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U.S. Health Care
Finding health care in the United States is an individual undertaking. Below we offer some starting points. These resources range from a well known annual ranking of America’s best hospitals and health centers to some general guides to health care.
The best hospitals in the US are published annually by the American news magazine, US News. Below is a list of the best hospitals for 2009. Duplicate numbers have to do with ties in ranking. For more information including best hospitals based on medical specialties or the best children's hospitals or the methodology about the ranking, click here.
• 1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
• 2 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
• 3 Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
• 4 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• 5 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
• 6 New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York, N.Y.
• 7 University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif.
• 8 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• 9 Barnes-Jewish hospital/Washington University, St. Louis
• 10 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
• 10 Duke Unversity Medical Center, Durham, NC
• 12 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
• 13 UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• 14 University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor
• 15. Stanford Hostpital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.s, Stanford, Calif.
• 16. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
American Health Guide
This guide has been developed to offer users a wide array of health care information including over 5,000 hospitals, specialized facilities, medical libraries, medical license look up and more.
http://healthguideusa.org
AHA Guide to the Health Care Field, 2008
Published by the American Hospital Association
- This book is a major source book on American health care. It features an annual directory of hospitals, health care systems, networks, ambulatory surgery centers as well as important information on ownership, accreditation approvals and more. The book is expensive to purchase (over $300 US), so you might want to read it at your local library.
U.S. Healthcare Organizations with websites for Canadians or offices in Canada
Mayo Clinic
The world famous Mayo Clinic now has a website for Canadians.
www.mayoclinic.org/canada
Cleveland Clinic
This famous clinic has a website for Canadians. Note that the Clinic is active in Toronto, but offers only executive and preventative services. You can find out about access to the Cleveland Clinic by clicking on "International Appointments"
http://www.clevelandcliniccanada.com/