3 children's hospitals also make magazine's annual list aimed at helping patients find good care.

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Seven Michigan hospitals and their specialties are ranked nationally in the U.S. News & World Report's new Best Hospitals report.

Topping the list is the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers with 11 nationally ranked specialties and Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak with nine. Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mercy Health St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Henry Ford Hospital and Harper University Hospital each had one nationally ranked specialty.

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Three children's hospitals in the state — U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Michigan and Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids — ranked nationally for several pediatric specialties.

The rankings are meant to help patients with life-threatening or rare conditions identify hospitals that excel in treating the most difficult cases, U.S. News and World Reports said. The Best Hospitals includes "consumer-friendly data and information on nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide." You can search hospitals at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals.

No Michigan hospitals made the nationwide top 15 honor roll. To get on that list, hospitals needed very high scores in at least six specialties. The best hospitals in the U.S. are Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

The seven hospitals in Michigan with their nationally ranked specialties are:

? U-M Hospitals and Health Centers: Cancer (28), cardiology and heart surgery (31), diabetes and endocrinology (36), ear, nose and throat (13), geriatrics (46), gynecology (42), nephrology (25), neurology and neurosurgery (35), ophthalmology (10), pulmonology (15) and urology (10)

? Beaumont Hospital: Cardiology and heart surgery (22), diabetes and endocrinology (17), gastroenterology and GI surgery (18), geriatrics (23), gynecology (40), nephrology (37), neurology and neurosurgery (25), orthopedics (16) and pulmonology (22)

? Spectrum Health: Pulmonology (27)

? Munson Medical Center: Diabetes and endocrinology (49)

? Mercy Health St. Mary's Hospital: Pulmonology (50)

? Henry Ford Hospital: Neurology and neurosurgery (46)

? Harper University Hospital: Neurology and neurosurgery (45)

According to the Best Hospitals report, 137 — or less than 3% — hospitals across the country were ranked nationally in at least one specialty.

The Michigan children's hospitals and their specialties that are cited nationally are:

? U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital: Cancer (39), cardiology and heart surgery (6), diabetes and endocrinology (38), gastroenterology and GI surgery (19), neonatology (22), nephrology (28), neurology and neurosurgery (33), orthopedics (25), pulmonology (25) and urology (38)

? Children's Hospital of Michigan: Cancer (32), cardiology and heart surgery (42), gastroenterology and GI surgery (34), nephrology (27), neurology and neurosurgery (24), orthopedics (30), pulmonology (36) and urology (42)

? Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital: Cancer (36), nephrology (49) and pulmonology (42)

The regionally ranked hospitals in Michigan are Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Sinai-Grace Hospital, Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Henry Ford Wynadotte Hospital, Marquette General Hospital, Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe, McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital, Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall, Providence Hospital, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital and Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center.

Regional rankings take into account hospital's national rankings as we

ll as how they handled five common care areas, including hip and knee replacement surgery, heart bypass surgery, heart failure and the chronic lung disease COPD, U.S. News and World report said.

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