 22
Patient experience score: 20
Financial health score: 22
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

17. West Penn Hospital

Location: Pittsburg
Clinical outcomes score: 25
Operational efficiency score: 3
Patient experience score: 13
Financial health score: 7
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

18. UH Geauga Medical Center

Location: Chardon, Ohio
Clinical outcomes score: 21
Operational efficiency score: 9
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 25
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

19. Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Location: Minneapolis
Clinical outcomes score: 15
Operational efficiency score: 20
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 24
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

20. Brandon Regional Hospital

Location: Brandon, Fla.
Clinical outcomes score: 16
Operational efficiency score: 12
Patient experience score: 25
Financial health score: 4
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

21. McKay-Dee Hospital

Location: Ogden, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 24
Operational efficiency score: 4
Patient experience score: 9
Financial health score: 11
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

22. St. Vincent Healthcare

Location: Billings, Mont.
Clinical outcomes score: 23
Operational efficiency score: 7
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 19
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

23. Grandview Medical Center

Location: Dayton
Clinical outcomes score: 10
Operational efficiency score: 23
Patient experience score: 9
Financial health score: 20
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

24. PIH Health Hospital—Whittier

Location: Whittier, Calif.
Clinical outcomes score: 18
Operational efficiency score: 24
Patient experience score: 1
Financial health score: 13
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

25. Palmetto General Hospital

Location: Hialeah, Fla.
Clinical outcomes score: 8
Operational efficiency score: 19
Patient experience score: 24
Financial health score: 16
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

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Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals

  • Introduction
  • 60 Top Community Hospitals
  • 15 Top Health Systems
  • Methodology
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