U.S. News & World Report Names St. Joseph’s Health a Best Hospital for Maternity Care

To be recognized among the Best Hospitals for Maternity, hospitals had to excel on multiple quality metrics that matter to expectant families, including complication rates, C-sections, whether births were scheduled too early in pregnancy, and how successfully each hospital supported breastfeeding. Only one-third of the hospitals evaluated by U.S. News for maternity care earned a ‘High Performing’ rating.

“All families deserve to be informed on how hospitals perform on key indicators of quality, which is why U.S. News has compiled and published a trove of maternal health data from hospitals across the country,” said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News & World Report. “The hospitals we’ve recognized as High Performing meet a high standard in caring for patients with uncomplicated pregnancies.”

St. Joseph’s Health Hospital is ranked #1 in Syracuse, earning a “High Performing” rating in Best Hospitals for Maternity. “High Performing” is the highest rating U.S. News awards for that type of care. Rome Health, an affiliate of St. Joseph’s Health, also received the recognition.

“At St. Joseph’s Health, we pride ourselves on giving the best and highest quality care to every patient,” said Heather Shimer-Bero, Clinical Director of the Women and Infants Service Line. “We use the best practices to deliver the high level of care each patient deserves. This is the best time of their lives, and we want the entire maternity experience to contribute to creating memories that will last a lifetime.”

Should mom or baby need specialized care, St. Joseph’s Health Hospital has everything in one place, including Maternal Fetal Medicine and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Unique to the U.S. News site, participating hospital profiles are a one stop shop and include a variety of relevant offerings for parents-to-be including key measures of safety, alongside services and amenities, like private rooms, valet parking and availability of child birthing classes.

The evaluation looks at hospital data relating to only uncomplicated pregnancies, not high-risk pregnancies. Participating hospitals responded to a survey from the U.S. News health analysis team in spring of 2021 which reflects data from 2019. Participation was voluntary. We anticipate updating Best Hospitals for Maternity in summer of 2022, to coincide with the release of the 2022-23 Best Hospitals for Procedures & Conditions ratings.

St. Joseph’s Health was also named a Best Regional Hospital in 2021-22 by U.S. News & World Report for the seventh consecutive year. This Maternity Care designation marks the hospital’s 12th High Performing recognition for special conditions and procedures, in addition to abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, colon cancer surgery, COPD, diabetes, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement, and pneumonia.

ABOUT ST. JOSEPH’S HEALTH

St. Joseph’s Health is a regional non-profit health care system based in Syracuse, NY. St. Joseph’s has been an innovative leader in health care since our founding in 1869 as the first hospital open to the public in the city of Syracuse. Offering primary, specialty and home care, a Magnet-recognized hospital, and collaboration with community partners, St. Joseph's Health advances the well-being of the communities we serve through an expanding range of services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. St. Joseph’s is one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery and one of America’s 100 Best for Spine Surgery and Coronary Intervention according to Healthgrades. It is ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, a designated Stroke Center and a U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital.” St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with St. Joseph’s Physicians, and is a member of Trinity Health. For more information, visit www.sjhsyr.org/legacy.

ABOUT U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

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