Tampa General Hospital Named Top Hospital in Tampa Bay, Recognized by Newsweek as One of the World’s Best Hospitals for 8th Consecutive Year

The region’s only university-affiliated academic health system is ranked among the world’s top hospitals and recognized by Newsweek and Statista as a 2026 leader in Infection Prevention.

Tampa, FL (Feb. 25, 2026) – Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has again been named the top hospital in Tampa Bay and a top-three hospital in Florida among Newsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals 2026.” The 2026 recognition marks eight consecutive years Tampa General has been included in the global rankings and designates the academic health system as an “8-Year Champion & All-Time Winner.”

“Earning a place among Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals for the eighth consecutive year reflects the bold, forward-looking work our teams are doing every day to raise the bar for health care,” said John Couris, president and CEO of Florida Health Sciences Center | Tampa General Hospital. “We’re investing in innovation, advancing academic medicine and scaling new models of care that deliver better outcomes and a more seamless patient experience.”

Additionally, Tampa General earned recognition by Newsweek and Statista as a leader in Infection Prevention. This achievement builds upon the academic health system’s ongoing work to leverage advanced analytics and artificial intelligence-powered tools to identify patients who are at high risk for developing severe infections. In one example, Tampa General partnered with Palantir and physician-scientists to develop Sepsis Hub, an advanced sepsis monitoring tool within the health system’s Care Coordination Center that uses real-time data from the electronic health record to provide early insight into potential sepsis cases and enable clinicians to intervene earlier. The Sepsis Hub has saved 569 lives as of July 2025 and has contributed to a 30% reduction in sepsis patients' length of stay.

This year, Newsweek’s “World's Best Hospitals” list recognizes 2,530 medical institutions across 32 countries. Hospitals were evaluated based on a rigorous methodology of four data sources, including:

• Hospital quality metrics
• Recommendations from medical experts (doctors, hospitals managers and health care professionals)
• Results from patient surveys
• Statista Patient Reported Outcome Measures Implementation Survey

More information about Tampa General’s ranking and Newsweek’s methodology in selecting the 2026 World’s Best Hospitals is available here.