U.S. News & World Report Names Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Among Best Hospitals for 2025-2026 in Massachusetts
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JULY 29, 2025
BIDMC Placed in the Top 50 Hospitals Nationwide in 9 Specialties
BOSTON – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has been named by U.S. News & World Report a 2025-2026 Best Hospital. BIDMC was ranked among the top 50 hospitals nationwide in nine adult specialties and was ranked in the top 25 hospitals in five of those specialties. The hospital also received 19 high performing ratings in the group’s annual best hospital report.
“This recognition by U.S. News & World Report is a reflection of the dedication to high-quality care our clinicians and staff bring to patients every day,” said Pete Healy, president of BIDMC and divisional president, Metro Boston, Beth Israel Lahey Health. “Being nationally recognized reflects the caliber of clinical care we provide at BIDMC.”
U.S. News evaluated more than 4,400 hospitals across 15 adult specialties and 22 procedures and conditions; only 13% of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospitals designation.
BIDMC was named as the #3 best hospital in the Boston region and #3 best hospital in Massachusetts.
BIDMC was nationally ranked in nine adult specialties including OBGYN, gastroenterology & GI surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, cancer care, pulmonology & lung surgery, geriatrics, heart & vascular, neurology & neurosurgery and ear, nose & throat.
BIDMC also received 19 high performing ratings across 2 specialties and 17 procedures and conditions including urology, lung cancer surgery, gynecological cancer surgery, kidney failure and heart bypass surgery.
To determine the Best Hospitals, U.S. News analyzed each hospital’s performance based on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from over 800 million records of patient care.
For more information, visit U.S. News and World Report’s best hospital rankings website.
About Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a leading academic medical center, where extraordinary care is supported by high-quality education and research. BIDMC is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and consistently ranks as a national leader among independent hospitals in National Institutes of Health funding. BIDMC is the official hospital of the Boston Red Sox.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.