US News & World Report released their list of the best U.S. hospitals and several Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area hospitals made this list:

• Bethesda North ranked #1 locally and #3 in Ohio
• Good Samaritan ranked #2  locally and #7 in Ohio
• Christ and University of Cincinnati Medical Center tied #3  locally; Christ is #8 and UC Medical Center is #9 in Ohio
• St. Elizabeth Edgewood is #5 locally and #2 in Kentucky
• Jewish Hospital Mercy is #6 locally and #20 in Ohio
• West Chester Hospital is #7 locally and #24 in Ohio
• Fort Hamilton Hospital is #8 locally and #29 in Ohio
• St. Elizabeth Florence is #9 locally and #7 in Kentucky

In Dayton, Ohio…

• Kettering Medical Center and Miami Valley Hospital both ranked #17 in Ohio
• Good Samaritan Hospital and Heath Center ranked #20 in Ohio
• Grandview Medical Center ranked #27 in Ohio
• Greene Memorial Hospital ranked #32 in Ohio

Patient safety accounts for 10% of each hospital’s overall score for most specialties. Other factors included reputation, survival rates, adequacy of nurse staffing and patient volume.

Nationally, Bethesda North ranked high in 7 areas:

• #14 pulmunology
• #24 diabetes/endocrinology
• #29 gastroenterology/GI surgery
• #36 orthopedics
• #38 geriatrics
• #47 ears/nose/throat
• #48 cardiology/heart surgery

Nationally, Christ Hospital ranked #41 and Good Samaritan Hospital ranked #47  in diabetes/endocrinology. University of Cincinnati Medical Center ranked #43 in ears/nose/throat.

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