“This is quite an honor to once again be recognized as a best hospital in the region,” said Roy Chew, president of Kettering Medical Center. “It certainly speaks to the high level of exceptional care that each patient receives at our hospital and all Kettering Health Network hospitals.”
Mark Shaker, chief executive of Miami Valley Hospital, said his hospital’s ranking was a tribute to the hard work and dedication of its doctors and staff.
“We owe these kinds of accolades to our medical staff and our employees,” Shaker said. “They’re the ones that are day-to-day taking care of our patients with compassion and the highest level of quality.”
The annual rankings also rely heavily on hospitals’ reputations, which has drawn criticism from industry insiders who contend that the biggest and best-known hospitals receive the highest scores based largely on their names alone.
“A lot of these rating agencies have different formulas and different approaches, and health systems can’t control any of that,” Shaker said. “But the folks who are going to get the most attention are the very large academic facilities in large cities that we’re all very familiar with.”
U.S. News responded to the criticism last year by saying said its rankings do not represent hospitals that are the best for every patient but the best medical centers for the most difficult patients to treat.
But in Ohio, only the Cleveland Clinic — perhaps the most recognized hospital in the state — was nationally ranked in at least one specialty this year. The top hospital in Ohio was ranked No. 1 nationally for cardiology and heart surgery as well as urology, according to U.S. News.
The Cleveland Clinic was also the only Ohio hospital to be included on the U.S. News “Honor Roll” list of hospitals nationally ranked in at least six specialties.
Although they didn’t make the national rankings, Miami Valley and Kettering were both ranked as “high-performing” hospitals in eight specialties.
Miami Valley’s high-performing specialties were cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenteroloy and gastrointestinal surgery; geriatrics; nephrology; orthopedics; pulmonology; and urology.
Kettering’s high-performing specialties were diabetes and endocrinology; ear, nose and throat; gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery; geriatrics; gynecology; orthopedics; pulmonology; and urology.
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