Newsweek Ranks Cleveland Clinic Among World’s Best Smart Hospitals and One of World’s Top Hospitals for Specialized Care

Cleveland Clinic has been recognized as one of the World’s Best Smart Hospitals and World’s Best Specialized Hospitals by Newsweek.

On Newsweek’s World’s Best Specialized Hospitals list, Cleveland Clinic’s patient care was recognized as among the best in the world, ranking as the No. 1 hospital in the world for cardiology and urology. Cleveland Clinic ranked in all 12 Newsweek specialties, with 10 ranking among the Top 5 in the world – cardiology (1), urology (1), cardiac surgery (2), gastroenterology (2), obstetrics and gynecology (2), pulmonology (2), endocrinology (3), orthopedics (3), neurology (5) and neurosurgery (5).

In its World’s Best Smart Hospitals rankings, Cleveland Clinic is ranked No. 2 in the world. According to Newsweek, the list recognizes hospitals that “utilize advanced technology including AI and automation to improve patient care and streamline workflow.”

“It's no surprise that the world’s smartest hospitals also deliver the world’s best care. Innovation and technology always have been key components in moving healthcare forward,” said Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic and the holder of the Morton L. Mandel CEO Chair. “From quantum computing to artificial intelligence, healthcare is in the midst of a powerful revolution. New technologies are enhancing patient care, accelerating the pace of medical research, and streamlining operations – all while expanding our reach to serve more people, more safely.”

For more than a century, Cleveland Clinic has been at the forefront of healthcare innovation.

In 2023, Cleveland Clinic installed the first quantum computer in the world to be uniquely dedicated to healthcare research – the IBM Quantum System One. Quantum computing is impacting research, patient care and education by:

• Establishing Ohio’s first specialized degree programs in quantum computing with Miami University to educate the next generation of clinicians and researchers.
• Designing innovative educational curriculum from high school to professional levels, including training and certification programs in data science, machine learning and quantum computing
• Launching the Discovery Accelerator, a joint center with IBM aimed at advancing the pace of discovery through high-performance computing
• Using computational tools to generate, store and quickly analyze massive amounts of data to support a wide-range of disease-focused research across more than four dozen projects, spanning drug discovery, predictive modeling and imaging
• Regularly publishing papers in science and medical journals stemming from quantum computer-aided research

Cleveland Clinic employs AI in a multitude of approaches, including:

• Equipping clinicians with ambient listening tools to produce detailed notes, while allowing physicians to fully engage with their patients as opposed to looking at a computer screen
• Improving the accuracy and efficiency of medical coding.
• Assisting in the timely detection of sepsis across all Cleveland Clinic hospitals in the United States
• Accelerating the process of matching patients to clinical trials that may benefit their medical condition
• And enhancing clinical care for patients across multiple specialties, including neurology, brain surgery, pathology, women's health and cardiology

As a member of multiple AI-focused coalitions, Cleveland Clinic is committed to providing guidance for the responsible use of AI in healthcare, participating in multiple multi-industry consortiums dedicated to the safe use of technology. And in July, Cleveland Clinic hosted its inaugural AI Summit for Healthcare Professionals, educating clinicians about how they can implement AI advances now and how AI will impact medicine in the future.