WVU Medicine
Six WVU Medicine facilities — four member hospitals and two managed hospitals — were recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2020-21. This year’s rankings also include the WVU Medicine Urology Program’s fourth consecutive national ranking and WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital’s designation as the No. 1 hospital in the state.
In addition to Urology, which was ranked 40th in the country, Ruby Memorial Hospital’s Nephrology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, and Pulmonology and Lung Surgery programs were all recognized as High Performing specialties.
Six WVU Medicine hospitals were designated as High Performing in the Procedures and Conditions category. They are:
- Berkeley Medical Center — COPD
- Camden Clark Medical Center — COPD and heart failure
- Ruby Memorial — COPD and heart failure
- Uniontown Hospital (managed) — COPD
- United Hospital Center –— COPD and heart failure
- Wheeling Hospital (managed) — COPD and heart failure
“We are thrilled to have more specialties and more hospitals recognized by U.S. News and World Report. These rankings validate the strides we have made in strengthening our system and the care we provide throughout it,” Albert L. Wright Jr., president and CEO of the West Virginia University Health System, said. “Of course, none of this would be possible without the hard work and dedication of our employees, and we thank them for making WVU Medicine the world-class health care system that it is.”
The annual Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, now in its 31st year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or for common elective procedures.
For the 2020-21 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 26 specialties, 10 procedures and conditions. In the 16 specialty areas, 134 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty. In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized best regional hospitals based on high performing rankings across multiple areas of care.
The U.S. News Best Hospitals methodologies in most areas of care are based largely on objective measures such as risk-adjusted survival and discharge-to-home rates, volume, and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators.
The rankings will be published in the “Best Hospitals 2021” guidebook, available in stores Oct. 6.
