Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the highest-rated Baton Rouge hospital in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2012-2013 Best Hospital rankings, and tied at No. 4 in the state with four others. Just eight Louisiana hospitals of the approximately 240 in the state are listed in the report. OLOL is the only one from Baton Rouge included among 28 in the area, the report says. Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans is ranked No. 1 in the state and the New Orleans metro area, and is the only Louisiana hospital to receive a national ranking. Only 148 facilities—or just 3% of the 4,793 analyzed for the latest Best Hospitals rankings—are ranked in even one of the 16 specialties the list covers. Ochsner has 11 nationally ranked specialties included on the list, the highest of which is a No. 10 ranking in the diabetes and endocrinology and the gastroenterology categories. OLOL tied for No. 4 in Louisiana with Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner; Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria; St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe; and Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans. See the rankings for the best hospitals in Louisiana here, and the complete national rankings here.
OLOL ranked 4th best hospital in the state
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