U.S. News & World Report Ranks ChristianaCare No. 1 in Delaware

For its Delaware hospitals, ChristianaCare has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2024-2025 Best Hospitals as a High Performing hospital for 13 conditions and two procedures. High Performing is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings.

ChristianaCare is also ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Delaware and tied for the No. 5 hospital in the greater Philadelphia region, which is home to more than 80 hospitals.

The U.S. News & World Report annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their health care providers in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.

“This recognition by U.S. News & World Report reflects our commitment to being exceptional today and even better tomorrow,” said Kert Anzilotti, M.D., MBA, system chief medical officer at ChristianaCare.

“These rankings demonstrate that because of the continuous hard work of our caregivers and their unwavering focus on quality and safety, patients at ChristianaCare receive care that is measurably better than at most hospitals in the country.”

ChristianaCare was ranked as High Performing in care for these conditions:

• Aortic valve surgery.

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

• Gynecological cancer surgery.

• Heart attack.

• Heart bypass surgery.

• Heart failure.

• Hip replacement.

• Knee replacement.

• Leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma.

• Lung cancer surgery.

• Prostate cancer surgery.

• Stroke.

• Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

ChristianaCare was ranked as High Performing in these procedures:

• Orthopedics.

• Urology.

The recognition encompasses both of ChristianaCare’s Delaware hospitals—Wilmington Hospital and Christiana Hospital. ChristianaCare’s Union Hospital in Maryland was not ranked.

U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a Best designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.

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“For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News.

“The High Performing designation acknowledges hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care for specific medical procedures and conditions. This recognition highlights their expertise and commitment to patient well-being.”

Methodology

To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance 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 millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.