Parents now have the possibility to look for the best options
when it comes to treating their children thanks to U.S. News and World Report’s
list of the nation’s “best children’s hospitals” for neonatal care.
Several factors were taken into consideration when making
the hospitals’ ranking such as readmission rate, daily inpatient volume, nurse
staffing, advanced services and patient and family services. For the first time,
the hospitals were also ranked in individual specialties such as cancer,
digestive disorders, heart and heart surgery, neonatal care, neurology and
neurosurgery and respiratory disorders.
The Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia and
Children’s Hospital Boston were the two top ranked hospitals for general
pediatrics maintaining the same two spots as in last year’s list. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia had a total score of 100 points
and its readmission rate was graded 3. Also, the hospital met specific
standards set by the American
Nurses Credentialing
Center, having a high
nurse staff for taking care of patients.
Rounding the Top 5 were Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center coming at No. 3, Johns Hopkins
Children’s Center (Baltimore) at No. 4 and
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital (Cleveland) at No. 5.
Children’s Memorial
Hospital also numbered
among the top 30 hospitals with highest rankings for cancer treatment (11th),
heart surgery (12th), and neonatal care (18th). Patrick Magoon, Children’s
Memorial’s president and chief executive expressed his pride “to have scored
particularly well on care-related measures assessed for each specialty,” the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Children’s Dallas
came in at No. 15 for cancer care, No. 26 for digestive disorders, No. 22 for
heart and heart surgery and No. 23 for neurology and neurosurgery.
The full list of the 30 best children hospitals appears on U.S.
News & World Report’s Web site and will be published in the magazine’s June
9 issue.
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