Following on previous years' post, here's the run down on the latest hospital rankings from US News.
UPMC Presby-Shadyside's streak of being listed in US News' honor roll of hospitals (top 15-20 of 5,000+ hospitals in the US) is now at 19 years.
UPMC dropped one spot in the national ranking to #15 (still #2 in the state behind HUP, and UPMC is only one spot behind them in the overall rankings). UPMC was #12 two years ago. See last year's post about the rankings here: https://pittsburgh.forums.rivals.com/threads/ot-new-hospital-rankings-upmc-drops-to-14.115203/
Here's how UPMC did in the specialty rankings compared to the prior year:
Cancer #23 (up 12)*
Cardiology & Heart Surgery #37 (down 17)
Diabetes & Endocrinology #11 (down 3)
Ear, Nose & Throat #32 (down 3)
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery #10 (down 4)
Geriatrics #12 (down 1)
Nephrology #52 (down 17)^
Neurology & Neurosurgery #35 (down 15)
Orthopedics #16 (up 6)
Psychiatry #13 (down 1)^
Pulmonology #8 (down 3)
Rehabilitation #12 (down 1)
Rheumatology #13 (down 2)
Urology #29 (down 16)
Gynecology #60 (down 39, Magee-Womens Hospital)^
Ophthalmology Unranked (same)
Earlier in the year, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh dropped out of the children's hospital honor roll (top 10) for the first time in years. It was ranked in 9 out of 10 pediatric specialties, including 4 in the top 10.
*the cancer ranking is an example of how volatile the year-to-year rankings can be. UPMC cancer was down 12 spots the year before, so it is right back were it was two years ago.
^These specialties were not ranked, but listed as "high performing", except for gynecology for which there were no "high performing" designations. The listed raw score of the particular specialty in these cases would have effectively placed it in the rankings as noted.
UPMC also achieved High Performing status in all 9 evaluated procedures: Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, COPD, Colon cancer surgery, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement, and lung cancer surgery. Knee replacement rose from average to "high performing".
Here's the overall ranking of Pennsylvania hospitals (29 were ranked out of 238):
1. HUP (Penn Med) (12 specialties ranked, 1 high performing specialty & 6 procedures)
2. UPMC Presby-Shadyside (12 ranked specialties, 2 hp specialties & 9 procedures)
3. Thomas Jefferson (10 ranked specialties, 3 hp specialties & 7 procedures)
4. Penn State-Hershey (2 ranked specialties, 7 hp specialties & 6 procedures)
5. Lehigh Valley (5 hp specialty & 8 procedures)
6. Lancaster (Penn Med) (4 hp specialties & 5 procedures)
6. Lankenau (Main Line Health) (3 hp specialties & 6 procedures)
6. Reading (Tower Health)~ (1 ranked specialty, 1 hp specialty & 6 procedures)
6. St. Luke's (2 hp specialties & 7 procedures)
10. UPMC Pinnacle (8 procedures)
10. Penn Med-Chester County (1 ranked specialty, 4 hp specialties & 3 procedures)
12. Pennsylvania (Penn Med) (2 ranked specialties, 1 hp specialty & 2 procedures)
13. Doylestown (6 procedures)
13. Jefferson Health-Abington (6 procedures)
13. Paoli (Main Line Health) (2 hp specialties & 4 procedures)
16. Bryn Mawr (Main Line Health) (1 hp specialty & 5 procedures)
16. Riddle (Main Line Health) (2 hp specialties & 3 procedures)
16. UPMC Hamot (2 hp specialties & 3 procedures)
19. Geisinger (4 procedures)
19. Jefferson Hospital (AHN) (4 procedures)
19. St. Mary (Trinity Health) (4 procedures)
19. Temple (2 hp specialties & 2 procedures)
23. UPMC St. Margaret (3 procedures)
23. Forbes Hospital (AHN) (3 procedures)
23. Lehigh Valley-Muhlenberg (1 hp specialty & 2 procedures)
23. St. Clair Hospital (3 procedures)
23. WellSpan York (3 procedures)
28. UPMC Mercy (2 hp specialties & 1 procedure)
29. Hahnemann (Paladin) (1 ranked specialty, 1 procedure)
other unranked hospitals of note with high performing specialties or procedures:
unranked. UPMC Magee-Womens (1 hp specialty & 2 procedures)
unranked. UPMC Passavant (2 procedures)
unranked. Excela Health Westermoreland (2 procedures)
unranked. Allegheny General (AHN) (1 procedure)
~has joint health insurance venture with UPMC
UPMC Presby-Shadyside's streak of being listed in US News' honor roll of hospitals (top 15-20 of 5,000+ hospitals in the US) is now at 19 years.
UPMC dropped one spot in the national ranking to #15 (still #2 in the state behind HUP, and UPMC is only one spot behind them in the overall rankings). UPMC was #12 two years ago. See last year's post about the rankings here: https://pittsburgh.forums.rivals.com/threads/ot-new-hospital-rankings-upmc-drops-to-14.115203/
Here's how UPMC did in the specialty rankings compared to the prior year:
Cancer #23 (up 12)*
Cardiology & Heart Surgery #37 (down 17)
Diabetes & Endocrinology #11 (down 3)
Ear, Nose & Throat #32 (down 3)
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery #10 (down 4)
Geriatrics #12 (down 1)
Nephrology #52 (down 17)^
Neurology & Neurosurgery #35 (down 15)
Orthopedics #16 (up 6)
Psychiatry #13 (down 1)^
Pulmonology #8 (down 3)
Rehabilitation #12 (down 1)
Rheumatology #13 (down 2)
Urology #29 (down 16)
Gynecology #60 (down 39, Magee-Womens Hospital)^
Ophthalmology Unranked (same)
Earlier in the year, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh dropped out of the children's hospital honor roll (top 10) for the first time in years. It was ranked in 9 out of 10 pediatric specialties, including 4 in the top 10.
*the cancer ranking is an example of how volatile the year-to-year rankings can be. UPMC cancer was down 12 spots the year before, so it is right back were it was two years ago.
^These specialties were not ranked, but listed as "high performing", except for gynecology for which there were no "high performing" designations. The listed raw score of the particular specialty in these cases would have effectively placed it in the rankings as noted.
UPMC also achieved High Performing status in all 9 evaluated procedures: Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, COPD, Colon cancer surgery, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement, and lung cancer surgery. Knee replacement rose from average to "high performing".
Here's the overall ranking of Pennsylvania hospitals (29 were ranked out of 238):
1. HUP (Penn Med) (12 specialties ranked, 1 high performing specialty & 6 procedures)
2. UPMC Presby-Shadyside (12 ranked specialties, 2 hp specialties & 9 procedures)
3. Thomas Jefferson (10 ranked specialties, 3 hp specialties & 7 procedures)
4. Penn State-Hershey (2 ranked specialties, 7 hp specialties & 6 procedures)
5. Lehigh Valley (5 hp specialty & 8 procedures)
6. Lancaster (Penn Med) (4 hp specialties & 5 procedures)
6. Lankenau (Main Line Health) (3 hp specialties & 6 procedures)
6. Reading (Tower Health)~ (1 ranked specialty, 1 hp specialty & 6 procedures)
6. St. Luke's (2 hp specialties & 7 procedures)
10. UPMC Pinnacle (8 procedures)
10. Penn Med-Chester County (1 ranked specialty, 4 hp specialties & 3 procedures)
12. Pennsylvania (Penn Med) (2 ranked specialties, 1 hp specialty & 2 procedures)
13. Doylestown (6 procedures)
13. Jefferson Health-Abington (6 procedures)
13. Paoli (Main Line Health) (2 hp specialties & 4 procedures)
16. Bryn Mawr (Main Line Health) (1 hp specialty & 5 procedures)
16. Riddle (Main Line Health) (2 hp specialties & 3 procedures)
16. UPMC Hamot (2 hp specialties & 3 procedures)
19. Geisinger (4 procedures)
19. Jefferson Hospital (AHN) (4 procedures)
19. St. Mary (Trinity Health) (4 procedures)
19. Temple (2 hp specialties & 2 procedures)
23. UPMC St. Margaret (3 procedures)
23. Forbes Hospital (AHN) (3 procedures)
23. Lehigh Valley-Muhlenberg (1 hp specialty & 2 procedures)
23. St. Clair Hospital (3 procedures)
23. WellSpan York (3 procedures)
28. UPMC Mercy (2 hp specialties & 1 procedure)
29. Hahnemann (Paladin) (1 ranked specialty, 1 procedure)
other unranked hospitals of note with high performing specialties or procedures:
unranked. UPMC Magee-Womens (1 hp specialty & 2 procedures)
unranked. UPMC Passavant (2 procedures)
unranked. Excela Health Westermoreland (2 procedures)
unranked. Allegheny General (AHN) (1 procedure)
~has joint health insurance venture with UPMC
