U.S. News & World Report Names Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Among the Best in Washington DC Metro

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Washington, D.C. – July 16, 2013 – Inova Mount Vernon Hospital has been ranked #14 in Washington DC metro area by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital is also ranked as high-performing in Orthopedics.

The annual U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 24th year, recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients.

“We are proud to be among the top 15 hospitals in the area. Our joint replacement center is a center of excellence and is the largest joint replacement center in the metropolitan D.C. area. Quality of service is what we strive for each and every day.” Said Barbara Doyle, CEO, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. “Our goal – to be the best hospital to give and receive care.”

U.S. News evaluates hospitals in 16 adult specialties. In most specialties, it ranks the nation’s top 50 hospitals and recognizes other high-performing hospitals that provide care at nearly the level of their nationally ranked peers.

“A hospital that emerges from our analysis as one of the best has much to be proud of,” said Avery Comarow, U.S. News Health Rankings Editor. “Only about 15 percent of hospitals are recognized for their high performance as among their region’s best. Just 3 percent of all hospitals earn a national ranking in any specialty.”

U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition, or added risk because of other health problems or age. Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, the adequacy of nurse staffing levels and other data largely determined the rankings in most specialties.

The specialty rankings and data were produced for U.S. News by RTI International, a leading research organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Using the same data, U.S. News produced the state and metro rankings.

The rankings have been published at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals and will appear in print in the U.S. News Best Hospitals 2014 guidebook, available in bookstores and on newsstands August 27.

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