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PACEMAKER: Summer 2009

Making the Grade … Again


Twenty years. Twenty top rankings.

Since U.S.News & World Report magazine launched its "Best Hospitals in America"
rankings two decades ago, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics has earned
recognition every single year..

The streak continues in 2009. Not only does UI Hospitals and Clinics rank among
"The Best Hospitals in America," but seven specialties are ranked overall.

Three of the honored specialties—otolaryngology at third, ophthalmology and
visual sciences at sixth, and orthopaedics and rehabilitation at eighth—rank
among the nation's Top 10 in their respective categories.

The other ranked specialties at UI Hospitals and Clinics include:

  • neurology/neurosurgery, 22nd
  • cancer, 27th
  • kidney disease, 34th
  • gynecology, 36th

The 2009-2010 rankings are accessible online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals.

Hospital Badge

Top 25 ranking for UI Children's Hospital

University of Iowa Children's Hospital has been ranked 25th in the nation for the specialty area of kidney disorders by U.S.News & World Report's 2009 edition of "America's Best Children's Hospitals." "America's Best Children's Hospitals" rates the nation's top 30 hospitals in general pediatrics and six pediatric specialties.

 

Children's Badge

Last modification date: Wed Sep 2 08:11:44 2009
URL: http://www.uihealthcare.com /news/pacemaker/2009/summer/rankings.html