Rankings and Ratings

U.S. News & World Report released its Best Hospitals rankings for 2018-19 on Aug. 14.

BlackDoctor.org, a health and wellness website for African-Americans, announced its 2018 Top Hospitals For Diversity, honoring hospitals that deliver high quality care while promoting equity and inclusion in their operations, programs, services and staffing.

Vermont is the best state for healthcare, according to an analysis by WalletHub.

More than 50,000 vied for admission into a U.S. medical school during the 2017-18 academic year. Less than half (43.1 percent) of candidates were accepted, according to admissions statistics from the Association of American Medical Colleges cited by U.S. News…

Atlanta has the highest income inequality among the nation's metro areas, according to an analysis by Zippia, a career search and employment services company.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, San Diego-based Sharp Healthcare and Boston Children's Hospital were among the top employers for women in Forbes' first "Best Employers for Women" list.

Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers is the most beautiful hospital in the country, according to Soliant Health's 2018 list of the 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S.

Macon, Ga.-based Navicent Health received the 2018 American Hospital Association Equity of Care Award, which honors hospitals and health systems for reducing healthcare disparities and advancing inclusion.

Three U.S. health systems received perfect scores on an index rating companies on creating inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities.

Ahead of its release of the 2018-19 Best Hospitals ranking Aug. 14, U.S. News & World Report revealed updates to its methodology to determine how hospitals included in the rankings are chosen.