<p>FYI</p>
<p>The Honor Roll</p>
<p>When U.S. News identifies the top hospitals in 17 specialties every year, a handful (only 14 this year) are singled out as Honor Roll centershospitals that excelled not in one or two specialties but in six or more. Rank in the Honor Roll is based on total points: Hospitals got 2 points for ranking at or near the top in a specialty and 1 point for the next rung down (details below)</p>
<p>1.Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore</p>
<p>--- 32 points in 16 specialties </p>
<p>2.UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles</p>
<p>--- 23 points in 14 specialties </p>
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<li>Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.</li>
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<p>--- 18 points in 10 specialties </p>
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<li>University of California, San Francisco Medical Center</li>
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<p>--- 18 points in 10 specialties </p>
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<li>University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle</li>
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<p>--- 17 points in 10 specialties </p>
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<li>University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor</li>
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<p>--- 13 points in 9 specialties </p>
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<li>Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia</li>
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<p>--- 11 points in 6 specialties </p>
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<li>Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.</li>
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<p>--- 10 points in 7 specialties</p>