Johns Hopkins is consistently recognized as a leader in health care.
| The Johns Hopkins Hospital Tops U.S.News &
World Report "Honor Roll" 18th Year In a Row The Johns Hopkins Hospital has once again — for the 18th consecutive time — earned the top spot in U.S.News & World Report’s annual rankings of American hospitals, placing first in three medical specialties and very high in 12 others. For a complete list and methodology of rankings, please visit the U.S.News Website.
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| In 2003, The Johns Hopkins Hospital became the first health care organization in Maryland to achieve the Magnet Recognition Program designation for excellence in nursing practice. Magnet Recognition was awarded again in 2008 for another five-year term. The highest honor bestowed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Magnet status affirms the evidenced-based practice and spirit of innovation and collaboration that characterizes nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
It’s not only a national and international reputation that counts. What local patients think is equally important. For 11 straight years, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has received the Consumer Choice Award for the Baltimore region from the National Research Corporation. NRC, a firm specializing in health care performance measurement, annually honors the hospitals that local consumers rate as having the best quality and image, based on a survey of more than 200,000 households in 80 U.S. markets. Hopkins was one of only a few hospitals nationwide to earn top-choice status in a multi-market region.
In 2008, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine was ranked one of the top two medical schools in the country by U.S.News & World Report. The magazine also recognizes specialty medical school departments highly ranked by medical school deans and senior medical faculty. Our Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Biomedical/Bioengineering programs were ranked as #1 in their specialties, and many others ranked or tied among the top eight programs. For a complete list and methodology of the rankings, visit U.S.News & World Report. |
