For the sixth consecutive year, AdventHealth Daytona Beach earned the No. 1 spot in the Deltona-Daytona Beach metro area in the U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027 Best Hospital rankings. AdventHealth Fish Memorial and AdventHealth Palm Coast ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the Deltona-Daytona Beach metro area, respectively for the second year in a row.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For patients and families comparing care options, the U.S. News & World Report’s latest Best Hospitals rankings offer one more way to compare hospitals on quality and experience.
For the sixth consecutive year, AdventHealth Daytona Beach earned the No. 1 spot in the Deltona-Daytona Beach metro area.
AdventHealth Fish Memorial and AdventHealth Palm Coast ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the Deltona-Daytona Beach metro area respectively for the second year in a row.
AdventHealth Orlando also remained No. 1 in Central Florida for the 16th straight year, and AdventHealth Waterman ranked No. 3 in the Orlando metro area for the second year in a row.
U.S. News evaluates nearly 4,500 hospitals using measures, such as outcomes, preventable complications and patient experience. The rankings are based on performance, not reputation alone.
Across the East Florida Division, AdventHealth’s eight hospitals received a total of 53 High Performing ratings, an increase from last year. Those recognitions include conditions and procedures in cardiac, orthopedic and cancer care.
“These rankings reflect the care our teams deliver and the standards they hold themselves to,” said Rob Deininger, president and CEO of the AdventHealth East Florida Division. “Rankings are a snapshot of the latest scoreboard, but the real story is the care behind them, built shift by shift, patient by patient. It is a reminder that strong care does not happen by accident. It comes from teams that keep pushing for better care for families.”
As a not-for-profit health system, AdventHealth reinvests resources into care, facilities and community programs.
The East Florida Division includes eight hospitals in Flagler, Lake, Marion and Volusia counties, as well as over 75 care locations and more than 11,000 team members and physicians.
U.S. News evaluated nearly 4,500 hospitals across 14 adult specialties and 23 procedures and conditions.
This year, only 16% of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospitals designation.
The specialty rankings methodology and procedures and conditions ratings methodology use objective measures tied to outcomes and experience, drawing on more than 800 million records of patient care.
For the sixth consecutive year, AdventHealth Daytona Beach earned the No. 1 spot in the Deltona-Daytona Beach metro area.
For the second year in a row, AdventHealth Fish Memorial ranked No. 2 in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital rankings.
AdventHealth Palm Coast ranked No. 3 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for the second year in a row.
AdventHealth Waterman ranked No. 3 in the Orlando metro area for the second year in a row in the 2026-2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital rankings.
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