How did Jacksonville-area hospitals fare in U.S. News and World Report rankings?
U.S. News & World Report recently released its "Best Hospitals" 2023-24 report, which for 34 years has evaluated hospitals in about 30 medical and surgical services.
About 5,000 hospitals are evaluated annually: Criteria include "risk-adjusted mortality rates, patient experience, level of nursing care and how successfully each hospital helps patients get back home," according to the magazine.
The evaluations also cite hospitals for being "high performing," average or below average in how they cared for patients with certain conditions, such as cancer or heart failure.
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What were Jacksonville's best hospitals?
Jacksonville's Mayo Clinic was listed as the best hospital in the state, as it has been for seven of the past eight years, while Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, part of Baptist Health, and UF Health Jacksonville made Florida's top 25.
Also, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital in Jacksonville was named the 17th-best rehabilitation hospital in the country, and Wolfson Children's Hospital, also part of Baptist Health, was ranked the fifth-best children's hospital in Florida and 14th in the Southeast.
No. 1 hospital in Florida: Mayo Clinic
The magazine ranked Mayo Jacksonville as not only the top hospital in Florida and in the city but among the nation's best in nine adult specialties and high performing in 19 procedures. It's Rochester, Minn., headquarters was named the best hospital in the country.
No. 14: Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
Baptist Health's hospital on the Southbank was ranked 14th best in the state and second best in the city. The magazine ranked it among the nation's best in two children's specialties and high performing in nine procedures.
No. 18: UF Health Jacksonville
UF Health Jacksonville, part of the University of Florida, was listed as 18th-best in the state and Jacksonville's third-best hospital. The facility was not nationally ranked in any specialties but listed as high performing in seven procedures.
The following hospitals were not listed as among the state or country's best or nationally in specialties. But they did receive high-performing recognition:
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Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County-Middleburg
High performing in four procedures.
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside
High performing in three procedures.
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside
High performing in one procedure.
Baptist Medical Center Beaches-Jacksonville Beach
High performing in one procedure.
Baptist Medical Center Nassau-Fernandina Beach
High performing in one procedure.
Flagler Hospital-St. Augustine
High performing in two procedures.
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital-Jacksonville
High performing in two procedures.
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital
High performing in four procedures.
For more information about any Jacksonville area hospital's performance in the U.S. News and World Report rankings, go to health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/jacksonville-fl. For the report on all Florida hospitals, go to health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/fl and for the nationwide report go to health.usnews.com/best-hospitals.
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This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville hospitals, led by Mayo Clinic, rank high in magazine list
