125 Hospitals and Health Systems With Great Orthopedic Programs

CHICAGO - Sept. 19, 2014 - PRLog -- CHICAGO — Becker's Hospital Review has published the 2014 edition of its list of "125 Hospitals and Health Systems With Great Orthopedic Programs."

The hospitals and health systems featured on the list have orthopedic surgery departments, programs or dedicated centers that have earned recognition from several reputable sources. Exceptional orthopedic departments include physicians who provide outstanding care to patients, front-line orthopedic research and treat professional athletes.

This is the fifth year Becker's Hospital Review has compiled this list, and the first time it has included 125 hospitals.

Many of these hospitals have received recognition for orthopedic excellence from U.S. News & World Report, Healthgrades, CareChex and Blue Cross Blue Shield. The Becker's Hospital Review editorial team weighted the aforementioned rankings and awards and conducted editorial research to compile this year's list.

The "100 Hospitals and Health Systems With Great Orthopedic Programs" 2014 list includes the following hospitals:

AbbottNorthwesternHospital, part of Allina Health (Minneapolis)

AdvocateLutheran GeneralHospital (Park Ridge, Ill.)

Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University (St. Louis)

Baylor Orthopedic and SpineHospital at Arlington (Texas)

BaylorUniversityMedicalCenter (Dallas)

BeaumontHospital (Royal Oak, Mich.)

BethIsraelDeaconessMedicalCenter (Boston)

BethesdaNorthHospital (Cincinnati)

BooneHospitalCenter (Columbia, Mo.)

Boston Children's Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)

Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, Mich.)

Buffalo (N.Y.) GeneralMedicalCenter

CadenceHealth-CentralDuPageHospital (Winfield, Ill.)

Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.)

CarolinasMedicalCenter (Charlotte, N.C.)

Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter (Los Angeles)

Children's Hospital Colorado (Aurora)

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Cleveland Clinic

CoxHealth (Springfield, Mo.)

DelrayMedicalCenter (Delray Beach, Fla.)

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.)

DukeUniversityHospital (Durham, N.C.)

EmoryUniversity Orthopaedics and SpineHospital (Atlanta)

FloridaHospitalOrlando

GeisingerMedicalCenter (Danville, Pa.)

GoodShepherdMedicalCenter (Longview, Texas)

GundersenLutheranMedicalCenter (La Crosse, Wis.)

Hackensack (N.J.) UniversityMedicalCenter

Hoag Orthopedic Institute (Irvine, Calif.)

HolyCrossHospital (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Hospital for Joint Diseases, NYULangoneMedicalCenter (New York City)

Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)

HoustonMethodistHospital

Hughston Clinic (Columbus, Ga.)

Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital (Indianapolis)

InovaFairfaxHospital (Falls Church, Va.)

IU HealthMethodistHospital (Indianapolis)

JohnMuirMedicalCenter (Concord, Calif.)

JohnsHopkinsHospital (Baltimore)

Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute (Leawood, Kan.)

Lancaster (Pa.) GeneralHospital

LehighValleyHospital (Allentown, Pa.)

Massachusetts GeneralHospital (Boston)

Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)

McBride Orthopedic Hospital (Oklahoma City)

McLaren Orthopedic Hospital (Lansing, Mich.)

MedicalUniversity of South Carolina (Charleston)

MedStarUnionMemorialHospital (Baltimore)

MemorialHermann-TexasMedicalCenter (Houston)

MercyMedicalCenter (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

MethodistHospital for Surgery (Addison, Texas)

MissionHospital (Asheville, N.C.)

MonGeneralHospital (Morgantown, W.Va.)

Morristown (N.J.) MedicalCenter

MosesH.ConeMemorialHospital (Greensboro, N.C.)

MotherFrancesHospital (Tyler, Texas)

Mount CarmelNew Albany (Ohio)

NemoursAlfredI.duPontHospital for Children (Wilmington, Del.)

New EnglandBaptistHospital (Boston)

NewYork-PresbyterianUniversityHospital of Columbia and Cornell (New York City)

NorthShore Skokie (Ill.) Hospital

NorthShoreUniversityHospital (Manhasset, N.Y.)

NorthwestHospital & MedicalCenter (Seattle)

Northwestern MemorialHospital (Chicago)

Novant Health Charlotte (N.C.) Orthopedic Hospital

Ocala (Fla.) RegionalMedicalCenter

OchsnerMedicalCenter (New Orleans)

The OhioStateUniversityWexnerMedicalCenter (Columbus)

OrthoColoradoHospital (Lakewood)

Orthopaedic Hospital at Sentara CarePlex (Hampton, Va.)

Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale)

Parkview Ortho Hospital (Fort Wayne, Ind.)

PennPresbyterianMedicalCenter (Philadelphia)

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

PorterAdventistHospital (Denver, Colo.)

Physicians Regional – Pine Ridge (Naples, Fla.)

PoudreValleyHospital (Fort Collins, Colo.)

Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego)

RiverOaksHospital (Flowood, Miss.)

RoperHospital (Charleston, S.C.)

RushUniversityMedicalCenter (Chicago)

Saint ThomasWestHospital (Nashville, Tenn.)

Salem (Ore.) Hospital

SanfordMedicalCenter Fargo (N.D.)

Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare-SheaMedicalCenter

ScrippsGreenHospital (La Jolla, Calif.)

St. Cloud (Minn.) Hospital

St. David's North Austin (Texas) MedicalCenter

St.FrancisHospital (Roslyn, N.Y.)

St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center (Hartford, Conn.)

St. Joseph's/CandlerHospital (Savannah, Ga.)

St. Luke's RegionalMedicalCenter (Boise, Idaho)

St. VincentHospital and HealthCenter (Indianapolis)

StanfordHospital and Clinics (Palo Alto)

SutterGeneralHospital (Sacramento, Calif.)

SwedishMedicalCenter (Seattle)

Tampa (Fla.) GeneralHospital

TexasScottishRiteHospital for Children (Dallas)

Texas Spine and JointHospital (Tyler)

ThomasJeffersonUniversityHospital (Philadelphia)

Torrance (Calif.) MemorialMedicalCenter

UCLAMedicalCenter and Orthopedic Hospital (Santa Monica, Calif.)

UC San DiegoMedicalCenter

UCSFMedicalCenter (San Francisco)

UniversityHospitalsCaseMedicalCenter (Cleveland)

University of AlabamaHospital at Birmingham

University of California, DavisMedicalCenter (Sacramento)

University of ColoradoHospital (Aurora)

University of IowaHospitals and Clinics (Iowa City)

University of KansasHospital (Kansas City)

University of UtahHospitals and Clinics (Salt Lake City)

University of VirginiaHospitalMedicalCenter (Charlottesville)

University of WashingtonMedicalCenter (Seattle)

University of WisconsinHospital and Clinics (Madison, Wis.)

UPMC (Pittsburgh)

ValleyMedicalCenter (Renton, Wash.)

VanderbiltUniversityMedicalCenter (Nashville, Tenn.)

VirginiaCommonwealthUniversityMedicalCenter (Richmond)

VirginiaMasonMedicalCenter (Seattle)

Wake-ForestBaptistHospital (Winston-Salem)

WashingtonHospital (Fremont, Calif.)

Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital

The full list can be read here:http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/125-hospitals-and-health-systems-with-great-orthopedic-programs-2014/full-list.html

Note: This list is not an endorsement of included hospitals, health systems or associated healthcare providers, and organizations cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Hospitals are presented in alphabetical order.

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