There are a lot of choices today when it comes to health care and rehab facilities in the US. Thanks to modern technology and the high quality of consumer choices, institutions such as hospitals and other health care facilities have no other choice but to level up their services, equipments and approaches. It is actually already a basic requirement for hospitals to have facilities that could answer the basic and most common diseases and injuries to the more complex and harder to treat. With all the choices in front of us, question on who or what institution is the best of the best?
According to surveys conducted by USNews.com, the following hospitals ranked as the TOP 5 in the list of the country's physicians.
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TOP 1
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) - Established in 1954 is dedicated to excellence and providing the highest quality of patient care, research and education. People from around the globe choose to seek treatment in RIC because of their expertise in treating complex conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI. RIC is the home of The Northwestern University of Feignberg School of Medicine's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and operates one of the largest and most prestigious psychiatry residency programs in the United States.
TOP 2
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - has been giving excellent service for 60 years. In 2009 alone, Kessler treated over 6900 individuals with different complex cases including teenagers with Spinal Cord and Brain Injury. Their patients come from all over the country and as far as the Caribbean and South America.
TOP 3
The University of Washington Medical Center is one of the nation's leading academic medical centers with specialization of Cardiology, High-risk pregnancy, Neonatal Intensive Care, Oncology, Orthopedic and Organ Transplantations. UWMC's Physicians are also their faculty staff, mentoring students to be highly skilled in the field of medicine and research. UWMC's physicians have, among others, invented the Scribner Shunt, which made long term kidney dialysis possible. They have also designed the Bruce Protocol which is a multi-staged treadmill that continues to be the gold standard for evaluating heart problems.
TOP 4
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital offers six major rehabilitation programs. These are: Amputee and Vascular Disease Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Child and Adolescent Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation and Stroke and Neurology Rehabilitation. It was founded in 1971 and it is one of the country's largest rehabilitation facilities.
Top 5
TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston Texas has been designated as a Traumatic Brain Injury Model System aiming to better help TBI patients get better and quality care through series of in-depth research and studies. Their Sports Medicine Institute offers high quality, state-of-the-art treatments and facilities to better assist and treat athletes with complex sports injuries.
It is always in our hands to decide what treatment facilities we feel is best suited for our or our loved one's needs. It is good to know that there are a lot of choices not only in terms of services and locations but also in terms of costs which is also an important consideration.
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