BWH was ranked number nine in the 2000 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals, which was announced in the July 17 issue of the magazine. Seven BWH departments were recognized by the U.S. News and World Report as among the country’s top 10 in their specialty, and another six services were among the top 25 in their field. MGH ranked third in the country.
This year 1,701 hospitals were eligible for U.S. News ranking. Those hospitals were ranked according to a formula that equally weighs three measures of quality care: reputation, mortality, and a group of additional factors such as technology, procedure volume, and nursing care. Reputation is determined by a random survey of 150 board-certified specialists in each field who are asked to name the five hospitals in their specialty that they consider the best, ignoring location and expense. The mortality score is a ratio comparing the number of actual deaths with the number expected, taking severity of condition into account. Information for the third category came from annual surveys by the American Hospital Association of its members. The U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the country’s hospitals is available online at www.usnews.com.
U.S. News National Rankings
BWH national rankings 9
Cancer 25
Cardiology 6
Endocrinology 4
Gastroenterology 12
Geriatrics 13
Gynecology 3
Nephrology/Kidney Disease* 1
Neurology/Neurosurgery 10
Orthopedics 13
Pulmonary/Respiratory Disease 9
Rheumatology 4
Urology 22
MGH national rankings 3
Cancer 7
Cardiology 3
Endocrinology 2
Gastroenterology 4
Geriatrics 4
Gynecology 7
Nephrology/Kidney Disease* 2
Neurology/Neurosurgery 2
Orthopedics 3
Pediatrics 18
Psychiatry 1
Pulmonary/Respiratory Disease 7
Rheumatology 7
Urology 8
McLean Hospital
Psychiatry 3
Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital
Rehabilitation 14
*New category added this year
Partners Hospitals‘ Scores
PICC Line Program Reminder
On April 10th, a new PICC (Percutaneously Inserted Central Catheter) Line Placement service was launched at BWH. In order to continue decreasing the number of delay days that were a result from PICC Lines, please remember to process all PICC requests through the computer order entry system. This can be done in the following manner:
First, select the patient for whom the PICC is being requested within the BICS CI system. Then type:
“O” for order entry;
“E” for enter new orders;
“S” for sets/templates;
“M” for protocols;
“3” for PICC consult.
Then follow the instructions, and your request will automatically be forwarded to the Metabolic Support Service for processing. New PICC requests will
be reviewed and processed Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Requests made after 3:30 p.m. on Friday will not be reviewed until the
following Monday.
For assistance or questions regarding PICC lines, or any central venous or enteral access device placed by the
MSS, please call the MSS Parenteral
an Enteral Access Coordinator, Patti Rizzo, RN, at ext. 8880.
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