International hospital survey ranks Queensway Carleton best in Ottawa, 16th nationally
Posted Mar 4, 2021 05:13:00 PM.
Ottawa's Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH) is on this year's World's Best Hospitals list, after a survey by Newsweek Magazine and Statista Inc.
The magazine released its list, Wednesday, March 3, putting QCH first among Ottawa-area hospitals and 16th in Canada.
Newsweek, in partnership with Statista Inc., selected 2,000 international hospitals as part of their survey, based on the recommendations of medical professionals, patient survey results, and medical key performance indicators (KPIs).
The World's Best Hospitals list includes international institutions like the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and the Cleveland Clinic, in addition to Canadian hospitals such as Toronto General Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Montreal General Hospital.
“Being named the #1 hospital in the region is exciting,” says Dr. Andrew Falconer, President and CEO. “This shows how committed our staff are, by cultivating a culture that is friendlyand inclusive. We put every patient first to ensure they receive safe, quality care.”
The Newsweek list was compiled by Statista Inc. who asked more than 74,000 medical experts in 25 countries to recommend the top institutions both in their own country, and internationally.
These recommendations accounted for 55 per cent of the hospitals' final score (50 per cent for domestic recommendations, 5 per cent for international), and were added to the patientsurvey results and the KPI’s — which were weighed at 15 and 35 per cent respectively — to rank the institutions.
