Four steps
Public record
The editors start from a provider's own website: its services, locations, accreditations and published policies.
Selection
The editors decide which providers fit each category. No one applies, and nothing is submitted to us.
Note
Each honoree gets one or two plain sentences on what it does and one concrete fact from its own site.
Publication
The register is published by category and cycle, with a dated note for each honoree.
Threshold and independence
Categories may have zero winners if no entrant meets the threshold. No winner pays a fee for inclusion.
Honorees are selected by our editors based on a published evaluation of publicly available information. We inspect no hospitals or clinics and review no patient records. A note is an editorial judgement, not a medical opinion, an accreditation or a legal certification.