By Balogun Kamilu Lekan
Of all the sectors that are changing, health care is the one that is the most politically challenging, tightly regulated, scientifically significant, and commercially significant.
Unquestionably one of a nation’s most vital industries is the healthcare sector. Because of this, it is frequently given considerable funding to improve hospitals and research facilities.
The healthcare sector is facing numerous problems, which include advancements in medical research, health risks, strict healthcare regulations, high costs, and many others. A hospital needs to overcome the challenges mentioned above to rank among the best in the world.
Additionally, it must be able to give its clients top-notch medical care.
Below is a list of some world’s best hospitals
1. Mayo Clinic – United States of America
For more than a century, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has provided comprehensive medical care to patients. It currently serves over 1.3 million people annually, with facilities in Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota and over 19 clinics across five states.
But the nonprofit’s unrivalled teaching arm, which includes the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and 57 research institutes, distinguishes it, bringing critical innovation to the entire medical community (more than 7,200 peer-reviewed publications to date). Because of this, as well as excellent patient care, the Mayo Clinic ranks first.
2. Cleveland Clinic – United States of America
With nearly 8 million patient visits in 2017 at facilities in the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates, the Cleveland Clinic is one of the world’s largest medical providers.
Since 1995, the Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute’s heart and heart surgery program has been named the best in the country. It was also the first major medical centre to collaborate with patient-centred institutes to integrate clinical services around a specific disease or organ system.
It has also hosted the Patient Experience: Sensitivity & Innovation Summit for the past ten years, the world’s largest conference on integrating patient experience and digital medical technology.
3. Singapore General Hospital (SGH) – Singapore
Singapore’s oldest hospital, founded in 1821 as a British imperial soldier cantonment on the banks of the Singapore River, has grown into the island nation’s largest health facility, serving over 1 million patients yearly.
As a tertiary referral hospital with on-campus specialised clinics, the SGH provides patients with affordable treatment, conducts patient-driven clinical research, and educates students and medical professionals from undergraduate to postgraduate levels.
In 2010, the American Nurses Credentialing Center awarded it the Magnet certification for nursing excellence, making it the first hospital in Asia to receive this honour.
4. The Johns Hopkins Hospital – United States of America
The Baltimore-based institution was founded in the late 1800s by its namesake, a banker, philanthropist, and abolitionist. The hospital’s health system, which includes six academic and commercial hospitals, four health care and surgery centres, and over 40 patient care sites, sees up to 3 million patients annually.
The Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic was the first in the United States to perform male-to-female reassignment surgery and was a neurosurgery and child psychiatry pioneer.
5. Charité – Germany
More than half of Germany’s Nobel laureates in physiology or medicine work at this research hospital in Berlin, which is affiliated with Humboldt University and Freie Universität Berlin.
It has 13,700 employees, and they collaborate interdisciplinarily on more than 1,000 patient-focused research projects.
Charité, which celebrated its tricentennial in 2010, is at the forefront of biomedical innovation as a hospital with biotech startup labs, advisory roles, and commercial efforts focused on the intersection of technology and health.
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