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Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals 2021: Teaching Hospitals

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Fortune partnered with IBM Watson Health on the 2021 ranking of the 100 Top Hospitals in the U.S. Learn more about the list and see which community 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

1. St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem

Courtesy of St. Luke’s University Hospital

Location: Bethlehem, PA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

2. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple

Location: Temple, TX
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 11
Website

3. St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital

Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 12
Website

4. Mercy Health Saint Mary’s

Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

5. University of Utah Hospital

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

6. Morristown Medical Center

Location: Morristown, NJ
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

7. UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg

Location: Harrisburg, PA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

8. Baylor University Medical Center

Location: Dallas, TX
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

9. University Hospital

Location: Madison, WI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

10. NorthShore University HealthSystem

Location: Evanston, IL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 22
Website

11. Riverside Methodist Hospital

Location: Columbus, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 13
Website

12. Spectrum Health Hospitals

Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 11
Website

13. Ascension Providence Hospital – Southfield Campus

Location: Southfield, MI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 12
Website

14. Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Location: Hartford, CT
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

15. Emory University Hospital Midtown

Location: Atlanta, GA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

25 Top Teaching Hospitals

1. Sky Ridge Medical Center

Courtesy of Sky Ridge Medical Center

Location: Lone Tree, CO
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

2. Sentara Leigh Hospital

Location: Norfolk, VA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

3. HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center

Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

4. UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital

Location: Fort Collins, CO
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 15
Website

5. Rose Medical Center

Location: Denver, CO
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 14
Website

6. Wesley Medical Center

Location: Wichita, KS
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

7. Redmond Regional Medical Center

Location: Rome, GA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 25%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

8. Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas

Location: Rogers, AR
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

9. Grand Strand Medical Center

Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

10. United Hospital Center

Location: Bridgeport, WV
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

11. LDS Hospital

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

12. Aspirus Wausau Hospital

Location: Wausau, WI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

13. McKay-Dee Hospital

Location: Ogden, UT
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

14. The Medical Center of Aurora

Location: Aurora, CO
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

15. Saint Joseph Hospital

Location: Denver, CO
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

16. St. Mark’s Hospital

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

17. Brandon Regional Hospital

Location: Brandon, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 50%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

18. Mount Carmel St. Ann’s

Location: Westerville, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

19. Methodist Hospital

Location: Saint Louis Park, MN
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

20. Morton Plant Hospital

Location: Clearwater, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

21. Banner – University Medical Center South

Location: Tucson, AZ
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

22. Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center

Location: Orlando, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

23. Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

24. Missouri Baptist Medical Center

Location: Saint Louis, MO
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

25. UH Geauga Medical Center

Location: Chardon, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

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Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals

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