U.S. News & World Report’s 2016-2017 Best Hospitals report ranks UAB Cardiology and Heart Surgery No. 30 in the nation and lists Orthopedics and Gastroenterology/GI Surgery as high-performing.
The magazine also lauds UAB for high performance in heart bypass surgery, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, colon cancer surgery and lung cancer surgery.
In total, ten medical specialties at UAB Hospital are ranked in the top 50 in the nation, and UAB Hospital is again ranked as No. 1 in the state of Alabama.
“We are pleased that UAB Hospital continues to be recognized for providing world-class health care to the residents of our state, region and nation,” said Health System CEO Will Ferniany, Ph.D. “The consistent excellence of our faculty and staff is a reassuring constant during times of change and uncertainty in our country’s health care system. We are proud of our national rankings, and proud to be acknowledged as Alabama’s best hospital.”
The complete rankings and methodology are available here.
Rankings like U.S. News & World Report’s are just one tool available to patients as they make informed decisions about their health care. UAB Medicine recently launched its Find a Provider directory, a reliable source of verified and up-to-date information garnered from actual patients. The rating and reviews feature gives patients an alternative to third-party rating sites. More than 79 percent of eligible UAB physicians had a posted rating of at least four stars on the five-star scale.