St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best hospitals in the nation for the eighth year in a row. St. Francis ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the country for cardiology & heart surgery, rating #9 nationwide – one of only three hospitals in the N.Y. metro area to make the top 10 in that specialty. It also rated among the best in the U.S. in four other adult specialties: gastroenterology and GI surgery; geriatrics; neurology & neurosurgery; and orthopedics- more than any other Long Island hospital. St. Francis was also the top-ranked hospital on Long Island and rated #6 in the New York metro area.
“To be recognized as one of the top 10 hospitals in the country for cardiology & heart surgery for the second year in a row and nationally ranked in four other specialties is a testament to our ongoing mission of providing excellence in patient care,” says Ruth Hennessey, EVP and Chief Administrative Officer of St. Francis Hospital. “Congratulations to the physicians, nurses, and staff at St. Francis for attaining this outstanding achievement yet again.”
St. Francis was recognized by U.S. News as high performing regionally in four specialties: cancer, nephrology, pulmonology, and urology.
Just three percent of the nearly 5,000 hospitals that were analyzed for Best Hospitals 2014-15 earned national ranking in even one specialty. U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition, or extra risk because of age or multiple health problems. Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, adequacy of nurse staffing levels, and other data largely determined the rankings in most specialties.
