MADISON, Wis. – For the 13th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Wisconsin Hospitals No. 1 in Wisconsin on its Best Hospitals list.
This recognition reinforces the longstanding reputation for outstanding patient care, innovative therapies and exceptional patient outcomes at UW Health, according to Dr. Alan Kaplan, chief executive officer, UW Health.
“We play a very important role in the health of patients across Wisconsin and beyond,” he said. “As an academic medical center, we provide remarkable care for our patients ranging from primary care to some of the most complex cases and cutting-edge clinical trials."
U.S. News & World Report evaluated almost 5,000 hospitals as part of the Best Hospitals rankings. In addition to the No. 1 ranking in Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Hospitals had seven medical and surgical specialties ranked among the best in the nation: ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery and urology.
Obstetrics and gynecology was ranked among the top 10 in the nation, at No. 7. Three additional medical and surgical specialties were rated as high performing: cancer, cardiology, heart and vascular surgery, and neurology and neurosurgery.
University of Wisconsin Hospitals, which includes University Hospital and East Madison Hospital, also received the highest rating for 18 procedures and conditions impacting people 65 years old and older.
The procedures and conditions are abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, back surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, colon cancer surgery, gynecological cancer surgery, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, hip fracture, hip replacement, kidney failure, knee replacement, leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, lung cancer surgery, pneumonia, prostate cancer surgery and stroke.
University Hospital, a 505-bed facility adjacent to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, and East Madison Hospital, an 83-bed hospital on Madison’s east side, are part of the UW Health system, which also includes American Family Children’s Hospital, UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital, UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center, the UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital and an affiliation with UnityPoint Health – Meriter.
