Massachusetts General Hospital was ranked among the top 10 in the world in Newsweek’s 2019 rankings of more than 1,000 hospitals.

Seven Massachusetts hospitals were ranked in a new list from Newsweek of the best hospitals in the world, including Massachusetts General, which made the top 10. The magazine’s “World’s Best Hospitals 2019” survey was created in partnership with Statista, a global market research and consumer data company. According to Newsweek, 1,000 hospitals from around the world were selected for the list “based on recommendations from medical professionals, patient survey results and medical performance indicators.”

Among the top 10 hospitals in the world, four were in the United States:

Mayo Clinic-Rochester; Rochester, Minnesota (1)
Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, Ohio (2)
The Johns Hopkins Hospitals; Baltimore, Maryland (4)
Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts (6)

More than 200 U.S. hospitals made Newsweek’s 2019 list. The Massachusetts hospitals on the list besides Mass General, which was ranked 4th nationwide, are:

• Brigham And Women’s Hospital, Boston, 7th nationwide
• Tufts Medical Center, Boston, 32nd
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, 36th
• Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, 57th
• Umass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, 70th
• Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, 72nd
• Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, 143rd
• Southcoast Hospitals Group, Fall River, 162nd

Newsweek’s rankings list the best hospitals in the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia and Israel.

By: Patch Media