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THE WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS 2021 This year’s ranking of the premier destinations for acute medical care around the globe and in the U.S., including the best American hospitals for infection prevention. GETTY CREDIT CREDIT 34 NEWSWEEK.COM MARCh 12, 2021 Illustrations by OKSANA GRIVINA NEWSWEEK.COM 35 WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS 2021 METHODOLOGY THE EXPERTS Provided guidance and methodological input for the rankings THE WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS same country, because dif- DAVID W. BATES, M.D. GREGORY KATZ ranking lists the best ferent sources for patient Brigham and Women’s University of Paris School hospitals in 25 countries: experience and medical Hospital, Boston of Medicine, Paris USA, Germany, Japan, South KPIs were examined in Korea, France, Italy, United each country. Since it was Chief of the division of general internal A professor at the University of Paris medicine and primary care at Brigham School of Medicine, Gregory Katz holds Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Can- not possible to harmonize and Women’s Hospital, Bates is also a the Chair of Innovation & Value in Health. ada, India, Australia, Mexico, this data, cross-country professor at Harvard Medical School He is also president of PromTime, The Netherlands, Poland, comparisons of the scores and the Harvard School of Public Health a health data science company spe- Austria, Thailand, Swit- are not possible (example: and serves as medical director of clinical cialized in Value-Based Health Care, zerland, Sweden, Belgium, A score of 90 in country A and quality analysis for Partners Health- commissioned by the French Ministry Care in Boston. Internationally recog- of Health to incentivize practitioners on Finland, Norway, Denmark, doesn’t necessarily mean nized for his research on using medical high-value care. He served as director of Israel and Singapore. The that this hospital is better technology to improve safety and research & innovation at leading private countries were mainly select- than a hospital with a score patient outcomes, he has also served hospital groups in Europe. ed based on standard of liv- of 87 in country B). as external program lead for research ing/life expectancy, popula- • In the USA, hospitals in the World Health Organization’s Global Alliance for Patient Safety and is CHRISTOPH A. MEIER, M.D. tion size, number of hospitals which made the World’s Best the past president of the International University Hospital, and data availability. Hospitals ranking were also Society for Quality in Health Care. Zürich, Switzerland This is The Third year ThaT The lists are based on recognized with a Best-in- Newsweek has partnered with three data sources: State award in their respec- Director, Department of Internal Med- icine at University Hospital Zürich. He • Recommendations from tive state (does not apply to JENS DEERBERG-WITTRAM, M.D. Statista, the respected global is active as a practicing internist and medical experts (doctors, specialized hospitals). This RoMed Kliniken, data research firm, to reveal Rosenheim, Germany serves on several boards, including hospitals managers, health distinction reflects the fact the Swiss Medical Board for Health the World’s Best Hospitals— care professionals) that these hospitals repre- CEO and president of RoMed, a Technology Assessments. Previous- and it may be our most im- • Results from patient sent the best hospitals in the German nonprofit health system, ly, he was chief medical officer and surveys respective U.S. state. Deerberg-Wittram is the found- deputy CEO of the University Hospital portant ranking yet. As the ing president of the International Basel where he implemented the • Medical KPIs on • U.S. hospitals were also Consortium for Health Outcomes principles of value-based health care. events of 2020 made clear, hospitals awarded as best hospitals Measurement and a regular lecturer our lives and those of our The number of hospitals for infection prevention if on value-based health care. Previ- awarded in each country var- they performed above the ously, he worked as a health care EYAL ZIMLICHMAN, M.D. loved ones may rest on the kind of health care we have ies based on the number of national average based strategy consultant, served as the CEO Sheba Medical Center, of a German for-profit hospital and Ramat Gan, Israel access to. The 2,000 hospitals named in this list— hospitals and data availabil- on six different measures. taught at Harvard Business School. which covers 25 countries—stand out for their con- ity in the respective country. This recognition is based Deputy director general, chief medical USA had the most hospitals on data from 01/01/2019 officer and chief innovation officer at sistent excellence, including distinguished physicians, awarded with 350, while to 12/31/2019, published GARY S. KAPLAN, M.D. Sheba Medical Center, Zimlichman top-notch nursing care and state-of-the-art technology. Israel and Singapore were by CMS. Virginia Mason Health also holds an appointment at Brigham System, Seattle and Women’s Hospital and Harvard represented with 10 hos- • In addition to the country Of course we hope that we, and you, won’t need Medical School’s Center for Patient pitals each. In total, 2,000 lists, the study includes a Chairman and CEO of the Virginia Mason Safety Research and Practice. He to seek care or visit a friend or family member in hospitals were ranked in this Global Top 200 list. This list Health System and a practicing physi- is a founding member of the Inter- any hospital this year. But if you do, this ranking of third edition of the ranking. includes a ranking of the cian, Kaplan is an expert on patient safe- national Academy of Quality and • Every hospital in each 100 best global hospitals, ty. He is the chair of the IHI Lucian Leape Safety in Health Care and was an the World’s Best Hospitals 2021 can help you feel Institute, a founding member of Health adviser to the Office of the National country is rated by a score. ranks 101-200 are sorted confident as you make a critical choice about medi- CEOs for Health Reform and has served Coordinator for Health Information Scores are only comparable alphabetically. The full meth- as chair of the Institute for Healthcare Technology in the U.S. Department cal care. —Nancy Cooper, Global Editor-in-Chief between hospitals in the odology is available online. Improvement’s board of directors. of Health and Human Services. 36 NEWSWEEK.COM MARCh 12, 2021 Portrait photo-illustrations by GLUEKIT THE FULL LIST IS AVAILABLE AT NEWSWEEK.COM/WBH-2021 WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS 2021 CLEVELAND CLINIC THE CLEVELAND, OHIO Now in its 100th year, Cleveland Clinic has grown to include 18 hospitals with 6,000 beds and more than 220 outpatient locations in the U.S. and around the world. In 2019, Cleveland Clinic treated GLOBAL 22.4 million patients, with 309,000 admissions and observations, 255,000 surgeries and other procedures and 10 million outpatient visits. The Cleveland campus has been a leader in cardiology and LEADERS heart surgery since the 1950s and important advances were made in coronary bypass surgery during the 1960s. It is now home to a leading uterine transplant clinical trial, and in 2019, was Today there are no better the first hospital in the world to deliver a baby from a uterus places on earth for medical transplanted from a deceased donor. My.ClevelandClinic.org treatment than these 100: Massachusetts General Hospital BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts General was founded 3in 1811, and is the first and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Med- ROCHESTER,MINNESOTA Mayo Clinic ical School and a leading research hospital. The efficacy of ether as a Founded in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1889 by a group of physicians that included brothers general anesthetic for surgery was William and Charles Mayo, the Clinic now has dozens of locations in five states and around first publicly demonstrated in the the world. The original Rochester location, which now employs about half of Mayo’s more hospital's "Ether Dome" surgical than 60,000 employees developed a reputation for excellence in treating complex illnesses, theater in 1846. Currently it has through its pioneering team approach and emphasis on research alongside treatment. In 9,500 researchers working on 138 February, Mayo surgeons in Minnesota performed successful liver transplant surgery on a projects. The hospital now has about college athlete who was also suffering from COVID-19, the first first known operation of its 1,000 beds and admits about 50,000 kind. MayoClinic.org CLINIC BENSON/CLEVELAND ROBERT GLOBE/GETTY; BOSTON BYUN/THE S. YOON AND PHOTOGRAPHY; CLEVELAND CLINIC CENTER FOR MEDICAL ART ARIANA LINDQUIST/BLOOMBERG/GETTY; LEFT: FROM CLOCKWISE patients per year. MassGeneral.org 1THE FULL LIST IS AVAILABLE AT NEWSWEEK.COM/WBH-2021 MARCh 12, 2021 NEWSWEEK.COM 39 WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS 2021 Toronto General Hospital CHARITÉ - UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN TORONTO, CANADA BERLIN, GERMANY The hospital was founded in 1710 when bubonic plague threatened Berlin and is Founded in 1819, Toronto General is now the flag- now one of the largest university hospitals in Europe, affiliated with Humboldt ship of the University Health Network, which also University and Free University Berlin. Researchers here developed the first includes Toronto Western Hospital, the Princess diagnostic test to identify the COVID-19 coronavirus, and Russian opposition Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation In- leader Alexei Nalavny was treated here for poisoning in August 2020. Across stitute and The Michener Institute of Education. In its four Berlin campuses, the hospital now has 3,000 beds, 4,000 scientists 1922, insulin was developed and first clinically used and doctors and more than 4,500 nurses and caregivers. www.charite.de at Toronto Hospital. In 1986, the first double lung transplant was performed here.