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The Mayo Clinic in Phoenix was rated as one of the best adult hospitals in the country and two other area facilities received national recognition in U.S. News and World Reports’ annual rankings, which were released Tuesday. The website ranked the nation’s top 50 hospitals in 16 specialties. Those results were used to create an overall honor roll of the nation’s 20 best hospitals for 2018-19. The Mayo Clinic was ranked No. 1 overall in Arizona and cracked the national honor roll, tied for 11th. It was No. 20 in last year’s rankings. The facility earned national recognition in 11 specialties and was among the top 10 three times, in gastroenterology and GI surgery (No. 5), pulmonology (No. 5) and geriatrics (No. 6).

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Context: Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona is again ranked No. 1 in Arizona and the Phoenix metro area, and No. 11 nationally by U.S. News & World Report. This marks the second time Mayo Clinic has been recognized with two hospitals on U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Honor Roll," which includes the top 20 hospitals in the nation. Mayo Clinic’s campus in Rochester, Minnesota, ranked No. 1 nationally. The results were announced today on the U.S. News & World Report web site. “We’re not a large hospital, so to be recognized among the best hospitals nationally speaks to the continued focus on quality, safety and service by our skilled and compassionate staff who place patients' needs first every day,” says Wyatt Decker, M.D.,vice president, Mayo Clinic, and CEO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona. "We are proud to be the leader of academic medicine in the Southwest and will continue to be a beacon of excellence in medical research, education and patient care for Arizona and beyond.” You can read more about the honor on Mayo Clinic News Network.

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