Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Do rankings make any sense?

A "Staff and Wire Reports" article carried in the Northwest Herald this morning reported rankings by U.S. News & World Report magazine of "best hospitals". Ho-hum...

Why does this get the snooze award of 2011?

Forty-six Chicago-area hospitals were listed and the top three (in Chicago) were
1. Northwestern
2. University of Chicago
3. Rush University Medical Center

Then, Edward Hospital (Naperville) and St. Joseph (Joliet) were tied with several others at No. 15.

Huh? Two plus several others were tied at No. 15??? Wouldn't that be Numbers 15-16-17-18-19?

And then Centegra Hospital-Woodstock comes along. It was ranked with Vista Medical Center East (Waukegan) "among several" at No. 34. So, would that be Centegra-Woodstock, Vista and "several" (maybe 3-4 more)?

Where is Centegra-Woodstock in the pecking order - really? No. 41? 42?

At that ranking, who cares?

Maybe there should be a ranking of blogs in the Midwest. I can see the headline now ...

The Woodstock Advocate, along with others, is ranked No. 1 for "Most-Read Blogs in the Midwest."

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