The Brigham, as it is affectionately called, is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and cofounder, with Massachusetts General Hospital, of Partners HealthCare, which has an Aa2 bond rating from Moody’s Investor Services. Its Boston Hospital for Women, with 750 beds, is a leader in women’s health services. It is a top recipient of research grants from the National Read more...

With 545 licensed beds, the hospital is the flagship of Sanford Health, the largest employer in the Dakotas, with 30 hospitals and a network of clinics serving five states. It changed its name from Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health System in 2007 upon receiving $400 million gift from businessman T. Denny Sanford. In 2010, Sanford recruited 75 physicians, announced plans Read more...

Cedars-Sinai Medical Group and Cedars-Sinai Health Associates was one of the top 10 physician groups in Southern California listed by Integrated Health Care Associates. The hospital has 10,000 employees and more than 2,000 physicians in almost every specialty. More than 350 residents and fellows participate in more than 60 programs. Last year, Cedars-Sinai opened a 30-bed inpatient unit to provide Read more...

UCLA Health hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica ranked #1 in Los Angeles, #1 in California and #6 nationally in the 2019–20 assessment published today by U.S. News & World Report. For 30 consecutive years, UCLA has earned a spot on the national honor roll, which names the 20 hospitals that provide the highest quality care across a range of Read more...

Physicians in UMHS saved $15 million in the first four years of the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration Project, the precursor to ACOs, mainly by focusing on transitions of patients coming in and out of hospital. With 930 beds, 179 ICU beds, and 66 ORs, UMHS generates 44,683 total surgical cases a year. Moody’s Investor Services gave University of Michigan Read more...

The third-oldest hospital in the nation, Mass General is celebrating its bicentennial this year. This summer it will open a $579 million, 10-story addition that will increase its bed count by almost 20 percent while adding 19 ORs and a new ED. It is a founding partner of Partners Healthcare System, which has an Aa2 bond rating with Moody’s Investor Read more...

The 1,025-bed hospital is in the middle of a $1 billion redevelopment, scheduled to open in 2012, that will feature 560 private rooms, 33 new ORs and a large ED. It is part of Johns Hopkins Health System, which grew from two to six hospitals in just three years. “We did not go out searching for hospitals,” said Edward D. Read more...

The Cleveland Clinic is always on the move. In recent months, it signed an affiliation agreement with Central DuPage Hospital, announced it would help a group of physicians in the Washington, D.C., area turn their ideas into marketable inventions, began planning a Medical Mart in Cleveland and completed a $163 million expansion of its Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Read more...

The medical center owes its name to Cornelius Vanderbilt, a New Yorker and once the wealthiest man in America, who bequeathed $1 million for Vanderbilt University at his death in 1877. Today the 832-bed medical center includes Vanderbilt University Hospital, with 600 beds, a children’s hospital, cancer center, psychiatric hospital, rehabilitation hospital and more than 50 satellite clinics. The medical Read more...

This institution traces its roots back to 1873, when the University of Iowa’s medical department signed an agreement with the Sisters of Mercy to operate a small hospital in the community. Today, it is a 762-bed institution that also includes University of Iowa Physicians, the state’s largest multi-specialty medical group, with more than 650 physicians in 19 clinical departments. The Read more...