We sifted through data for nearly 5,000 hospitals and results from surveys of more than 9,500 physicians to rank the best centers in 16 adult specialties from cancer to urology. Death rates, patient safety and hospital reputation were a few of the many factors we considered. Only 144 hospitals were nationally ranked in a specialty. The Honor Roll features 17 Best Hospitals that scored near the top in at least six specialties.

• #1 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
• #2 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
• #3 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• See all Best Cancer Hospitals

• #1 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
• #2 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #3 New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell New York, NY
• See all Best Cardiology & Heart Surgery Hospitals

• #1 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #2 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
• #3 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
• See all Best Diabetes & Endocrinology Hospitals

• #1 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #2 Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD
• #3 Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian Philadelphia, PA
• See all Best Ear, Nose & Throat Hospitals

• #1 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #2 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
• #3 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
• See all Best Gastroenterology & GI Surgery Hospitals

• #1 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #2 Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
• #3 UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
• See all Best Geriatrics Hospitals

• #1 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #2 Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA
• #3 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
• See all Best Gynecology Hospitals

• #1 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #2 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
• #3 New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell New York, NY
• See all Best Nephrology Hospitals

• #1 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #2 New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell New York, NY
• #3 Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD
• See all Best Neurology & Neurosurgery Hospitals

• #1 Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital Miami, FL
• #2 Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia, PA
• #3 Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD
• See all Best Ophthalmology Hospitals

• #1 Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY
• #2 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #3 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH See all Best Orthopedics Hospitals

• #1 Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA
• #2 New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell New York, NY
• #3 Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD

See all Best Psychiatry Hospitals

• #1 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #2 National Jewish Health, Denver-University of Colorado Hospital

  Aurora, CO

• #3 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH See all Best Pulmonology Hospitals

• #1 Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
• #2 Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation West Orange, NJ
• #3 TIRR Memorial Hermann Houston, TX
• See all Best Rehabilitation Hospitals

• #1 Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD
• #2 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
• #3 Hospital for Special Surgery, New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell New York, NY
• See all Best Rheumatology Hospitals

• #1 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
• #2 Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
• #3 Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD See all Best Urology Hospitals
• 附；IBM Watson Health 3/5/2018 發布全美百佳醫院（100 Top Hospitals）年度評選結果，南加州多所醫院入榜。

  
  

  　　本次有六家南加州醫院登上全美百佳醫院排行榜。其中洛杉磯西達賽奈醫學中心（Cedars-Sinai Medical Center） 入選最佳主要教學醫院（Major Teaching Hospitals），惠提爾PIH醫院（PIH Health Hospital）躋身最佳教學醫院行列（Teaching Hospitals）。新港灘霍格醫院（Hoag Hospital Newport Beach）和拉荷雅史克里普斯紀念醫院（Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla）登上最佳大型社區醫院（Large Community Hospitals）排行榜，蒙特克萊醫院醫學中心（Montclair Hospital Medical Center）和休曼橡林醫院（Sherman Oaks Hospital）則入選最佳中型社區醫院（Medium Community Hospitals）。

  
  

  　　IBM Watson Health此次對2740家提供短期與急症護理服務的非聯邦醫院作出評估，研究參考數據包括聯邦醫療保險（Medicare）費用報告、聯邦醫療保險供應商分析與審查（MEDPAR）數據，及聯邦醫療保險與醫療補助計畫服務中心醫院比較 （Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare） 網站提供的核心衡量和患者滿意數據