Diary of a Hospital
Atop the Vanderbilt helipad, LifeFlight nurses transfer a car accident victim to a gurney. In 2007, the crew made 3,000 retrievals from outlying areas.
5 Days at Vanderbilt Medical Center
An inside look at how this Nashville hospital earns a spot on the Honor Roll.
Photo Essay
Nurse Anisa Metiri triage nurse at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx NY.
Walk in the Shoes of an ER Nurse
A busy shift at Montefiore Medical Center's Weiler Division in the Bronx, N.Y., highlights the pressures on a triage nurse Anisa Mertiri.
HOnor Roll
America's Best Hospitals
The 19 institutions that achieved high scores in at least six specialties.
- 1 Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 2 Mayo Clinic
- 3 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- 4 Cleveland Clinic
- 5 Massachusetts General Hospital
- 6 New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp.
- 7 UCSF Medical Center
- 8 Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 8 Duke University Medical Center
- 10 Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania
- 10 Univ. of Washington Medical Center
- 12 Barnes-Jewish Hospital/ Washington University
- 13 University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
- 14 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- 15 Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 16 Stanford Hospital and Clinics
- 17 University of Chicago Medical Center
- 18 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- 19 Yale-New Haven Hospital
Hospital Amenities
Close-up of woman eating dinner
Jazzing Up a Hospital Stay
Gourmet dining, fine art—some patients even get field trips.
Bernadine Healy, M.D.
Dr. Bernadine Healy on M Street in Georgetown.
Great Medicine Needs
Committed Patients
The hard work of getting well starts after you return home. Are you up to it?
Deciphering America's Best Hospitals
Surgeon Tom Naslund (center) repairs a bulging aorta.
Methodology: Inside the Rankings
How 170 out of 5,453 hospitals and medical centers made the cut.
Cancer and Supplements: What Vitamins, Herbs, and Botanicals Can (and Can't) Do
5 reasons there aren't a lot of answers—and 4 things you can do until there are.
What Regina Benjamin Could Mean to Women's Health
Certainly, health reform will be her top priority, but what about gender and racial disparities?
Would You Share Your Health Information Online?
A majority of people have sought health info online. But few have shared their own medical issues.
Getting Medical Advice on the Web from Other Patients
Patients swap personal stories, offer help, and share studies at "crowd-sourced" disease sites.
Too Many Breast Cancers Diagnosed by Mammograms?
The screening X-ray saves lives, but it turns out many women are unnecessarily treated for cancer.
