A D.C. hospital has once again scored well in U.S. 海角社区app & World Report鈥檚 annual ranking of the nation鈥檚 best children鈥檚 hospitals.
And the one ranked second-best overall is just a few hours away.
Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia ranked second in the annual U.S. 海角社区app Honor Roll, with not far behind at seventh overall.
Dr. Kurt Newman, the president and CEO of Children’s National, noted that it marks the fifth year in a row that Children’s National has been ranked among the top 10 nationwide.
鈥淚t is always spectacular to be named one of the nation鈥檚 best children鈥檚 hospitals, but this year more than ever,” he said in a statement to 海角社区app.
“Every member of our organization helped us achieve this level of excellence, and they did it while sacrificing so much in order to help our country respond to, and recover from, the COVID-19 pandemic.鈥�
Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital topped the U.S. 海角社区app Honor Roll for the eighth consecutive year.
U.S. 海角社区app and RTI International 鈥� a research and consulting firm 鈥� analyzed more than 100 children鈥檚 hospitals nationwide for its annual rankings.
For the first time this year, they were ranked by state and by region, too. Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia topped the regional rankings of 18 Mid-Atlantic hospitals, and Children鈥檚 National was second.
鈥淸Parents] need a great hospital, but they also need one that’s convenient and close to where they live in many cases,鈥� said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. 海角社区app.
鈥淧arents need to bring their child back for follow-up care repeatedly throughout the course of their childhood, so being able to establish care and an excellent children’s hospital that’s also conveniently located to where they live is really important.鈥�
, in Baltimore, was tops in Maryland; and the , in Charlottesville, topped the commonwealth’s rankings. They were ranked fourth and seventh, respectively, in the Mid-Atlantic region.
鈥淭here are a large number of excellent children’s hospitals in the Mid-Atlantic,鈥� Harder said, 鈥渁nd most urban centers have at least one strong children’s hospital throughout the region.鈥�
Children’s hospitals were ranked across 10 specialties: cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery; neonatology; nephrology; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; pulmonology and lung surgery; and urology.
鈥淥ur rankings are intended to provide what we call 鈥榙ecision support鈥� for parents, to help them make a decision about where to get care for a sick child,鈥� Harder said. 鈥淭hat’s why we rank hospitals not only regionally but also in 10 different pediatric specialties.鈥�
Children鈥檚 National topped the overall rankings in one specialty 鈥� neonatology 鈥� and was among the top six in four other specialties: cancer; nephrology; neurology and neurosurgery, and orthopedics.
By comparison, Boston Children鈥檚 topped the rankings in four specialties, and Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia topped the rankings in three.
A third of each hospital鈥檚 score was tied to 鈥渙utcomes such as survival, infections and surgical complications,鈥� U.S. 海角社区app said. Outcomes were weighed more heavily (38.3%) in the cardiology and heart surgery category. A hospital’s reputation, based on an annual survey of pediatric experts, made up another 15% (8.5% in the cardiology and heart surgery category). The rest of the score factored in commitment to patient safety, excellence and family centeredness.
You can see the latest children鈥檚 hospital rankings in detail .
