U.S. News & World Report Names Hoag Among Best Hospitals

Newport Beach, CA, August 04, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has been recognized as one of the best hospitals for 2016-17 according to U.S. News & World Report.

Hoag was ranked the 6th best hospital in the Los Angeles metro area and tied for 11th best hospital in California.

“We are honored to be recognized as one of the best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and be included in the rankings with the top health care institutions across the country,” said Robert T. Braithwaite, Hoag president and CEO. “Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers, Hoag continues to deliver an unsurpassed level of personalized care to the communities we serve.”

Hoag’s 2016-2017 rankings also included:

Ranked 34th nationally in Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
High performing in three adult specialties, including Geriatrics, Pulmonology and Urology
High performing in nine types of care, including Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Colon Cancer Surgery, COPD, Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement and Lung Cancer Surgery

The U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 27th year, help guide patients to hospitals that deliver outstanding care across 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. The Best Hospitals methodologies include objective measures such as patient survival, the number of times a given procedure is performed, infection rates, adequacy of nurse staffing and more.

To view the full rankings of U.S. News & World Report, visit Best Hospitals.

AboutBOUT Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 25,000 inpatients and 369,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals – Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which opened in 1952, and Hoag Hospital Irvine, which opened in 2010 – in addition to seven health centers and nine urgent care centers. Hoag is a designated Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes five institutes providing specialized services in the following areas: cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women’s health, and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate, Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic hospital and two ambulatory surgical centers. In 2013, Hoag entered into an alliance with St. Joseph Health to further expand health care services in the Orange County community, known as St. Joseph Hoag Health. Hoag has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report Metro Edition, and Becker’s Hospital Review named Hoag as one of the 2016 “100 Great Hospitals in America” – a designation Hoag has received four times. National Research Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred hospital for the past 20 consecutive years and, for an unprecedented 20 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as one of the county’s best hospitals in a local newspaper survey. Visit www.hoag.org for more information.