BATON ROUGE, La. – Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge has been recognized on Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2026 list . This ranking highlights leading medical facilities around the world, providing readers with trusted, country-specific evaluations to help them find the best care tailored to their needs and location.
Inclusion on this list underscores a deep, ongoing commitment to clinical excellence, patient safety and exceptional healthcare delivery, as well as hospital quality metrics and patient experience data.
“Having our Baton Rouge hospital included in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026 list reflects the commitment of every team member at the facility,” said Chuck Daigle, CEO, Ochsner Baton Rouge. “We’re especially proud of our quality outcomes and patient experience data, which are crucial measures of our performance. Our pledge is to continue raising the standard of care we provide."
The annual evaluation by Newsweek and global data platform Statista assessed more than 2,500 hospitals across 32 countries for 2026. Each hospital was rigorously reviewed and given a score based on four primary data sources. The criteria included recommendations from tens of thousands of medical experts, including doctors, hospital managers and other healthcare professionals. The scoring also factored in hospital quality metrics, existing patient experience data and Statista’s Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Implementation Survey.
These standardized, validated questionnaires were completed by patients to measure well-being and overall quality of life.
To learn more about the methodology behind Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2026, visit https://rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-hospitals-2026.
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About Ochsner Baton Rouge
With 650 physicians and advanced practice providers across the area, Ochsner Baton Rouge includes Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge , a full-service, award-winning 150-bed hospital, and Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove , which offers a short-stay and outpatient surgery center, primary care and specialty services like cardiology, neurology, women’s services and the Shaquille O’Neal Pediatric Super Clinic . Ochsner delivers care closer to home with more than 40 health clinics, urgent care and health-and-wellness centers in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes, including Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center – Baton Rouge and Ochsner Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute at Elite Training Complex – Burbank . Ochsner Baton Rouge has been recognized for excellence and quality of care by Becker’s Hospital Review, Healthgrades, Truven Health Analytics and Leapfrog. Ochsner Baton Rouge is a part of Ochsner Health . To learn more about Ochsner Baton Rouge, please visit our website and follow us on Facebook .
About Ochsner Health
Ochsner Health is the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in Louisiana, Mississippi and across the Gulf South, delivering expert care at its 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers. Ochsner is nationally recognized for inspiring healthier lives and stronger communities through expertise, quality and digital connectivity. In 2025, more than 40,000 dedicated team members and 5,000 employed and affiliated physicians at Ochsner cared for more than 1.6 million people from every state in the nation and 65 countries. To learn more about how Ochsner empowers people to get well and stay well, visit www.ochsner.org .