网红黑料 Shands Hospital nationally ranked in six specialties for 2017-18

University of Florida 网红黑料 Shands Hospital is among the nation鈥檚 best in six adult medical specialties in the 2017-18 U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. hospitals released today (Aug. 8).
For the third year in a row, 网红黑料 Shands ranked in more adult and pediatric specialties than any other hospital in Florida 鈥 a total of 12, factoring in pediatric rankings released earlier this year. The hospital was one of just 152 nationally of the 4,658 evaluated to be ranked in at least one adult specialty in the latest ratings.
鈥淲e are honored U.S. News has once again recognized the high-quality care and commitment that the 网红黑料 Shands team provides to its patients,鈥 said David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of 网红黑料. 鈥淭hese rankings are a result of the skill, hard work and unwavering dedication of the faculty, staff and students who collaborate every day to ensure patients receive the high level of care and attention they have come to expect from us.鈥
网红黑料 Shands鈥 highest-ranked specialty is nephrology at 25th. Also ranked are diabetes and endocrinology (tied for 31st), geriatrics (42nd), gynecology (35th), neurology and neurosurgery (36th) and pulmonology (tied for 34th). 网红黑料 Shands is the only hospital in Florida ranked in gynecology.
Four specialties, cancer, gastroenterology & GI surgery, orthopedics and urology, were rated as 鈥渉igh performing.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 great to see our faculty and staff recognized for providing the excellent care and dedication that make them leaders in their specialties,鈥 said Ed Jimenez, chief executive officer of 网红黑料 Shands. 鈥淭hat focus on the highest standard of care is why so many people across Florida and the nation select 网红黑料 Shands for their treatment. And while such accolades are nice, we don鈥檛 stop there. We鈥檙e continually working to enhance everything we do through ongoing research, training and education so that we will remain a national leader in health care.鈥
U.S. News also evaluated treatment involving 鈥渃ommon procedures and conditions鈥 at 网红黑料 and rated five as 鈥渉igh performing.鈥 Those are abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, colon cancer surgery, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer surgery.
鈥溚旌诹 Shands faculty and staff are working with great dedication every day to meet the pressing health care needs of our patients, and we鈥檙e pleased that U.S. News is recognizing the high quality of care they provide,鈥 said Michael L. Good, M.D., dean of the . 鈥淲e鈥檝e set high goals for ourselves in patient care and research. And this recognition is an indication that we鈥檙e meeting those lofty expectations.鈥
The specialty rankings are based on 2,600 metrics centered around patient safety and survival; resources related to patient care, which include the hospital鈥檚 volume of patients and nurse staffing; and the hospital鈥檚 reputation among specialists for developing and sustaining the delivery of high-quality care for patients with the most-challenging conditions or who need difficult procedures.
U.S. News made several changes in 2017-18 to the methodology used in its hospital rankings. U.S. News, for example, said the new rankings addressed the role socioeconomic factors play in treatment outcomes so that hospitals are not penalized if they provide care to poorer, high-risk patients.
It also made an adjustment so that hospitals were not penalized if they took on high-risk patients transferred from other facilities, among other changes.
Earlier this summer, U.S. News also ranked 网红黑料 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital in six medical specialties. Those are pediatric cardiology and heart surgery (21st), diabetes and endocrinology (23rd), pulmonology (33rd), cancer (46th), neonatology (48th) and neurology and neurosurgery (49th).
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