Which American city has the best medical care?

[knoxgarden]

As I've said on other threads, it's not so much the big medical things, it's the maintenance.
Knees give out. Backs give out. I don't want to drive a long mountain road to get to the chiropractor when my sciatica is acting up. It hurts!
I've already given up the stick-shift Saab. The knee was killing me after long drives.
When you get older, your body needs more attention to maintain a good quality of life, whether it's through Yoga for Seniors or seeing more specialists or getting acupuncture. Having those handy is a big plus.

[texdav]

If you check you will find that regualr checkups and earlt testing catches alot of diseases that are treatable or cureable now days. Many times strokes from blockage ;pre canerous growths and even early stages of cancer can stop your ending up with permanent disabling damage or even deatyh. heart dissease caught early can be treated preventing a heart attck and the resulting danage to the heart muscle or death.Earlt detection means the difference between a quailkty of life that is good and beinbg disabled to a lareg extent many times. that is why regualr checkup and routine testing is so impoprtant. When you need treatment at a trama center it often means a much worse outcome.

[lbb1630]

Boston, has the highest concentration of Hospitals. Its widely seen as the medical research capital of the world. Primary care I'am not so sure on rankings although the shear number of hospitals probably makes it a good bet. But research is there, the universities and highly educated workforce (%40+ have college degrees, which is a huge % for a big city) all contribute. Cambridge, MA has more biomed companies percapita then any other city. Houston (where I live) and the medical center (where I work) is great, but what we did was even smarter we took a bunch of hospitals and essentially combined them. We have power in size. Now think Boston has hospitals (MGH, Brighams, etc) that match our abilities. Now if they were combined, they'd be even more noticed. There strength is in their diversity and with multiply leaders (ex. Mass Eye and Ear is great, but is really focused, Dana Farber is Cancer and is (as cancer researcher, the best) but they aren't all formally contected, which makes their visibility although substantial in the medical world less in the public eye.
I don't know a Doctor or researcher in the profession who hasn't been to Boston or Cambridge at sometime, be in training, lectures, conventions. In fact New England Journal of Medicine is one of the top journals, and all it really does is report findings at local hospitals.
Here is Texas we have made a good showing, and have been smart in our growth, but our centralized structure may eventually inhebit of growth.
In any case I assure you the weather is better here in Houston and and the care is Great.
Dr. Albertson