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Congratulations
We're Number One Twelve Years in a Row!

July 12, 2002

Dear Colleagues:

For the 12th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of American hospitals had placed The Johns Hopkins Hospital at the top of the list.

We've obviously delighted and, once again, our achievement is a grand opportunity to thank all employees for all you do for Johns Hopkins Medicine and for our patients. It's a pleasure to acknowledge the magazine's recognition of our commitment to innovative and compassionate patient care -- and to the people who make that kind of care possible. This is a welcome and well-deserved tribute to our Hospital, its wonderful nurses and staff, the School of Medicine's faculty physicians and the many community physicians with whom we have close ties.

In an era when any hospital can hire an ad agency and self-proclaim its fame, independent evaluations are of real value to the public, to primary care physicians and insurers and to those of us who strive always to improve the care we give to our patients. It's important, as we say each year, to note that all of the medical centers on the magazine's Honor Roll are superb, and we are privileged to be in their good company.

This year's annual guide reports results of a survey of a hospital's reputation in 17 medical specialties, among a national sample of doctors, along with analysis of objective indicators derived from government information on such factors as death rates, technology, nurse staffing, service mix and discharge planning.

This year, Hopkins ranked in the top ten in 16 of the 17 specialty categories. In addition to landing at the top of the Honor Roll, the Hospital ranked first in ear/nose/throat, gynecology, urology and eye care; second in digestive disorders, geriatrics and rheumatology; third in cancer, hormonal disorders, neurology/neurosurgery, respiratory disorders, pediatrics and psychiatry; fourth in orthopedics; sixth in heart/heart surgery and kidney disease, and fourteenth in rehabilitation.

Details aside, on behalf of our patients, we again thank you for all you do.

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