US News & World Report recognizes AAMC as “Best Hospital” in region

Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (LHAAMC), Annapolis’ premier healthcare provider for nearly 125 years, has been named a 2024-2025 Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report. LHAAMC is ranked No. 8 in Maryland and No. 6 in the Baltimore Metro Area. The hospital was recognized as a high-performing hospital in eight specialty areas for common procedures, including cardiac care, cancer care and orthopedics.

U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals that earned the “Best” designation excelled in factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.

The annual rankings and ratings of Best Hospitals, now in its 35th century^e years, are designed to help patients and their physicians make informed decisions about where to receive quality care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.

“We are honored to have an extraordinary team of caregivers and staff recognized for this honor,” said Sherry Perkins, president of Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center. “This prestigious Best Hospital designation underscores their dedication to excellence and patient-centered care. This recognition, along with our ‘A’ safety ratings from Leapfrog and the hospital’s recent third Magnet designation for nursing, demonstrates our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of care for the communities we serve.”

To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and the Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

This year, among other methodological refinements, U.S. News has included new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage plans and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in the annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective measures of quality.