Sixteen hospitals and health systems have been recognized for excellence in oncology by patients and providers, according to the WebMD Choice Awards.
WebMD and Medscape partnered to give patient choice and provider choice awards to hospitals for specific specialties. The awards were based on surveys on hospital preferences. Read the survey methodology here.
WebMD gave Elite Choice Awards to hospitals and systems that were preferred by patients and physicians 2 to 1 over competitors for a specialty in their local region. Hospitals in the oncology category offered treatment for blood, breast, colorectal, lung, prostate and skin cancers.
Here are the 16 hospitals and systems that received the WebMD Elite Choice awards:
- Banner Health (Phoenix)
- City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston)
- Emory Healthcare (Atlanta)
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Seattle)
- Indiana University Health (Indianapolis)
- Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore)
- Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
- MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City)
- Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa)
- Ochsner Health System (New Orleans)
- Oregon Health & Science University Hospital (Portland)
- Penn Medicine (Philadelphia)
- UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.)
- UPMC Presbyterian (Pittsburgh)