Allina's Abbott Northwestern Hospital Named in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals 2005; Hospital is Cited as One of the Top 50 in the Nation in Five Specialty Areas.MINNEAPOLIS -- Allina's Abbott Northwestern Hospital is cited as one of the country's best hospitals in five specialty areas in the 16th annual edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals America's Best Hospitals Media & health An annual 'report card' on the quality of care received in US hospitals published by US News & World Report, that is either proudly quoted by those who are rated or dismissed by those who are not ." The publication ranks 176 top medical centers, from a total of 6,007, in 17 clinical specialties. Abbott Northwestern was ranked in four specialties, including: --# 25 in heart and heart surgery --# 50 in ear, nose and throat --# 16 in neurology neurology (n  rŏl`əjē, ny–), study of the morphology, physiology, and pathology of the human nervous system. and neurosurgery neurosurgery /neu·ro·sur·gery/ (noor´o-sur?jer-e) surgery of the nervous system. neu·ro·sur·ger·y n. Surgery on any part of the nervous system. --# 44 in orthopedics orthopedics (ôrthəpē`dĭks), medical specialty concerned with deformities, injuries, and diseases of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles. --# 34 in urology urology Medical specialty dealing with the urinary system and male reproductive organs. It traces its origin to medieval lithologists, itinerant healers who specialized in surgical removal of bladder stones. To be considered, a hospital first must satisfy one of three requirements: be a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals, be affiliated with a medical school or have at least nine of 18 identified technology-related services. In each specialty, a hospital must perform a given number of procedures or had to be cited by at least one physician in the past three years of U.S. News surveys. These hospitals received a score that equally weighs reputation, mortality and a group of care-related factors such as nursing. The "America's Best Hospitals" methodology was devised in 1993 by the University of Chicago. The score is based on: --Reputation--as rated by board-certified physicians who were selected at random and asked to list up to five hospitals they consider tops in their specialty, regardless of cost or location. --Mortality--comparing the number of deaths of Medicare patients with specified conditions in 2001, 2002 and 2003 with the number expected. --Other factors--including availability of hospice and palliative care palliative care (paˑ·lē·ā·tiv kerˑ), n an approach to health care that is concerned primarily with attending to physical and emotional comfort rather , the number of discharges, nursing ratios and other issues. The rankings will appear in the July 18 issue of U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. , which hits newsstands on July 11. Minneapolis-based Abbott Northwestern Hospital is part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics, a non-profit network of hospitals, clinics and other health care services. Abbott Northwestern is found online at www.abbottnorthwestern.com. |
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