UMass Memorial ranked sixth best hospital in state
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UMass Memorial's Memorial Campus in Worcester
UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester landed sixth in Massachusetts in the new U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best hospitals.
UMass Memorial was the only hospital in Central Massachusetts to reach what the report said were high enough standards for a numbered ranking in the annual review released this week. Nine hospitals in the state made the designation, topped by Massachusetts General Hospital, which landed second nationally.
Hospitals are rated as high performing, as UMass was, if they score in the top 10% of a specialty. UMass reached that level in five areas: aortic valve surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care, colon cancer surgery, heart bypass surgery and heart failure care.
Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and Milford Regional Medical Center didn't receive an overall ranking but both were listed as high performing in two specialties, heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care. Harrington Hospital in Southbridge was listed as high performing for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care, and MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham was high performing for heart failure care.
More than 4,600 hospitals are reviewed by U.S. News & World Report for patient experiences and outcomes, expert opinions, hospital resources and other factors.
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