Top Ranked for Quality & Patient Safety
NYU Langone Health has the highest quality of care and patient safety rankings of any healthcare organization in the country. Evaluated across all key measures and ratings of healthcare performance, we are the top academic health system in the nation.
Recognized for Outstanding Quality and Safety
NYU Langone is recognized by Vizient聽Inc. as the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the United States. Vizient, the nation鈥檚 largest healthcare performance improvement organization, examined 118 comprehensive academic medical centers.
Our top rankings for quality and safety reflect our commitment to continual improvement. For the fourth year in a row, NYU Langone has received top rankings for overall patient safety and quality of care from Vizient. In 2025, NYU Langone was recognized as the top performer in the Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Annual Ranking for demonstrating high quality and safety performance.
Each year, we are recognized for providing outstanding care from other independent healthcare performance improvement organizations. The Leapfrog Group has routinely named NYU Langone among the top hospitals nationwide for quality and safety, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has honored us with a five-star rating for safety, quality, and patient experience.
In addition, for the 10th consecutive time, NYU Langone鈥檚 Tisch Hospital, Kimmel Pavilion, NYU Langone Hospital鈥擝rooklyn, and NYU Langone Hospital鈥擫ong Island were each awarded an 鈥淎鈥� in the spring 2025 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. Only 4 percent of graded hospitals nationwide have earned 10 consecutive 鈥淎鈥� ratings, underscoring our commitment to keeping patients safe and providing the best outcomes.
Why Quality Matters
Our patients can find confidence and take comfort in these independent assessments of our performance. As rigorous authorities, these organizations offer solid reassurance that NYU Langone is worthy of the trust our patients place in us.
The National Academy of Medicine defines healthcare quality as having several key components: effectiveness, efficiency, equity, patient-centeredness, safety, and timeliness. At NYU Langone, we continuously monitor more than 800 metrics, ranging from infection rates to patient experience scores, to ensure quality and safety at every level of patient care. Available to every clinician in the health system, our data dashboards provide real-time information that offers insight into the progress of our performance and helps identify opportunities for enhancement.
But quality means more than just metrics. We understand that every datapoint we track represents a real outcome for those who entrust us with their care. Our top rankings for quality and safety reflect this shared commitment to continual improvement based on evidence-based medicine and institutional integrity.
Top-Ranked Specialties
NYU Langone had the most No. 1鈥搑anked specialties in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 鈥淏est Hospitals鈥� 2025鈥�26. To be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the most ill, most medically complex patients. NYU Langone is consistently recognized for our specialty care, with 13 top-ranked specialties in the nation:
- neurology and neurosurgery: No. 1
- pulmonology and lung surgery: No. 1
- cardiology, heart, and vascular surgery: No. 1
- geriatrics: No. 1
- urology: No. 2
- orthopedics: No. 2
- diabetes and endocrinology: No. 4
- gastroenterology and GI surgery: No. 4
- rehabilitation: No. 5
- rheumatology: No. 9
- obstetrics and gynecology: No. 12
- cancer: No. 16
- ear, nose, and throat: No. 20
Our CMS rating and U.S. News & World Report rankings reflect the aggregate performance of all our hospitals鈥攄ifferent from the way many other health systems operate. Some report only on their main hospital but not the other hospitals in their system.
Awards and Recognition
By making regulatory compliance a top priority, The Joint Commission鈥攖he country鈥檚 leading accreditor of healthcare organizations鈥攁warded NYU Langone full accreditation and its Gold Seal of Approval庐 in recognition of our commitment to safety and quality five consecutive times, most recently in 2021.
We鈥檙e also recognized by The Joint Commission and the New York State Department of Health as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, meaning our team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, and specially trained nurses based at NYU Langone鈥檚 Tisch Hospital, NYU Langone Hospital鈥擝rooklyn, and NYU Langone Hospital鈥擫ong Island are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide the most advanced stroke care.
The Comprehensive Stroke Center also earned the American Heart Association鈥檚 Get with the Guidelines鈥擲troke Gold Plus and Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus award, which recognizes our consistent compliance with quality measures for treating stroke.
The Joint Commission has also recognized us for excellence in perinatal, palliative, and ventricular assist device care.
Excellence in Nursing
Across NYU Langone, our nurses drive exceptional patient care outcomes through their combination of clinical expertise, dedication, and compassion. Our nurses are recognized for excellence in the care they provide, receiving Magnet庐 status for the fourth consecutive time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Magnet庐 status is an honor achieved by only 9.4 percent of hospitals in the United States鈥攁nd we are proud that all NYU Langone inpatient locations are Magnet庐 designated.
The prestigious recognition is one of the highest honors a healthcare institution can achieve, and speaks to exceptional teamwork and coordination not only among nurses, but among all faculty and staff. To earn Magnet庐 designation, organizations must pass a rigorous and lengthy process that demands widespread participation from leadership and staff.
Through our various educational programs, specialty certifications, awards, and advocacy efforts, our nurses prove their dedication to the health and wellbeing of our patients.