University of Minnesota Medical Center, made impressive gains in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” edition.
The medical center ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the country in nine medical specialties, with eight of the nine specialties ranking higher than last year. Specialties receiving top-50 rankings in 2007 were cancer; digestive disorders; ear, nose, and throat; endocrinology; gynecology; heart and heart surgery; kidney disease; neurology and neuroscience; and respiratory disorders.
According to the report, only 173 of 5,462 hospitals evaluated met the standard of treating a variety of demanding illnesses and procedures within a specialty.
