US News World Report Names Deaconess as 2 Hospital in Indiana For 7th Year In A Row
The annual Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, now in their 35th year, evaluates nearly 5,000 hospitals in more than 30 medical and surgical services and are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or for common elective procedures.
Deaconess was also recognized as High Performing in eight procedures and conditions, including:
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- COPD
- Colon Cancer Surgery
- Heart Failure
- Knee Replacement
- Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma
- Pneumonia
- Prostate Cancer Surgery
The 2024-2025 edition of Best Hospitals highlights 466 Best Regional Hospitals, ranked in states and major metro areas across the U.S. This year, for the first time, U.S. News also identified Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access, highlighting 98 hospitals for their success in caring for patients from historically underserved communities. Twenty hospitals with exceptional breadth and depth of excellence make up the Honor Roll. A hospital that has earned a “Best” designation may be a good option for consumers and caregivers, in consultation with their medical provider, to consider.
“Choosing the right hospital to match your needs shouldn't be a guessing game,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “The 2024-2025 edition of Best Hospitals provides patients and their families clear, data-driven insights on hospital performance and empowers Americans to choose the facility best suited to their specific health care needs.”
To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.
