For the sixth year in a row, Newsweek and Statista teamed up to rank the world's best general hospitals which will provide stellar care for yourself or loved ones. Our ranking of the world's top 2,400 hospitals in 30 countries is based on more than 85,000 medical expert opinions, patient satisfaction and hygiene and patient/doctor ratios. These top 10—which are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence for potentially life-saving medical discoveries—are the best of the best.
1. Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Ranked #1 best global hospital six years in a row for its exemplary quality across the board, the Mayo Clinic is based out of Rochester, Minnesota, with campuses in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Jacksonville, Florida, and dozens of affiliated clinics across the country. Serving over 1.3 million patients annually from nearly 130 countries, this expansive nonprofit health system employs over 76,000 people and generated $16.3 billion in revenue in 2022. Its principles are exemplified by founders Dr. Charles Horace Mayo and Dr. William James Mayo, who famously said, "The glory of medicine is that it is constantly moving forward." Today, the center is advancing medical research with emerging technologies. Among other projects, the center's gastroenterologists are working to incorporate artificial intelligence in colonoscopy procedures to minimize the possibility of missing hard-to-spot polyps, thereby detecting colon cancer earlier. ▸ mayoclinic.org
2. Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
More than a century old, the Cleveland Clinic encompasses 77,000 caregivers, 23 hospitals and 275 outpatient facilities in Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Canada, London and the UAE. Consistently ranked #2 on our list of global hospitals since 2019, the ever-expanding innovation hub is known for discovering serotonin, completing the first successful larynx transplant and developing a triple-negative breast cancer vaccine. Researchers from Cleveland Clinic are trailblazers in medical discovery. In collaboration with IBM, they unveiled the first quantum computer dedicated to health care research last year. In January, the team published a study detailing how artificial intelligence models were instrumental in identifying new targets for immunotherapy. ▸ my.clevelandclinic.org
3. Toronto General Hospital
Toronto
Toronto General Hospital is the flagship member of the University Health Network, the largest health research organization in Canada comprised of Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Michener Institute. With a history spanning nearly 200 years, TGH is renowned as Canada's and one of North America's largest organ transplant centers and is recognized for conducting the first successful single- and double-lung transplants. In the same field, the center's research arm published a study last year indicating how artificial intelligence and machine learning can guide physicians on donor lung suitability and transplant outcomes, dramatically increasing the number of successful organ transplants. ▸uhn.ca/OurHospitals/TGH
4. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
The teaching arm of the $10 billion integrated health enterprise of Johns Hopkins Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital leads in medical research across fields, including neurosurgery, cardiac surgery and child psychiatry. New research there focuses on blood markers that may be able to identify psychiatric and neurological disorders such as postpartum depression and disease-associated brain declines. They are also investigating the use of artificial intelligence for no-eyedrop ophthalmologic exams to reduce the risk of diabetes-related eye disease in children. Partnering with the university's engineering and physics programs, the Radiology department co-created the Radiology AI Lab (RAIL), which has won awards dating back to 2018. RAIL is used to improve medical screenings, like mammograms, with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
▸ hopkinsmedicine.org
5. Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
The 1-million-square-foot Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital employs over 2,400 physicians who oversee 51,000 inpatients and perform more than 1.5 million outpatient and emergency room visits annually. The third-oldest hospital in the nation, MGH runs the country's largest hospital-based research program in the U.S., with 9,500 researchers and annual research operations exceeding $1 billion. In 2023, MGH, in a collaboration with MIT, developed "Sybil," an artificial intelligence tool designed to predict lung cancer risk up to six years in the future by using data from low-dose CT scans. Researchers are also studying how to use AI to predict the degeneration of certain cells, which can help allow for noninvasive diagnoses. ▸ massgeneral.org
6. Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin
More than three centuries old, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin annually serves over 860,000 patients across outpatient and inpatient services in Germany's capital. It has 5,200 researchers and physicians in nearly 100 departments, including the Lab for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine which often participates in EU-funded projects, like the $64 million Testing and Experimentation Facility for Health AI and Robotics. In partnership with 51 academic and private partners from nine European countries, TEF's goals include minimizing delivery inequities in health care. The hospital is also renowned for its COVID-19 research, including nearly 2,000 scientific publications on the virus and the opening of a long COVID treatment program. ▸ charite.de
7. Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
Stockholm
Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, known as Sweden's premier medical institution, served over 334,000 patients last year and conducted almost 57,000 surgeries and procedures. Adapting technologies to optimize patient care and respond to Stockholm's aging demographic, the hospital is expanding its out-of-hospital virtual care services, including remote monitoring to improve the patient experience for those with chronic illnesses. As the teaching hospital of Karolinska Institutet, it is renowned for its highly specialized care and strong research focus, with nearly 2,500 affiliated researchers. Among other uses for artificial intelligence in medicine, scientists at Karolinska Institutet are analyzing how this technology can aid in interpreting cancerous tumor tissue data. ▸ karolinska.se
8. AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière
Paris
The teaching hospital of France's famed Sorbonne University, Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière is part of the Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Europe's largest hospital group. Nestled in the heart of France's capital, the hospital's 90 buildings span 85 acres and house 11 departments representing 77 medical and surgical specialties with 10 distinct centers. Embracing technological advances, the hospital has incorporated artificial intelligence across various medical departments, clinical trials and research projects. In a recently published study, the urology department teamed up with researchers across the country to use AI to improve cytology and cystoscopy techniques, advancing bladder cancer detection. ▸ pitiesalpetriere.aphp.fr
9. Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan, Israel
A top-10 regular, returning this year after a one-year hiatus, Sheba Medical Center was founded as Israel's first military hospital. Now the country's largest civilian hospital, it serves over 1 million patients annually. The complex encompasses 159 medical departments and clinics, 33 laboratories and four specialized hospitals—acute care, rehabilitation, women's and children's. The hospital's ARC (Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate) Center for Digital Innovation developed "Aidoc," which it began utilizing in 2018. The artificial intelligence tool which supports health care systems is now in use at over 1,000 hospitals worldwide. Among its many functions, Aidoc efficiently analyzes medical images to help provide accurate diagnosis and monitoring. In the aftermath of the October 7 attack by Hamas, its functionality helped to quickly identify emergent issues among the mass casualties entering the hospital and save lives. ▸ shebaonline.org
10. Universitätsspital Zürich
Zurich
Dating back to its first iteration in 1204, Universitätsspital Zürich has evolved into a leader in Swiss medicine to be at the forefront of scientific progress. Employing 1,500 doctors working across 43 departments and institutes, the hospital treats 42,000 inpatients and 500,000 outpatients annually. Using an innovative robotic microsurgical procedure, doctors at the hospital were able to drain a difficult-to-treat lymphatic congestion last year in a procedure that could have applications for other patients. In other innovations, the cancer center is using artificial intelligence to analyze oncological imaging, identifying features that may be imperceptible to the human eye for earlier detection and improved treatment. ▸ usz.ch
