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25 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 25 CEO / STRATEGY 22 US hospitals among Newsweek's 100 best in the world for 2021 By Alia Paavola R ochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic was named the best hospital in the world in 2021 by Newsweek. For its annual list, the magazine partnered with consumer research company Statista to rank leading hospitals in 25 countries. e ranking, published March 3, is based on patient survey results, key medical performance indicators and recommendations from medical experts, including physicians and hospital managers. e top 10 hospitals in the world: 1. Mayo Clinic 2. Cleveland Clinic 3. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) 4. Toronto General Hospital (Toronto, Canada) 5. e Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore) 6. Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Berlin, Germany) 7. Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset (Solna, Sweden) 8. Singapore General Hospital (Bukit Merah, Singapore) 9. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (Lausanne, Switzerland) 10. Sheba Medical Center (Ramat Gan, Israel) In addition to the four U.S. hospitals named among the top 10, Newsweek also ranked the following U.S. hospitals and health systems among the 100 best in the world: • Stanford (Calif.) Health Care — No. 13 • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) — No. 17 • e Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City) — No. 19 • Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor) — No. 23 • Brigham And Women's Hospital (Boston) — No. 25 • NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — No. 33 • Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.) — No. 37 • Mayo Clinic-Phoenix — No. 41 • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — No. 50 • UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica (Calif.) — No. 55 • Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) — No. 58 • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian (Philadelphia) — No. 61 • UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) — No. 65 • Houston Methodist Hospital — No. 69 • Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) — No. 75 • Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville (Fla.) — No. 82 • NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City) — No. 86 • University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle) — No. 95 n CEO confidence hits 17-year high: 4 takeaways By Hannah Mitchell C EOs are the most confident they have been since 2004, according to The Conference Board's "Measure of CEO Confidence" in the first quarter of 2021. The survey was conducted Jan. 14-29, suggesting that the vaccine rollout and the reduction of COVID-19 infections sparked optimism for CEOs in 2021. Four things to know: 1. Seventy-three percent of CEOs feel confident in the first quarter of 2021, compared to 34 percent in the first quarter of 2020. Seventy percent feel confident in current economic conditions, compared to 3 percent in the first quarter of 2020. 2. Eighty-two percent of CEOs expect economic conditions to improve, up from 63 percent in the last survey conducted in September. 3. Thirty-six percent of CEOs plan pay increases for their employees of at least 3 percent in the next year, up from 22 percent in the previous survey. 4. Twelve percent expect to cut jobs, down from 34 percent previously. n