With 1,207 beds, UAB Hospital, the flagship hospital of the UAB Health System, is now the eighth-largest hospital in the nation, up three spots from 2020, according to Becker's Hospital Review.
The hospital's move into the top 10 in the nation highlights a year of achievements and recognitions for UAB Medicine.
U.S. News & World Report ranked eight adult specialties at UAB Hospital among the best in the nation, seven within the top 30 and one ranked 31st. The magazine also noted UAB Hospital as "high-performing" in 14 adult procedures/conditions in the 2021-2022 Best Hospital rankings.
The hospital provides care to the sickest patients in Alabama and the region, ranking 11th among academic medical centers on the Vizient Quality and Accountability Scorecard. UAB also maintains the state's only American College of Surgeons-designated Adult Level 1 Trauma Center. UAB Hospital-Highlands Emergency Department is the first accredited Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department in the Southeast.