NYU Langone Health’s Manhattan campus has been ranked the nation’s top comprehensive academic medical center by Vizient, the healthcare improvement company announced Wednesday. The achievement marks the first time any health system has held the No. 1 spot in this category for five consecutive years, outperforming more than 120 institutions nationwide.
Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Study reviews more than 1,000 hospitals and healthcare organizations across the country annually. The study scores institutions on six measures: safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient centeredness and equity. Vizient then applies statistical analysis to rank overall performance.
“When patients look for the best place to receive their care, nothing matters more than quality and safety. Vizient understands that,” said Dr. Alec C. Kimmelman, dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Langone Health, in a news release shared with The Post. “That’s why NYU Langone is exceedingly proud of our teams, whose shared commitment to the highest standards led to this incredible, repeated recognition.”
NYU Langone also performed strongly in other Vizient categories. Its network of more than 400 ambulatory practices received the highest rating among physician practice networks nationwide, competing against 70 participating organizations. These outpatient sites offer primary, specialty and surgical care along with routine imaging and lab work, without requiring an overnight hospital stay.
Several of NYU Langone’s inpatient facilities in Brooklyn and on Long Island also received top marks in their respective categories.
Last year’s Vizient rankings included high marks for other regional systems as well, including Northwell Health, Hackensack University Medical Center, and several hospitals within the NewYork-Presbyterian system, including Weill Cornell Medical Center, alongside NYU Langone.
The Vizient recognition comes less than two months after NYU Langone Hospitals were named to US News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2026-2027, a list of 20 medical centers the publication says stand out for complex specialty care, benchmark procedures, patient outcomes, nursing staff quality and overall patient experience.
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