‘Best Children’s Hospitals’ for 2008

By Anna Boyd
10:46, June 2nd 2008
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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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