Each year, U.S. News & World Report evaluates more than 4,700 hospitals nationwide to develop their annual list of Best Hospitals. Again, Nebraska Medical Center is the No. 1 rated hospital in the Omaha metro area and the state of Nebraska. In addition, five specialties were listed as high performing.
Specialties listed as high performing include:
- Cancer
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
- Orthopaedics
- Pulmonary & Lung Surgery
- Urology
Ten procedures and conditions were rated as high performing, the highest ranking possible:
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
- Aortic valve surgery
- Colon cancer surgery
- Diabetes
- Heart attack
- Heart bypass surgery
- Heart failure
- Kidney failure
- Pneumonia
- Stroke
“To be rated as the best hospital in Nebraska for a decade is an achievement we are very proud of,” says James Linder, MD, CEO of Nebraska Medicine. “To continue with this consistency during a pandemic speaks volumes about the people who work here. Our colleagues have worked tirelessly to make sure we’ve provided the same world class care despite the trying times hospitals have experienced over the last year.”
For the 2021-22 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,750 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties and 17 procedures and conditions. In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals as high performing across multiple areas of care.
“This year’s expanded report from U.S. News includes new ratings for important procedures and conditions to help each patient pick the right hospital for the type of care they need,” says Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. “Hospitals faced incredible challenges this past year, and the best of them have provided great care throughout the pandemic and continue to offer excellent care today.”
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.