Recognizing quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice, ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program® provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that they can expect to receive.

• When U.S. News & World Report publishes its annual showcase of "America's Best Hospitals," being an ANCC Magnet® organization contributes to the total score for quality of inpatient care. ANCC is one of only a few organizations providing outside data to the ranking methodology.
  http://health.usnews.com/health/best-hospitals
  
  In the 2009 listing, 15 of the top 21 (71%) medical centers featured in the prestigious Honor Roll are Magnet-recognized organizations. In the Children's Hospital Honor Roll, 9 of the top 10 (90%) hospitals are ANCC Magnet recognized. (July 20, 2009).

• Nearly 30% of the healthcare organizations identified in Health Grades "America's 50 Best Hospitals 2009" are Magnet-recognized. (February 24, 2009).
  www.healthgrades.com/hospital-ratings/Americas-50-best-hospitals

• Ten of the fourteen healthcare organizations (71%) listed in Fortune Magazine's "2009 100 Best Companies to Work For®" are Magnet-recognized organizations or have Magnet facilities in their system. (January 22, 2009).
  http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2009/index.html