(Press-News.org) UCSF Medical Center Is Among Nation’s Top Hospitals for 2023-24
U.S. News & World Report ranks UCSF Health adult care among nation’s top 10 hospitals in 7 specialties, Best in the West for neurology/neurosurgery and rheumatology
UCSF Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll of the nation’s top hospitals for adult care in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Best Hospitals rankings, representing the highest quality of care and safety standards in the country.
The distinction was earned by only 22 medical centers nationwide and five in California. This year’s analysis removed ordinal rankings for the Honor Roll hospitals, reflecting the overall high levels of care among these leader institutions.
UCSF Medical Center was listed as the best hospital in California and in the West in neurology/neurosurgery and rheumatology, and among the country’s top 10 hospitals in seven specialties: neurology/neurosurgery, geriatric care, psychiatry, cancer, autoimmune disorders (rheumatology), pulmonology/lung surgery, and ophthalmology. This is the 27th year that UCSF has reached the highest echelons for neurology/neurosurgery, which are specialties within the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences.
Regionally, UCSF Medical Center was the best hospital in Northern California for cancer care, a status it also achieved in geriatrics, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and urology, along with its top California spots in neurology and autoimmune disorders.
It is the top-ranked hospital in the San Francisco Metro Area and the only hospital in Northern California to be ranked among the top 50 hospitals in all 14 specialty areas in which it was assessed. Additional areas include cardiology, diabetes/endocrine disorders, gastroenterology, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics, and otolaryngology.
“We’re honored to be recognized among the best hospitals across the full range of specialties,” said Suresh Gunasekaran, president and chief executive officer of UCSF Health. “The rankings are a testament to the commitment of the entire UCSF Health team to continuously improve the quality, safety, and equity of the care we provide.”
In addition to these rankings, UCSF Medical Center has been named among the nation’s leaders in quality and safety across health care’s most highly regarded rating systems. It received the highest rating for safety, an “A” grade, from The Leapfrog Group for its hospitals at both Parnassus Heights and Mission Bay, and a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for its quality of care. It is listed among the top performing academic medical centers in quality and safety by Vizient, Inc., and has achieved the gold standard “Magnet recognition” for nursing excellence for more than a decade.
“UCSF’s success is built on the longstanding collaborations across our care delivery, research, and education mission that have driven innovation and transformed lives,” said Sam Hawgood, MBBS, chancellor of UC San Francisco. “These rankings showcase that history and the exceptional care our clinical teams deliver every day.”
More than 4,500 hospitals were evaluated in the new rankings, which were released Aug. 1, 2023. Of these, 173 medical centers were ranked among the top 50 nationwide in at least one specialty area, representing excellence in treating particularly challenging conditions. UCSF Medical Center and UCLA Health were the only hospitals in California to rank among the top 50 in all 14 areas.
Additionally, UCSF Medical Center ranked as “high-performing” – the highest category – in 20 adult procedures and conditions, including colon cancer surgery, heart bypass surgery, prostate cancer surgery, and hip replacement.
UCSF Medical Center 2023-24 Best Hospitals Rankings
Nationwide, Best Hospitals Honor Roll 2023-24
#1 San Francisco Metro Area
Top 10 Nationwide (national rank):
#2 Neurology and Neurosurgery – Best in the West
#4 Geriatric Care – Best in Northern California
#6 Psychiatry – Best in Northern California
#7 Cancer – Best in Northern California
#7 Rheumatology – Best in the West
#8 Pulmonology and Lung Surgery
#9 Ophthalmology – Best in Northern California
Among the Nation’s Best (national rank):
#12 Urology – Best in Northern California
#12 (tie) Orthopedics
#13 (tie) Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders
#20 Ear, Nose and Throat
#29 (tie) Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
#32 Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Surgery
#44 (tie) Obstetrics and Gynecology
20 High-Performing Procedures and Conditions:
Abdominal aortic aneurism repair
Acute kidney failure
COPD
Colon cancer surgery
Diabetes
Heart attack
Heart bypass surgery
Heart failure
Hip Fracture
Hip replacement
Knee replacement
Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma
Lung cancer surgery
Maternity care (uncomplicated pregnancy)
Ovarian cancer surgery
Pneumonia
Prostate cancer surgery
Stroke
TAVR
Uterine cancer surgery
About UCSF Health: UCSF Health is recognized worldwide for its innovative patient care, reflecting the latest medical knowledge, advanced technologies and pioneering research. It includes the flagship UCSF Medical Center, which is a top-ranked specialty hospital, as well as UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, with campuses in San Francisco and Oakland; Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics; UCSF Benioff Children’s Physicians; and the UCSF Faculty Practice. These hospitals serve as the academic medical center of the University of California, San Francisco, which is world-renowned for its graduate-level health sciences education and biomedical research. UCSF Health has affiliations with hospitals and health organizations throughout the Bay Area. Visit https://www.ucsfhealth.org/. Follow UCSF Health on Facebook or on Twitter
###
Follow UCSF
ucsf.edu | Facebook.com/ucsf | Twitter.com/ucsf | YouTube.com/ucsf
END
UCSF Medical Center is among nation’s top hospitals for 2023-24
2023-08-01
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
Immigrant nurses in long-term care facilities often have more “human capital” compared to American-born nurses, MU researcher finds
2023-08-01
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- When assessing the skills and competencies or “human capital” of long-term care registered nurses in the United States, studies often focus solely on years of experience and traditional educational backgrounds. However, a new study conducted by a nurse scientist now at University of Missouri found that by incorporating additional criteria, such as ability to speak multiple languages, additional certificates or trainings and licenses to practice in multiple states, immigrant nurses often represent far more human capital than their American-born counterparts.
Roy Thompson, a postdoctoral fellow in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing ...
New insights into heterotopic ossification: Progenitor cells play a key role in aberrant bone formation
2023-08-01
In a new study published on 21 July 2023 by the journal Bone Research, a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University, using a combination of lineage tracing and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), delved into the contribution of synovial/tendon sheath progenitor cells to heterotopic bone formation. The researchers identified a distinct population of Tppp3+ tendon progenitor cells that actively participated in the formation of ectopic bone in vivo. Their findings provide new insights into the intricate cellular processes driving heterotopic ossification and offer potential therapeutic targets to prevent and ...
Where Black adolescents live affects their mental health
2023-08-01
It’s easy to imagine that growing up in a neighborhood with safe and clean parks, little to no discrimination, and where people are not struggling financially makes for a lower-stress childhood. In contrast, neighborhoods with few community spaces, violence, and poverty create a higher-stress environment for a child to live in. Unfortunately, systemic and structural issues such as wealth inequality, residential segregation, barriers to home ownership, and environmental injustice in neighborhoods where Black American adolescents disproportionately reside make ...
Amazon dark earth boosts tree growth as much as sixfold
2023-08-01
A type of soil called terra preta da Amazônia, or Amazon dark earth (ADE), promotes faster growth of trees and enhances their development in qualitative terms, according to an article published in the journal Frontiers in Soil Science.
The findings reported in the article resulted from studies supported by FAPESP (projects 20/08927-0, 18/19000-4 and 14/50320-4) under the aegis of its Biodiversity, Characterization, Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use Program (BIOTA).
“ADE is rich in nutrients and supports communities of microorganisms that help plants grow, among other things. Native people of the Amazon have ...
Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost
2023-08-01
Irvine, Calif., Aug. 1, 2023 — When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in this study by University of California, Irvine neuroscientists reaped a 226% increase in cognitive capacity compared to the control group. The researchers say the finding transforms the long-known tie between smell and memory into an easy, non-invasive technique for strengthening memory and potentially deterring dementia.
The team’s study appears in Frontiers in Neuroscience. ...
Links between attention and conscious perception highlighted in frontoparietal networks
2023-08-01
Almost half of patients who experienced a stroke in the right cerebral hemisphere later develop a very unusual symptom: they lose the ability to perceive what is happening in the left side of space. As a result, they tend to eat only the right side of their plate, ignore people on their left, and have great difficulty finding their way around. This disorder, known as hemispatial neglect, does not involve basic visual abilities, which remain intact.
“These patients see very well. The problem ...
NIH awards Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia $26 million grant to develop therapies for rare newborn genetic diseases
2023-08-01
PHILADELPHIA—A Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) team will seek to develop treatments for three rare, incurable genetic diseases with the help of a $26 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The research will focus on three genetic diseases that impact newborns in the first weeks and months after birth: Phenylketonuria (PKU), hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1), and mucopolysaccharidosis type 1 (MPSI), commonly known as Hurler’s Syndrome. PKU causes an amino acid—called phenylalanine—to build up in the body, and as long as treatment begins at birth, PKU is ...
False claims attacks on infrastructure focus of NSF-funded research
2023-08-01
False claims and disinformation, especially in a social media-driven society, have become major problems with potentially severe consequences. Kash Barker, Ph.D., principal investigator and the Anadarko Presidential Professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, is leading a team of researchers examining indirect attacks targeting infrastructure systems via unwitting users, supported by a $599,947 grant from the National Science Foundation's Secure ...
New survey reveals British public generally think disruptive, non-violent protesters should not be imprisoned
2023-08-01
Despite this prevailing negative sentiment, results showed the public generally think the most suitable punishment for disruptive, non-violent protesters is a fine or lesser penalty than imprisonment.
The research, led by the University of Bristol, suggests public opinion may not be supportive of the Government’s recent legislative changes, through The Public Order Act 2023, which introduce harsher sentences for disruptive protesters.
The online poll, conducted by YouGov this month, surveyed 2,069 adults of all political viewpoints across Britain. ...
While resolving a key asthma challenge, Hamilton researchers also create a new method to detect proteins in body fluids and other materials
2023-08-01
HAMILTON, ON, Aug. 1, 2023 – Based on decades of work to uncover the underlying mechanisms of asthma and other respiratory conditions, researchers at McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton have produced a simple, rapid test that can identify the presence of a key driver of severe asthma.
John Brennan, director of McMaster’s Biointerfaces Institute, and Parameswaran Nair, a respirologist at the St. Joseph’s-based Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, led the creation of a new rapid test that can quickly and accurately identify white blood cells known as eosinophils, even when they are present in complex biological samples ...