3 NYC-area hospitals earn nations top rankings from US News

Three New York City-area hospitals earned coveted spots on U.S.News & World Report’s annual “honor roll,” reserved for the nation’s top 20 hospitals delivering exceptional care across multiple specialities.NYU Langone Hospitals, Mount Sinai Hospital, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell were recognized in the publication’s “Best Hospitals” rankings, released Tuesday.Those same three institutions also tied for the No.

1 spot among the best regional hospitals in the New York City metro area.U.S.

News reviewed nearly 4,500 hospitals across 14 adult specialties and 23 procedures and conditions.Just 16% earned a Best Hospitals designation by excelling in measures such as risk-adjusted mortality, preventable complications and patient experience.NYU Langone Health maintained the nation’s highest number of No.

1–ranked specialties and top-10 specialties, with 12 of its 13 ranked clinical specialties placing in the top 10.“NYU Langone achieved these top rankings through our talented and dedicated care teams, with each relentlessly focusing on the details that impact patient outcomes and experience,” said Dr.

Alec C.Kimmelman, dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Langone Health.“This commitment to exceptionalism results in the highest standard of quality care that we consistently deliver across every location.”The health system also retained the No.

1 ranking in neurology and neurosurgery for the fifth consecutive year and cardiology, heart and vascular surgery for the second straight year.“The comprehensive, highly integrated neurology and neurosurgery team is built to meet the needs of the individual patient, and we are grateful that our departments’ work to care for patients has been recognized again as the best in the nation for the fifth year in a row,” Dr.Steven L.

Galetta, the Philip K.Moskowitz, MD, Professor and Chair of Neurology at NYU Langone, told The Post.

“We continue to push the ...