U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals for the 2015-16 Best Hospitals rankings. Only 15 of them made the Honor Roll.
Hospitals on the exclusive list achieved high scores in at least six of the 16 Best Hospitals specialty rankings. Top-tier scores earned two points per specialty and slightly lower scores one point. Honor Roll rank is by total points. Here's the list, starting at 15 and working up.
15. Stanford Health-Stanford Hospital
Honor Roll points: 8
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 6
Highest rankings in: Ear, Nose & Throat (9th), Cancer (10th), Gynecology (11th), Diabetes & Endocrinology (13th), Urology (18th)
Honor Roll rank last year: Not ranked
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Honor Roll points: 9
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 6
Highest rankings in: Cardiology & Heart Surgery (6th), Pulmonology (7th), Ophthalmology (8th), Urology (9th), Rheumatology (12th), Nephrology (17th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 14
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(Courtesy of UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
Honor Roll points: 11
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 8
Highest rankings in: Ear, Nose & Throat (6th), Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (7th), Rheumatology (8th), Psychiatry (9th), Orthopedics (10th), Geriatrics (11th), Pulmonology (11th), Rehabilitation (11th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 12 (tied)
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(Courtesy of NYU Langone Medical Center)
Honor Roll points: 12
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 9
Highest rankings in: Orthopedics (5th), Geriatrics (6th), Neurology & Neurosurgery (9th), Rheumatology (9th), Rehabilitation (10th), Cardiology & Heart Surgery (11th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 15
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(Courtesy of Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
Honor Roll points: 14
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 9
Highest rankings in: Diabetes & Endocrinology (7th), Urology (8th), Cardiology & Heart Surgery (9th), Orthopedics (9th), Neurology & Neurosurgery (10th), Geriatrics (12th), Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (13th), Rheumatology (13th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 10
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(Courtesy of Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University)
Honor Roll points: 14
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 12
Highest rankings in: Pulmonology (8th), Nephrology (10th), Neurology & Neurosurgery (11th), Urology (11th), Ear, Nose & Throat (12th), Diabetes & Endocrinology (13th), Ophthalmology (13th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 17
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(Courtesy of the Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania)
Honor Roll points: 15
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 11
Highest rankings in: Ear, Nose & Throat (4th), Cardiology & Heart Surgery (8th), Diabetes & Endocrinology (10th), Pulmonology (10th), Cancer (11th), Urology (12th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 7
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(Courtesy of UCSF Medical Center)
Honor Roll points: 18
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 12
Highest rankings in: Diabetes & Endocrinology (4th), Nephrology (4th), Neurology & Neurosurgery (4th), Urology (5th), Gynecology (6th), Ear, Nose & Throat (7th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 8
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(Courtesy of New York-Presbyterian)
Honor Roll points: 20
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 12
Highest rankings in: Psychiatry (1st), Cardiology & Heart Surgery (3rd), Nephrology (3rd), Rheumatology (3rd), Neurology & Neurosurgery (5th), Diabetes & Endocrinology (6th), Urology (6th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 6
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(Courtesy of Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Honor Roll points: 22
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 12
Highest rankings in: Gynecology (2nd), Cancer (4th), Cardiology & Heart Surgery (4th), Nephrology (5th), Pulmonology (5th), Neurology & Neurosurgery (6th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 9
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(Courtesy of Cleveland Clinic)
Honor Roll points: 26
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 14
Highest rankings in: Cardiology & Heart Surgery (1st), Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (2nd), Nephrology (2nd), Rheumatology (2nd), Urology (2nd), Diabetes & Endocrinology (3rd), Gynecology (3rd), Orthopedics (3rd), Pulmonology (3rd)
Honor Roll rank last year: 4
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(Courtesy of UCLA Medical Center)
Honor Roll points: 26
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 15
Highest rankings in: Geriatrics (2nd), Urology (3rd), Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (4th), Ophthalmology (5th), Cancer (6th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 5
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(Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Hospital)
Honor Roll points: 26
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 15
Highest rankings in:Rheumatology (1st), Ear, Nose & Throat (3rd), Neurology & Neurosurgery (3rd), Ophthalmology (3rd), Psychiatry (3rd), Urology (4th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 3
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(Courtesy of Mayo Clinic)
Honor Roll points: 29
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 15
Highest rankings in: Diabetes & Endocrinology (1st), Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (1st), Geriatrics (1st), Gynecology (1st), Nephrology (1st), Neurology & Neurosurgery (1st), Pulmonology (1st), Urology (1st)
Honor Roll rank last year: 1
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(Courtesy of Massachusetts General Hospital)
Honor Roll points: 29
Number of Honor Roll specialties: 16
Highest rankings in: Ear, Nose & Throat (1st), Diabetes & Endocrinology (2nd), Neurology & Neurosurgery (2nd), Psychiatry (2nd), Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (3rd), Geriatrics (4th), Gynecology (4th), Ophthalmology (4th), Orthopedics (4th), Pulmonology (4th)
Honor Roll rank last year: 2
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