THE WORLD’S BEST Specialized Hospitals 2023
AS PART OF NEWSWEEK’S COMMITMENT TO COVER ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTH, WE’VE AGAIN PARTNERED WITH GLOBAL research firm Statista to rank the world’s best specialized hospitals. Last year, we looked at the best facilities in 10 specialties: cardiology, cardiac surgery, oncology, endocrinology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, gastroenterology, pulmonology and pediatrics. This year we are proud to expand that to 11 specialties, with the addition of urology. The ranking features the top 300 hospitals for cardiology and oncology, the top 200 for pediatrics, the top 150 for cardiac surgery and endocrinology and the top 125 each in gastroenterology, orthopedics, neurology, neurosurgery, pulmonology and urology. And for the second year, Newsweek and Statista have developed a list of hospitals that best avail themselves of the most advanced technologies. The World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2023 ranks the 300 facilities in 28 countries that lead in their use of AI, digital imaging, telemedicine, robotics and electronic functionalities. We hope that you will find our rankings helpful in finding the right hospital for yourself or a loved one.
METHODOLOGY
THE WORLD’S BEST SPECIALIZED
Hospitals 2023 ranking awards the leading hospitals worldwide in 11 medical fields: cardiology, cardiac surgery, oncology, endocrinology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, gastroenterology, pulmonology, pediatrics and (for the first time) urology.
The lists are based on a global survey to which over 40,000 medical professionals (doctors, health care professionals and hospital managers) were invited.
The ranking features the top 300 hospitals for cardiology and oncology, the top 200 for pediatrics, the top 150 for cardiac surgery and endocrinology and the top 125 for neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, gastroenterology, pulmonology and urology. The list is based on three data sources:
1 _ WORLDWIDE ONLINE SURVEY: During the survey period from July to August 2022, thousands of experts were invited to an online survey in cooperation with Newsweek. Participants were asked to recommend hospitals based on their expertise in one primary medical field (e.g., cardiology for cardiologists) and were able to choose an optional secondary area of expertise in which they are also knowledgeable (e.g., due to frequent cooperation with other medical fields).
2 _ ACCREDITATION DATA (NEW): Several accreditations/certifications have been added to the scoring model (where available). Accreditations/certifications reflect a range of structural and/or quality requirements which are now relevant for the specialized rankings.
3 _ PROMS SURVEY (NEW): In 2022, Newsweek and Statista, together with an expert board, designed a survey regarding the status quo of implementation and use of generic and condition specific PROMs (patient reported outcome measures) hospital settings. This survey was sent to hospitals, collecting information from them directly. Newsweek and Statista understand the importance of this topic, adding the PROMs score to the scoring model for the first time.
Hospitals that specialize in more than one medical field received specific recommendation scores for each medical field based on the respective recommendations. Therefore, one hospital can be represented in more than one list if it receives enough recommendations in each medical field (up to being represented in all 11 lists).
Scoring Model
▸ RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PEERS (primary weighted 70%, secondary weighted 30%. Total weight 92.5%)
▸ ACCREDITATIONS/ CERTIFICATIONS (5%)
▸ PROMS SURVEY (2.5%)
Primary recommendations from experts in each medical field account for 70% of each hospital’s preliminary reputation score. Secondary recommendations from medical professionals with knowledge in more than one medical field received a weight of 30% toward the preliminary reputation score.
From July to August 2022 Statista invited over 40,000 medical professionals (mostly doctors, but also hospital managers and other health care professionals) in over 20 countries to an online survey. Participants were invited via email. The survey was also promoted on newsweek.com.
Participants were asked to recommend hospitals in their own field of expertise and were able to recommend hospitals in a secondary field. Recommendations for their own employer/hospital were not allowed. A score was assigned to each facility based on the number of weighted recommendations.
For the first time, accreditations were used as an additional element of the scoring model (where available). The following accreditations/certifications reflect a range of structural and/or quality requirements which are now relevant for the specialized rankings:
▸ CARF International (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)
▸ IAC (Intersocietal Accreditation Commission)
▸ JCI (Joint Commission International)
In addition to general hospital certifications, any available accreditations/certifications relevant to specific medical fields (e.g., pediatric specialty program for pediatrics, brain injury specialty program for neurology) were used as well.
For the first time, a PROMs score has been added to the scoring model of this year’s edition of the ranking. In summer 2022, Newsweek and Statista reached out to hospitals and conducted a survey about the implementation and use of PROMs.
Patient reported outcome measurements are defined as standardized, validated questionnaires completed by patients to measure their perception of their functional well-being and quality of life. The purpose of the PROMs survey is to determine the status quo of implementation of generic and condition specific PROMs in hospital settings, audits and reporting of the data, and to determine whether the PROMs data is used to optimize the care process and to support therapeutic decisions in real-time.
In cooperation with a panel of experts, a grading system for the different questions was built to determine a PROMs Score. Only hospitals which achieved a minimum of 70% (of the maximum 100% score) were eligible to be graded on the PROMs score curve.
A global board of renowned experts provided guidance and feedback in the design of the PROMs survey:
Prof. Dr. David Bates , Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Gary Kaplan, CEO, Virginia Mason Health System
Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Meier, Director, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Prof. Dr. Gregory Katz, Chair of Innovation Management & Value in Health, University of Paris Medical School, France
Dr. med. Jens Deerberg Wittram CEO, RoMed Kliniken, Germany
The rankings are composed exclusively of hospitals that are eligible regarding the scope described here. A mention in the ranking is a positive recognition based on peer recommendations and publicly available data sources at the time. The ranking is the result of an elaborate process which, due to the interval of data collection and analysis, is a reflection of the last calendar year. Furthermore, events preceding or following the period August 17, 2021 to August 17, 2022 and/or pertaining to individual persons affiliated/associated with the facilities were not included in the metrics. As such, the results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations. The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information about hospitals or, if possible, accompanied by a visit to a facility. The quality of hospitals that are not included in the rankings is not disputed.
= PROMs (Patient Reported Outcome Measurements)
Oncology
1 MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, United States
2 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York City, United States
3 Institut Gustave Roussy Villejuif, France
4 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, United States
5 Mayo Clinic - Rochester – Mayo Clinic Oncology Rochester, MN, United States
6 Samsung Medical Center – Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center Seoul, South Korea
7 Asan Medical Center – Asan Cancer Institute Seoul, South Korea
8 The Johns Hopkins Hospital – The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Baltimore, United States
9 The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto, Canada
10 National Cancer Center Hospital Tokyo, Japan
11 The Royal Marsden Hospital - London London, United Kingdom
12 IEO - Istituto Europeo di Oncologia Milan, Italy
13 Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin – Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center Berlin, Germany
14 Massachusetts General Hospital – Mass General Cancer Center Boston, United States
15 Seoul National University Hospital – SNU Cancer Hospital Seoul, South Korea
16 Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein – Centro de Oncologia e Hematologia Einstein Família Dayan São Paulo, Brazil
17 Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milan, Italy
18 Institut Curie Paris, France
19 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Melbourne, Australia
20 Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg – Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) Heidelberg, Germany
21 The Catholic University Of Korea - Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital – Department of Oncology Seoul, South Korea
22 Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center – The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Baltimore, United States
23 Hospital Universitario La Paz – Department of Oncology Madrid, Spain
24 Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center Cleveland, United States
25 Istituto Clinico Humanitas – Unitá Medica ed Ematologia Milan, Italy
26 Mayo Clinic - Phoenix – Department of Oncology Phoenix, United States
27 Severance Hospital - Yonsei University – Yonsei Cancer Hospital Seoul, South Korea
28 Universitätsklinikum Köln – Onkologisches Zentrum im CIO Köln Cologne, Germany
29 The Mount Sinai Hospital – Tisch Cancer Center New York City, United States
30 Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron – Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain
31 Hospital Sirio Libanes – Centro de Oncologia São Paulo, Brazil
32 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf – Zentrum für Onkologie Hamburg, Germany
33 Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital – Cancer Center Stanford, CA, United States
34 Cancer Research Ariake Hospital Tokyo, Japan
35 National Cancer Center Goyang, South Korea
36 New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell – Cancer Care New York City, United States
37 The Christie – The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Manchester, United Kingdom
38 Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli – Comprehensive Cancer Center Rome, Italy
39 Clinica Universidad de Navarra – Departamento de Oncología Médica Pamplona, Spain
40 UCSF Medical Center – UCSF Hermatology and Oncology San Francisco, United States
41 Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda – Department of Hematology and Oncology Milan, Italy
42 City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Duarte, CA, United States
43 A.C. Camargo Cancer Center São Paulo, Brazil
44 UCLA Health – Santa Monica Medical Center – Oncology Unit Santa Monica, CA, United States
45 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital Amsterdam, Netherlands
46 Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli - Fondazione G. Pascale Naples, Italy
47 National Cancer Center Hospital East Kashiwa, Japan
48 University of Washington Medical Center – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Seattle, United States
49 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre – Oncología Médica Madrid, Spain
50 Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Division of Hematology and Oncology Chicago, United States
51 Keio University Hospital – Cancer Center Tokyo, Japan
52 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian – Abramson Cancer Center Penn Presbyterian Philadelphia, United States
53 Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón – Oncología Médica Madrid, Spain
54 The University of Tokyo Hospital – Department of Hematology and Oncology Tokyo, Japan
55 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Department of Radiation Oncology Los Angeles, United States
56 Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset – Cancer Theme Solna, Sweden
57 Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals – Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Philadelphia, United States
58 National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) – National Cancer Centre Singapore Singapore, Singapore
59 AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière – Centre Intégré de Cancérologie Paris, France
60 Presidio Ospedaliero Molinette - A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza – C.A.S. Presidio Molinette Turin, Italy
61 Fundación Instituto ValencianoValencia, Spain
