University Hospitals has announced that its hospitals received high ratings from both U.S. News & World Report and Thomson Reuters.

Four UH hospitals, including UH Case Medical Center, St. John Medical Center, UH Geauga Medical Center, and Southwest General Health Center, were included in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" metro area rankings.

"The new rankings recognize 622 hospitals in or near major cities with a record of high performance in key medical specialties, including 132 of the 152 hospitals already identified as the best in the nation. There are nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide."

UH Case Medical Center has been included in the Thomson Reuters "Top 100 Hospitals" list for the sixth consecutive year. It is the only hospital in Northeast Ohio to be recognized in the top major teaching hospitals category.

"The study found that the 15 top major teaching hospitals had scored better than their peer group of U.S. hospitals in mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average length of stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care, post-discharge mortality; and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia."

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