DALLAS, TEMPLE, and FORT WORTH Texas – Today, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the medical care at Baylor Scott & White Health among the best in the nation.
For the sixth consecutive year, Baylor Scott & White Health has more hospitals named to the U.S. News annual list of “Best Hospitals” than any other not-for-profit health system in Texas. A total of 26 Baylor Scott & White hospitals were recognized, including four facilities with a nationally ranked specialty and four named among the best in the state.
This year, all three of the system’s academic medical centers ranked in the top fifteen hospitals in Texas.
- Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas ranked #2 in Dallas-Fort Worth and #3 in Texas
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple ranked #7 in Texas
- Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth ranked #3 in Dallas-Fort Worth and #11 (tie) in Texas.
Additionally, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine was ranked #8 (tie) in the Dallas-Fort Worth region and #23 (tie) in Texas.
Six Hospitals Recognized Among the Nation’s ‘Best’ for Specialty Care
For the second year in a row, Baylor Scott & White had more “Best” hospitals recognized in the Specialty Rankings than any other system in Texas. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.
In all, 6 hospitals were nationally ranked or named High Performing in 10 different specialties.
- Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation – Dallas: #20 in Rehabilitation
- Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano*: #30 (tie) in Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery
- Baylor University Medical Center: #34 in Pulmonology & Lung Surgery; #35 in Gastroenterology & GI Surgery; #44 in Obstetrics & Gynecology; #46 (tie) in Diabetes & Endocrinology; #48 in Orthopedics; #49 (tie) in Cancer. High Performing in: Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery; Geriatrics; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Urology
- Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth: #39 in Diabetes & Endocrinology. High Performing in: Gastroenterology & GI Surgery; Geriatrics; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple: High Performing in: Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery; Gastroenterology & GI Surgery; Geriatrics; Orthopedics; Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
- Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas*: High Performing in: Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery
Twenty-five Facilities Named a Top Hospital for Common Procedures and Conditions
Baylor Scott & White had twenty-five hospitals that received a "High Performing" rating in at least one of the 20 common procedures and conditions evaluated this year — the highest distinction a hospital can earn.
- Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth: Colon Cancer Surgery; Heart Attack; Heart Failure; Hip Fracture; Kidney Failure; Leukemia, Lymphoma, & Myeloma; Pneumonia
- Baylor Scott & White Emergency Hospital – Aubrey: Pneumonia
- Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas*: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair; Heart Attack; Heart Failure; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Centennial: Heart Attack; Heart Failure
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – College Station: Heart Attack; Pneumonia
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco*: Hip Fracture; Hip Replacement; Knee Replacement
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine: Colon Cancer Surgery; Diabetes; Heart Attack; Kidney Failure; Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma; Pneumonia; Stroke
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Hillcrest: Colon Cancer Surgery; Knee Replacement
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving: Colon Cancer Surgery; Diabetes; Heart Attack; Heart Failure; Kidney Failure
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Lake Pointe: Heart Attack
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney: Colon Cancer Surgery; Diabetes; Heart Attack; Heart Failure; Kidney Failure; Pneumonia
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Plano: Colon Cancer Surgery; Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma; Stroke
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Round Rock/ Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Lakeway: Colon Cancer Surgery; Heart Attack; Heart Failure; Kidney Failure; Pneumonia; Stroke
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair; Colon Cancer Surgery; COPD; Heart Attack; Heart Failure; Hip Replacement; Kidney Failure; Knee Replacement; Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma; Pneumonia; Prostate Cancer Surgery; Stroke
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Uptown*: Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion); Hip Replacement
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie: Colon Cancer Surgery
- Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington*: Hip Fracture; Knee Replacement
- Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital – Fort Worth*: Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion)
- Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital at Las Colinas*: Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion)
- Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital at Sherman*: Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion)
- Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital – Tyler*: Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion); Hip Fracture; Hip Replacement; Knee Replacement
- Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Denton*: Heart Bypass Surgery; Heart Failure
- Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano*: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair; Aortic Valve Surgery; Heart Attack; Heart Bypass Surgery; Heart Failure; Lung Cancer Surgery; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Baylor University Medical Center: Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion); Colon Cancer Surgery; COPD; Gynecological Cancer Surgery; Heart Bypass Surgery; Heart Failure; Kidney Failure; Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma; Lung Cancer Surgery; Pneumonia; Prostate Cancer Surgery; Stroke
- North Central Surgical Center*: Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion); Hip Fracture; Hip Replacement; Knee Replacement
The annual ratings are designed to assist patients and their health care providers in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures. U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions.
About Baylor Scott & White Health
As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,200 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit BSWHealth.com.
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*Joint Ownership with Physicians / Notice Regarding Physician Ownership: These are hospitals in which physicians have an ownership or investment interest. The list of physician owners or investors is available to you upon request. Physicians provide clinical services as members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Scott & White Health's subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers nor Baylor Scott & White Health.
