MADISON, Wis. – For the 14th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Wisconsin Hospitals No. 1 in Wisconsin on its Best Hospitals list.
This recognition reflects all the great work done every day at UW Health, according to Dr. Peter Newcomer, chief operating officer, UW Health.
“It’s exciting,” he said. “From advanced clinical care to cutting-edge research, UW Health continues to lead the way.”
U.S. News & World Report evaluated more than 4,000 hospitals as part of the Best Hospitals rankings. In addition to the No. 1 ranking in Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Hospitals had eight medical and surgical specialties ranked among the top 50 in the nation: diabetes and endocrinology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery, rehabilitation and urology. This year, diabetes and endocrinology and rehabilitation are newly ranked for UW Health. Four additional medical and surgical specialties were rated as high performing: cancer, cardiology, heart and vascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, and urology.
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 failure, hip fracture, hip replacement, kidney failure, knee replacement, leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, lung cancer surgery, pneumonia, prostate cancer surgery, stroke and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
“We hope the community knows they have an amazing health care institution right here in Madison, Wisconsin,” Newcomer said. “We are ranked as one of the best care providers in the nation for most of the specialties U.S. News & World Report ranks, and that’s great news for our patients.”
University Hospital, a 505-bed facility on 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.
UW Health
UW Health is an integrated health system and academic medical center associated with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dedicated to advancing patient care, research, education and community service, UW Health has more than 25,500 employees, including 1,800 physicians, in Wisconsin and Illinois. University of Wisconsin Hospitals has been rated the top hospital in Wisconsin 14 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report. For more information visit uwhealth.org.
