John Muir Health’s Medical Centers on Newsweek’s World’s Best List for 2025
The Concord and Walnut Creek Medical Centers have been ranked every year since Newsweek began publishing the rankings in 2019.
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March 12, 2025
(Walnut Creek, CA) – John Muir Health’s Concord and Walnut Creek Medical Centers have both been recognized on Newsweek’s list of the World’s Best Hospitals 2025. Rankings compare the best hospitals in 30 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. According to the data compiled, John Muir Health’s Concord Medical Center is ranked number 191, and the Walnut Creek Medical Center is ranked number 359 in the United States. This is the seventh straight year that both of John Muir Health’s medical centers have been ranked, every year the survey has been published.
A total of 2,445 hospitals were ranked for this seventh edition of the World’s Best Hospitals list. The United States has the most hospitals awarded, with 420. Rankings are based on comparing data from four primary categories: recommendations from medical experts, results from patient surveys, hospital quality metrics, and the Statista Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) survey.
“Earning recognition on the World’s Best Hospitals list is a testament to the amazing doctors, nurses, clinical and support staff, and volunteers at John Muir Health,” said Mike Thomas, John Muir Health’s president and CEO. “We are steadfastly committed to providing world-class health care close to home in our community.”
The countries compared for the 2025 list were selected based on multiple comparability factors, such as standard of living/life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals, and data availability. The number of hospitals awarded in each country varies based on the number of hospitals and data availability in the respective country.
More information about the World’s Best Hospitals 2025 list is available on the Newsweek website.
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About John Muir Health
John Muir Health is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health care organization east of San Francisco serving patients in Contra Costa, Alameda, and southern Solano Counties. It includes a network of more than 1,000 primary care and specialty physicians, 6,400 employees, medical centers in Concord and Walnut Creek, including Contra Costa County’s only trauma center, and a Behavioral Health Center. John Muir Health also has partnerships with UCSF Health, Tenet Healthcare/San Ramon Regional Medical Center, Stanford Children's Health, Carbon Health and Optum. The health system offers a full-range of medical services, including primary care, outpatient, and imaging services, and is widely recognized as a leader in many specialties – neurosciences, orthopedic, cancer, cardiovascular, trauma, emergency, pediatrics, and high-risk obstetrics care.
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