How good are best hospital rankings? Here’s a recent 2017 caveat to using the US News’ Best Hospitals list. Authors looked at 5 specialties: cancer, cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology and orthopedics. They concluded that a hospital’s U.S. News score and relative ranking in the Best Hospital Rankings may be disproportionately influenced by its reputation. Article by Cua, Moffatt-Bruce and White, published in the American Journal of Medical Quality Feb. 1, 2017; link to abstract