Loma Linda Recognized Among the Best by National Ranking Company

By: Sheann Brandon, Loma Linda University News

Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), a Seventh-day Adventist healthcare institution in Loma Linda, California, United States, has been recognized as a Best Hospital for 2018-19 by U.S. News & World Report.

Ranked as the No. 1 hospital in the Riverside and San Bernardino metro area, LLUMC was also nationally ranked in gynecology and recognized as “high performing” in seven other areas.

Released today, the annual rankings are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or common elective procedures.

“Today’s U.S. News recognition is a testament to our entire team, who every day live out our mission of extending the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ through providing the highest quality care to our patients,” Loma Linda University Medical Center CEO Kerry Heinrich. “More importantly, I believe the communities we serve will feel incredible pride in these honors as well. Families across the Inland Empire and from around the world have trusted Loma Linda University Health to be ready when their need is the greatest.”

Four of the Medical Center’s specialties were recognized as high performing, including gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, neurology, and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and urology.

Three common procedures and conditions treated were also ranked high performing, including abdominal aortic aneurism repair, congestive heart failure, and colon cancer surgery.

For the 2018-19 rankings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. In the 16 specialty areas, 158 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty. In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals as high performing across multiple areas of care.

U.S. News & World Report is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. The U.S. News Best Hospitals methodologies in most areas of care are based largely or entirely on objective measures such as risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient experience, patient safety and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators.