The 97 hospitals to earn Magnet’s top honor

In 2022, the American Nurses Credentialing Center launched the Magnet with Distinction program to recognize the world’s highest performing Magnet organizations. Since then, 96 hospitals in the U.S. and one in Saudi Arabia have achieved the designation. 

The ANCC, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association, awards hospitals Magnet designations based on quality patient care and nursing excellence. To earn the recognition, hospitals must undergo a comprehensive application and review process.

Hospitals with the award typically have high nurse job satisfaction, low levels of RN turnover and lower 30-day mortality rates. Approximately 10% of the hospitals in the U.S. have earned Magnet status, and only a select few hospitals will earn the new “with Distinction” honor to recognize an “elite level” of performance, according to the ANCC.

The Magnet with Distinction program was created to celebrate hospitals and healthcare organizations that exceed scoring thresholds required to earn Magnet recognition.

“It raises the bar to recognize top-tier organizations that have achieved the highest level of nursing excellence while addressing emerging challenges and changes in healthcare moving forward,” according to the ANCC.

There are two paths to achieve the special designation: demonstrate no deficiencies in any component and have an exemplar in registered nurse engagement; or have no deficiencies in any component and have two or more exemplars in patient experience, and at least two exemplars in nursing-sensitive indicators.

Here are the 97 hospitals that have earned the Magnet with Distinction recognition as of late June, per the ANCC:

Arkansas

CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs

California

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach)

Kaiser Foundation Hospital South Sacramento

Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco

Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center

Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo)

NorthBay Health (Fairfield)

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills)

Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange

Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)

Salinas Valley Health Medical Center

Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto)

Torrance Memorial Medical Center

UCLA Medical Center (Santa Monica)

Florida

Baptist Health Homestead Hospital

Golisano Children’s Hospital (Fort Myers)

Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida (Orlando)

University of Miami Health System

Georgia

Emory Johns Creek Hospital

Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital (Atlanta)

WellStar Paulding Medical Center (Hiram)

Illinois

Advocate Children’s Hospital (Oak Lawn)

Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Physician Group (Urbana)

Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital

Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital (Berwyn)

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital & Valley West (DeKalb)

Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital

Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital

OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center (Urbana)

OSF St. Anthony’s Health Center (Alton)

Rush Copley Medical Center (Aurora)

Rush Oak Park Hospital

St. Francis Hospital (Evanston)

Indiana

Deaconess Memorial Medical Center (Jasper)

Goshen Hospital

Indiana University Health North Hospital (Carmel)

Indiana University Health West Hospital (Avon)

Kansas

The University of Kansas Health System (Kansas City)

Maryland

MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore)

Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore)

National Institutes of Health (Bethesda)

Massachusetts

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (Boston)

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (Charlestown)

Michigan

University of Michigan Health-West (Wyoming)

Missouri

Missouri Baptist Medical Center (St. Louis)

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Montana

Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital (Billings)

Nebraska

CHI Health St. Elizabeth (Lincoln)

CHI Health St. Francis (Grand Island)

Children’s Nebraska (Omaha)

New Jersey

Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains)

Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center (Summit)

Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch)

St. Peter’s University Hospital (New Brunswick)

New York

Glen Cove Hospital

Northern Westchester Hospital (Mount Kisco)

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center (Roslyn)

Syosset Hospital

North Carolina

Atrium Health Lincoln (Lincolnton)

Sentara Albemarle Medical Center (Elizabeth City)

WakeMed Health and Hospitals (Raleigh)

Ohio

The MetroHealth System (Cleveland)

Pennsylvania

WellSpan Surgical and Rehabilitation Hospital (York)

South Carolina

Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston)

Lexington Medical Center (West Columbia)

Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital (Columbia)

Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital (Mount Pleasant)

Tennessee

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis)

Texas

Ascension Seton Williamson (Round Rock)

Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth

Baylor Scott & White Greater Austin Region

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Plano

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Round Rock

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Waxahachie

Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano

Ben Taub Hospital (Houston)

Cook Children’s Medical Center (Fort Worth)

HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe

Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital

Houston Methodist Hospital

MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)

Medical City Lewisville

Medical City McKinney

Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital

Memorial Hermann Memorial City (Houston)

Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital

Memorial Hermann The Woodlands

Parkland Health (Dallas)

TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital (Houston)

UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)

Virginia

Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)

Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk)

Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital (Charlottesville)

Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (Woodbridge)

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (Virginia Beach)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi German Hospital Jeddah

Editor’s note: This article was updated at 2:30 p.m. Central Time on May 18 to reflect several recent additions from the ANCC. This includes organizations that have received the honor as of April 2026. 

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