The American College of Surgeons has recognized 51 U.S. hospitals for achieving “meritorious” outcomes for surgical patients in 2024.
The distinction is part of the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, which requires hospitals to track and report clinical outcomes from inpatient and outpatient procedures. The ACS analyzes the data and reports results back to hospitals, which are meant to inform quality and safety improvements.
Hospitals were recognized for achieving a “meritorious” composite quality score in either an “all cases” or “high risk” category — or both — based on outcomes in eight clinical areas: mortality, cardiac events (cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction), pneumonia, unplanned intubation, extended ventilator use, renal failure, surgical site infections and urinary tract infections.
To qualify, hospitals had to contribute data annually from 2022 to 2024, though only 2024 performance was evaluated for the recognition. The 76 hospitals honored represent a select group from 609 eligible participants in the NSQIP program.
In all, 76 hospitals achieved the distinction, including 51 in the U.S.
Here are the U.S. hospitals that earned the distinction:
(Note: Those with an asterisk have received the recognition for at least two consecutive years)
Atrium Health Cleveland (Shelby, N.C.)
Atrium Health University City (Charlotte, N.C.)
Baptist Health Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital
Baptist Health South Miami Hospital*
Baptist Medical Center South (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Boston Medical Center*
Brooke Army Medical Center (Fort Sam Houston, Texas)
Carle BroMenn Medical Center (Normal, Ill.)
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy (Omaha, Neb.)
Duke Regional Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.)*
El Paso County Hospital District d/b/a University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas)*
Emory Johns Creek (Ga.) Hospital
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital (Atlanta)
Grinnell Regional Medical Center (Iowa)
Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit)
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
John Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (Chicago)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Downey (Calif.)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fremont (Calif.)
Houston Methodist Hospital*
Lexington Medical Center (West Columbia, S.C.)
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Houston)*
MacNeal Hospital (Berwyn, Ill.)
Mayo Clinic Health System – Franciscan Medical Center, Inc. (La Crosse, Wis.)
Mayo Clinic Rochester – Methodist Campus (Rochester, Minn.)*
Memorial Hermann Hospital – TMC (Houston)*
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City)*
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas)*
Midland (Texas) Memorial Hospital
Missouri Baptist Medical Center (St. Louis)
Mount Sinai Beth Israel (New York City)*
Natividad Medical Center (Salinas, Calif.)
NewYork–Presbyterian / Queens (Flushing, N.Y.)*
NewYork–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital*
NewYork‑Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York City)*
NYC Health + Hospitals / Lincoln (Bronx, N.Y.)*
NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn*
NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island (Mineola, N.Y.)*
Parkview Hospital (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Riverside University Health System – Medical Center (Moreno Valley, Calif.)
Saint Peter’s University Hospital (New Brunswick, N.J.)*
Samaritan Hospital – Troy, N.Y.*
South Shore University Hospital / Northwell Health (Bay Shore, N.Y.)
St. Peter’s Hospital (Albany, N.Y.)
Sutter Bay Hospitals dba Mills–Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame, Calif.)*
The Hospital of Central Connecticut (New Britain, Conn.)
The Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)*
UCSF Health (San Francisco)
UofL Health Jewish Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)
UPMC Shadyside (Pittsburgh)
UVA Health (Charlottesville, Va.)
Ventura County Medical Center (Ventura, Calif.)*
WellStar Douglas Hospital (Douglasville, Ga.)
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
