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Local Hospitals Ranked Among 'Best Hospitals in America'

Reading Hospital, Einstein Medical Center, Abington Memorial Hospital among other local hospitals ranked among US News and World Report's Top Hospitals.

Written by Leann Pettit

Every year in July, US News and World Report releases in the Best Hospitals in America list. 

The rankings begin with 4,806 hospitals and 147 US hospitals are ranked nationally and another 591 are ranked as regional performers. Another 18 qualify for US News and World Report's Honor Roll.

Locally, Reading Hospital and Medical Center in West Reading is ranked 34 in Pennsylvania and recognized in Northern Pennsylvania/Lehigh Valley and has high performing specialities in Gastroenterology and GI Surgery.

Einstein Medical Center, with a location in Philadelphia and East Norriton is ranked 33 in Pennsylvania and 15 in the Philadelphia metro area, with high performing specialties in Nephrology and Urology.

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Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, is ranked 28 in Pennsylvania and 12 in the Philadelphia metro area. The hospital has high performing specialties in diabetes & endocrinology, geriatrics, gynecology, and urology.

Two of the regions specialty hospitals received national rankings.

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Fox Chase Cancer Center, which is ranked 11 in Pennsylvania and 7 in the Philadelphia metro area, is also ranked 30th nationally in cancer care, which high performing specialities in gynecology, nephrology, and urology.

Moss Rehab, an Einstein Hospital, is ranked 12 in Pennsylvania and 8 in the Philadelphia metro area. It is also ranked 9th nationally in rehabilitation care.

Two Philadelphia area hospitals also made the Honor Roll list. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania made 11th on the Honor Roll and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital was ranked 17th on the list.

For more on US News and World's Report's Best Hospitals in America and to see the full list, click here.


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