3 Kane County Hospitals Among Best in Illinois
U.S. News & World Report has named three Kane County hospitals among the best in Illinois and the Chicago area.
According to the 2014-15 ratings, released Tuesday, there are 118 hospitals in the Chicago area, and 41 received top ranking. In Kane County, Presence St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, Cadence Health-Delnor Hospital in Geneva and Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora made the list.
Presence St. Joseph was ranked No. 29 in Illinois and No. 26 in the Chicago metro area.
Delnor Hospital, operated by Cadence Health, and Rush-Copley Medical Center were tied in both rankings: No. 40 in Illinois and No. 34 in the Chicago metro area.
As an aside, Delnor’s sister hospital, Cadence Health-Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, was ranked ninth in the Chicago area.
Here are some links to additional information in the U.S. News report:
Presence St. Joseph Hospital
“Presence St. Joseph Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital in Elgin, IL. It performed nearly at the level of nationally ranked U.S. News Best Hospitals in 3 adult specialties, as shown below. Presence St. Joseph Hospital has 125 beds. The hospital had 7,380 admissions in the latest year for which data are available. It performed 1,651 annual inpatient and 1,959 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 28,820 visits. It is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).”
Presence St. Joseph Hospital
- 77 North Airlite Street, Elgin, IL 60123-4912
- (847) 695–3200
- www.provena.org
Cadence Health-Delnor Hospital
Cadence Health-Delnor Hospital
- 300 Randall Road, Geneva, IL 60134-4200
- (630) 208–3000
- www.delnor.com
Rush-Copley Medical Center
“Rush-Copley Medical Center is a general medical and surgical hospital in Aurora, IL. It performed nearly at the level of nationally ranked U.S. News Best Hospitals in 1 adult specialty, as shown below. Rush-Copley Medical Center has 210 beds. The hospital had 12,950 admissions in the latest year for which data are available. It performed 5,246 annual inpatient and 7,855 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 67,746 visits. It is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).”
Rush-Copley Medical Center
- 2000 Ogden Avenue, Aurora, IL 60504-7222
- (630) 978–6200
- www.rushcopley.com
Northwestern Memorial Hospital was the top-ranked hospital in the state, with 13 nationally ranked specialties and one high-performing specialty.
You can read about the methodology U.S. News used to rank the hospitals here.
