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Rankings and Ratings

OhioHealth (Columbus). Founded in 1891, OhioHealth has grown into a large nonprofit, faith-based hospital and healthcare organization with 11 hospitals and more than 50 ambulatory sites. Fortune Magazine has named the health system one of the 100 Best Companies to…

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Chicago). Northwestern Memorial HealthCare includes a 4,000-person medical staff and more than 30,000 employees at 100-plus locations in the Chicago area. U.S. News & World Report ranked its flagship hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, No. 1 in Illinois…

Methodist Health System (Dallas). With the support of the Methodist Church, a group of ministers and civic leaders opened Dallas Methodist Hospital in 1927. That hospital was the foundation for Methodist Health System, which has grown to include 24 family…

Mercy (Chesterfield, Mo.). The Sisters of Mercy founded Mercy health system in 1986, with a history that dates back more than 200 years to when Catherine McAuley opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin, Ireland. The system includes 43…

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NorthShore University HealthSystem Evanston (Ill.) Hospital.NorthShore Evanston Hospital opened in 1891 and remains NorthShore University HealthSystem’s flagship facility. The 354-bed hospital is a Level I trauma center and includes the Kellogg Cancer Center and a cardiovascular care center. NorthShore has…

The U.S. has made several strides in terms of senior health, like decreasing readmissions, preventable hospitalizations and hospital deaths, but challenges still remain, such as obesity rates and food insecurity, according to the 2017 "America's Health Rankings Senior Report" from…

CMS assigns hospitals two major star ratings: the HCAHPS summary star rating, based exclusively on patient survey scores; and the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, which incorporates outcomes measures as well as patient experience scores.

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