These Algonquin, LITH Area Hospitals Are The Best: U.S. News

ALGONQUIN AND LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL — Several hospitals in the Algonquin and Lake in the Hills area are among the best-performing in the state, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday.

The 33rd edition of the list rates the 20 best hospitals in the country and also includes top regional hospitals and hospital rankings based on specialty care.

In Illinois, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington and Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry were ranked among the top ten best hospitals in the state. The hospitals both tied for ninth place in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin came in as the 11th best hospital in the state, according to the rankings. Meanwhile, Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago was ranked as the top hospital in the state and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago following behind as the second best hospital.

Locally, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital received high marks in specialties including gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery and urology. Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry received a high-performing status in cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery, urology and more.

Sherman Hospital received high performing rankings in gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery and urology.

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals in 15 specialties and 19 procedures and conditions, adding rankings for ovarian cancer surgery, prostate cancer surgery and uterine cancer surgery to its 2022 list.

The 2022-23 rankings also took into account several health equity measures for the first time, noting hospitals which provide more care to low income patients and those which have racial disparities in medical and surgical outcomes.

The rankings are meant to help patients and doctors make health care decisions, according to Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor of U.S. News.

U.S. News made several adjustments in its evaluation of hospital visits in 2020 to normalize its 2022 rankings against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The rankings excluded all hospital visits in March 2020 as well as visits in which a patient was diagnosed with COVID-19. Visits to any hospital were excluded if they occurred during a month of 2020 in which the hospital’s COVID-19 rate exceeded the national average.

Learn more about the U.S. News Best Hospitals methodology.

Of the hospitals evaluated, 164 earned top 50 rankings in at least one of the specialty care categories, and nearly 500 were recognized as Best Regional Hospitals, based on their strong performance in multiple areas of care.

In addition to state, regional and specialty rankings, U.S. News also announced the 20 hospitals named to this year’s Honor Roll, which recognizes the top hospitals nationwide that deliver exceptional treatment across multiple areas of care.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, claimed the top ranking on the Honor Roll for the seventh consecutive year. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is ranked second, and NYU Langone Hospitals came in third.

Among notable specialties, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is the top-ranked hospital for cancer, the Cleveland Clinic is No. 1 in cardiology and heart surgery and NYU Langone Hospitals is the top hospital in neurology and neurosurgery.

See this year’s Best Hospital Rankings.