Loyola Named to Newsweek's 2019 List of World's Best Hospitals
April 15, 2019MAYWOOD, IL – Newsweek magazine has named Loyola University Medical Center to its 2019 list of the World's Best Hospitals.
Loyola ranks 49th among the 250 U.S. hospitals on the World's Best Hospitals list.
One thousand hospitals were selected worldwide based on three measures:
Recommendations from Peers
In an online survey, tens of thousands of doctors, nurses, hospital managers and other healthcare professionals were asked to recommend hospitals in their own country and other countries. Survey participants could not recommend their own hospitals.
Patient Experience
Data from existing patient surveys were collected. Samples of survey topics include general satisfaction with hospital, satisfaction with medical care and satisfaction with service.
Medical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Examples of KPIs include data on quality of care for specific treatments, hygiene measures, patient safety and nurse-to-patient ratios.
"The hospitals on this list are at the forefront of adapting to new challenges while providing top-notch patient care," Newsweek said. Newsweek partnered with Statista Inc., a global market research and consumer data company, to develop the World's Best Hospitals list.
Two other respected publications also have named Loyola to their top hospitals lists.
In U.S. News & World Report's 2018-19 Best Hospitals rankings, Loyola ranks among the top three Illinois hospitals (among 200 in the state) and has six nationally ranked specialties. Loyola's six nationally ranked specialties are Cardiology & Heart Surgery (27th), Urology (31st), Orthopaedics (36th), Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (37th), Neurology & Neurosurgery, (37th) and Pulmonology (49th). Three Loyola specialties are high performing: Cancer, Geriatrics and Nephrology.
For five years in a row, Loyola has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review's list of "100 Great Hospitals in America." Loyola's nationally ranked specialties, level 1 trauma center, transplant program, Burn Center and 20-bed unit for patients undergoing stem cell transplants were among the reasons listed for inclusion on the 2018 list. The "stellar reputation" of Loyola's orthopaedics program and a tenfold increase in total and partial shoulder replacements were also highlighted.