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ROGERS, Ark. – In a win for consumers who expect the highest quality of health care close to home, Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas has earned international recognition for excellence. Newsweek magazine named the Rogers hospital one of the World’s Best Hospitals, recognizing it for its ongoing commitment to high-quality care, patient experience and clinical excellence among top-tier hospitals worldwide.
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas is a two-year champion for its consecutive placement in the global rankings and is the only hospital in the state to make the list this year.
"To be named among the top hospitals around the world is a testament to the extraordinary work happening here,” said Rhett Stover, president of Mercy Northwest Arkansas Communities. “This honor belongs to our caregivers and recognizes their commitment to our ongoing pursuit of world-class care, clinical innovation, patient safety and superior health outcomes. I’m grateful for their talent, care and commitment, which inspires us forward.”
Newsweek partners with Statista to analyze four types of data sources to select and rank the best hospitals in 32 countries with comparable data. The methodology included recommendations from medical experts; patient satisfaction surveys; hospital quality metrics on quality of care, hygiene, patient safety and waiting times; and an optional Statista patient-reported outcome measures survey.
The World’s Best Hospitals 2026 ranking includes hospitals from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. The countries were selected based on multiple comparability factors, such as standard of living/life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals and data availability.
Newsweek also named three other Mercy hospitals among the World’s Best Hospitals, including Oklahoma City, St. Louis and Springfield.
The awards list can be viewed at World's Best Hospitals 2026 - Newsweek Rankings. In addition to this Newsweek ranking, the award-winning Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas was also recognized as Newsweek’s top-rated maternity hospital in Arkansas in 2025 and received its 13th straight A grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog.
