Lists The best children’s hospitals in the US, as ranked by U.S. News U.S. News evaluated children’s hospitals for overall excellence in care and care in multiple pediatric specialties. June 23, 2021Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics lists To compile its latest list of the best children’s hospitals, U.S. News and World Report analyzed clinical outcomes, adherence to best practices for care and care-related resources such as staffing, technology and special services at nearly 200 hospitals across the country. U.S. News then ranked hospitals in 10 pediatric specialties, including pediatric cancer, pediatric cardiology and heart surgery and pediatric orthopedics. To create its overall best pediatric hospitals list, U.S. News looked at which hospitals ranked highly in multiple specialties. The lists, which U.S. News published last week, do not reflect hospitals’ COVID-19 responses or the challenges hospitals faced due to COVID-19. U.S. News has convened a COVID-19 panel of experts who have recommended changes to the hospital surveys the publication uses to collect data. U.S. News noted that its future data gathering and analysis will take into account the impact of the pandemic on patients and hospital operations. U.S. News’ best overall pediatric hospitals list is below, along with its top 10 pediatric hospitals for three specialties. U.S. News’ 2021-2022 best pediatric hospitals Boston Children’s Hospital Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, California U.S. News’ 2021-2022 top 10 pediatric hospitals for cancer Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio Children’s Hospital Colorado St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital U.S. News’ 2021-2022 top 10 pediatric hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Boston Children’s Hospital Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Children’s Medical Center Dallas U.S. News’ 2021-2022 top 10 pediatric hospitals for orthopedics Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Boston Children’s Hospital Children’s Medical Center Dallas-Scottish Rite for Children Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University/Shriners Hospital Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta More details See the full rankings here, and learn more about U.S. News’ ranking methodology here (PDF). Related reading: The 100 best hospitals in the US in 2021, according to Healthgrades The best hospitals in each state for 2020, according to US News More in Profession Curiosity in medicine: An interview with JOM’s editor in chief The Journal of Osteopathic Medicine recently received a Journal Impact Factor (JIF), which has bolstered the journal’s credibility and prestige in the research world. JOM Editor-in-Chief Ross Zafonte, DO, shares his journey into research and the journal’s goals. Orthopedic surgeon forms physician support network, AOA accepting nominations for advocacy awards North Carolina orthopedic surgeon Ted Parcel, DO, recently founded the Physician Cancer Network after a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer. The AOA is currently accepting nominations for the 2024 advocacy awards. Previous articleTexas family physician lands prestigious CDC fellowship Next article8 things I learned in my first year as an attending
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