One of the nation�s top heart hospitals is located in Maryland�s backyard, according to the 2005 U.S. News & World Report America�s Best Hospital� issue. The nationally recognized report, which ranks centers in 17 specialties from cancer and heart disease to pediatrics and urology, listed Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 49th in the country for heart care and heart surgery.
Sinai is honored, once again, to receive acknowledgment by U.S. News & World Report for the quality of care received when people walk through our doors,� said Neil M. Meltzer, president and COO, Sinai Hospital. This recognition is a true testament to the quality of the physicians, nurses and staff at Sinai and the hospital�s level of commitment to cardiology and medicine.
Since 1989, U.S. News & World Report has annually published America�s Best Hospitals� as a way to identify facilities with the best level of medical care. To be eligible for the ranking, a hospital must belong to the Council of Teaching Hospitals, be affiliated with a medical school or have at least nine technology-related services out of a prescribed list of 17. Qualified hospitals are then numerically assessed based on several elements including reputation among specialists, mortality rates and other care-related factors. Ranked hospitals are those with the 50 highest scores.
U.S. News & World Report also recognized Sinai as one of the nation�s top heart hospitals in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Additionally, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore was awarded Premier Awards for Quality in the areas of Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft earlier this year.
