Sinai continues to be highlighted by U.S. News & World Report for quality health care,� said Neil M. Meltzer, president and COO, Sinai Hospital. To be recognized because of our commitment to cardiology and medicine only reinforces the level of care people receive when they walk through our doors.�

U.S. News & World Report started the annual listing as a way to identify facilities with the best level of medical care in the country. To be eligible for the ranking, a hospital must first belong to the Council of Teaching Hospitals, be affiliated with a medical school or have at least nine technology services out of a prescribed list of 17. Those services include cancer; digestive disorders; ear, nose and throat; geriatrics; gynecology; heart; hormonal; kidney; neurology; orthopedics; rheumatology; respiratory; urology; ophthalmology; pediatrics; psychiatry; and rehabilitation.

Hospitals in the listing are ranked based on several factors including reputation among specialists, mortality rates and other medical data, most of which comes from an annual survey by the American Hospital Association. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore is part of LifeBridge Health, a regional health organization that also includes Northwest Hospital Center, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home and related subsidiaries and affiliates.

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