NYU Langone Tops Vizient Rankings for Fourth Straight Year
Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Study names NYU Langone the nation’s top comprehensive academic medical center as New York-area hospitals dominate national lists
NYU Langone Health has been named the nation’s top comprehensive academic medical center for the fourth consecutive year in Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Study, the health care improvement company announced this week in Las Vegas.
Vizient evaluated facilities across multiple categories, ranking hospitals on measures including safety, mortality, efficiency and patient centeredness, drawing on data from Vizient itself, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a national patient survey. The 2025 study marks the 20th anniversary of the Quality and Accountability Study.
NYU Langone’s Manhattan inpatient locations held the top spot among comprehensive academic medical centers for the fourth year in a row, and the health system’s Long Island and Brooklyn hospitals placed in the top 10 for the large specialized complex medical center category. Alec C. Kimmelman, MD, PhD, CEO of NYU Langone Health and dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, said the recognition reflects the work of clinical and support teams across the system.
New York-area hospitals made strong showings across multiple categories. NewYork-Presbyterian’s Brooklyn Methodist and Queens hospitals ranked among the leaders in the large, specialized complex care cohort. NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island placed third in that group. In the community hospital category, NewYork-Presbyterian’s Allen Hospital finished third and Northwell Health’s Syosset Hospital ranked 21st.
Pediatric care rankings also highlighted regional institutions. Hackensack University Medical Center was third among pediatric hospitals, while Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center was fifth. The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore finished 11th and NewYork-Presbyterian — Weill Cornell Medical Center placed 12th.
"This recognition is further affirmation of the top-quality health care patients can expect across all NYU Langone locations," Kimmelman said in a system news release. "It also reflects the work of our dedicated and talented teams every day on the frontlines and behind the scenes. Everyone at NYU Langone played a role in this incredible achievement."
Vizient CEO Byron Jobe said the rankings reflect how organizations with a focus on clinical quality and patient outcomes can transform care delivery and strengthen communities. The comprehensive academic medical centers cohort assessed more than 118 facilities, making it one of the most competitive groupings in the study.
The top 12 facilities in the comprehensive academic medical centers category were listed as NYU Langone Health, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center, Stanford Health Care, Rush University Medical Center, Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, UC San Diego Health, UCSF Medical Center, Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital and Keck Hospital of USC.
Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report’s annual hospital rankings also recognized several New York-area centers. Mount Sinai Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital–Columbia and Cornell, NYU Langone Hospitals and Hackensack University Medical Center were named to the publication’s honor roll of high-performing medical centers. NYU Langone was noted for holding the most No. 1 specialty rankings nationwide, including neurology and neurosurgery for the fourth consecutive year, cardiology and heart and vascular surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and geriatric care. Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian also posted multiple top-10 specialty placements.
The Vizient study aggregates clinical, operational and patient-reported measures to produce comparative scores used for the Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award and related rankings. Hospitals and health systems said the results are used internally to guide quality improvement efforts and publicly to signal performance to patients and referring clinicians.
Hospitals across the New York City region said the recognition underscores sustained investments in clinical programs, safety protocols and patient experience initiatives. Vizient and participating hospitals said the rankings are one of several tools that patients, health systems and policymakers use to assess hospital performance.