The Best Hospitals in the U.S.

The United States has a reputation for providing stellar health care services to patients in state-of-the-art facilities that are unmatched. For the past 21 years, the U.S News and World Report has provided a list of the highest nationally-ranked hospitals, and this year's honor roll highlights America's top facilities based on ratings of patient safety, the facility's reputation, death rate and care-related factors such as patient services. Here, the top three hospitals of the 2010 to 2011 U.S. News and World Report will be examined.

Johns Hopkins Hospital

• The Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore, Maryland, earned the top spot in the 2010 to 2011 U.S. News and World Report of the best hospitals in the United States. Johns Hopkins boasts more than a century of providing top-quality health care while leading the world in the training of physicians, developing diagnostic procedures and perfecting the treatment of disease. Johns Hopkins Hospital continues to introduce innovative therapy methods as well as advance modern medicine, particularly in fields such as pediatrics and child psychiatry, urology, endocrinology, neurosurgery and cardiac surgery.

Mayo Clinic of Rochester

• The internationally-renowned Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minnesota, is part of an integrated medical center, which also includes Rochester Methodist Hospital and Saint Marys Hospital, that has been providing first-rate diagnostic and treatment services to medical and surgical patients of every kind. The Mayo Clinic of Rochester also supports several medical research and education programs, which promotes a higher standard of care, learning and discovery for both patient and doctor.

Massachusetts General Hospital of Boston

• Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) of Boston was ranked third in the 2010 to 2011 U.S News and World Report. This facility has consistently ranked among the top five American hospitals in the annual report. The original teaching affiliate of Harvard's Medical School, MGH is older and larger than any other hospital in New England. Since its founding in 1811, the hospital has proven its commitment to advancing patient care, medical research and the education of future doctors.