Orlando Health hospitals earn national, regional, high performing recognition from U.S. News & World Report

Orlando Fl – (July 29, 2025) -- Orlando Health hospitals and service lines were recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent hospital rankings as some of the best in the nation. The healthcare system earned Best Hospitals, Best Regional Hospitals and High Performing Hospitals, while multiple service lines were honored as “high performing” at the national and regional levels.

Taking top honors were Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, and Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital which were nationally ranked No. 50 in Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery and No. 46 in Diabetes and Endocrinology. They also received national high-performing recognition in six service lines:

1. Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
2. Pulmonology & Lung surgery
3. Urology
4. Geriatrics
5. Cancer
6. Orthopedics

In addition, the three hospitals, which were ranked No. 5 in the state, were also recognized as 2025- 2026 “Best Regional Hospital.”

“As Orlando Health continues to grow and evolve, we have never lost sight of why we’re here; to provide high quality healthcare to all of our patients,” said Suzanne Worthington, chief quality officer, Orlando Health. “These distinctions demonstrate the expertise and commitment of our doctors, nurses, and other team members to the health care needs of the individuals and the communities we serve.”

At the regional level, nine Orlando Health hospitals were rated high-performing nearly 20 times in common adult procedures and conditions related to heart and vascular care. Florida facilities Orlando Health ORMC, Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips, Orlando Health Lake Mary, Orlando Health South Lake Hospital, Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital, Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital and Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital, joined with the system’s Alabama facilities Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital, Baptist Health Princeton Hospital and Baptist Health Shelby Hospital in earning high-performing ratings in some or all of these heart and vascular care areas:

1. Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
2. Aortic valve surgery
3. Heart arrhythmia
4. Heart attack
5. Heart bypass surgery
6. Heart failure
7. Pacemaker implantation
8. TAVR (Transcatheter aortic valve replacement)

Orlando Health’s oncology expertise was also evident in the new rankings. Orlando Health ORMC, Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips, Orlando Health Lake Mary, Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital and Baptist Health Princeton Hospital earned regional high-performing ratings in the some or all the following cancer-related treatments and conditions:

1. Colon cancer
2. GYN cancer
3. Leukemia
4. Lymphoma & myeloma
5. Lung cancer surgery
6. Prostate cancer surgery

Orthopedic care provided by Orlando Health ORMC, Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips, Orlando Health Lake Mary and Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital also earned regional high performing ratings in some or all the following treatments and conditions:

1. Back surgery (spinal fusion)
2. Hip fracture
3. Hip replacement
4. Knee replacement

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 while only one third of them earned a high-performance award.

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.

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About Orlando Health

Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $12 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $1.7 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 23, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter.)