Four Central Massachusetts hospitals have been included in an annual rating of the best places to receive specialty care services.
UMass Memorial Medical Center and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham and Natick, and Milford Regional Medical Center each had specialties ranked as high performing by the U.S. News & World Report, a publication whose guides for hospitals, colleges and others can be highly sought.
UMass Memorial Medical Center was included for colon cancer, colon cancer surgery, heart failure, aortic valve surgery and heart bypass surgery. Its ratings include the Memorial, University and Hahnemann campuses. Saint Vincent was rated high performing in four areas: heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
MetroWest Medical Center and Milford Regional were both included by the U.S. News & World Report in two specialty areas: heart failure and COPD.
