USC-affiliated hospitals ranked among 'America's Best'
The rankings are categorized by medical specialty, with the top 50 medical centers listed for most specialties. Doheny ranked seventh in ophthalmology, climbing one spot from a ranking of eighth in 2007.
Rancho Los Amigos ranked16th in rehabilitation, USC/Norris ranked 45th in cancer and University Hospital ranked 45th in gynecology and 49th in neurology and neurosurgery. USC/Norris Cancer Hospital appeared on the list for the first time.
“The Keck School of Medicine of USC salutes our dedicated physicians whose work in these hospitals is recognized by rankings such as these, among many other awards and honors,,” said Carmen A. Puliafito, dean of the Keck School of Medicine at USC. “Our faculty physicians, who work at hospitals throughout the Los Angeles area, demonstrate every day their commitment to the highest standards of patient care.”
The Best Hospitals guide ranks 170 medical centers nationwide in 16 specialties. To be eligible for 12 of the 16 specialties, a hospital had to meet at least one of three requirements: membership in the Council of Teaching Hospitals, affiliation with a medical school, or availability of at least six of 13 key technologies such as robotic surgery. Eligible hospitals also had to have a specified volume in certain procedures and conditions over three years, or have been nominated in the magazine’s yearly specialist survey. The rankings also took into account hospital reputation, death rate and factors like nurse staffing and technology.
In four other specialties—including ophthalmology and rehabilitation—ranking is based solely on reputation, derived from the three most recent physician surveys.
The information for the rankings came from various sources, most prominently the American Hospital Association’s survey of member and nonmember hospitals.
The full list of hospital rankings is also available online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals. Full data is available online for another 1,500 hospitals that are unranked.
Rankings for pediatric facilities appeared separately in the magazine’s June 9 “America’s Best Children’s Hospital” issue. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) was ranked ninth among 143 children’s hospitals and medical centers in the nation. Complete rankings of children’s hospitals and specialties are available at online here.
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The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
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Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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