HOUSTON – (June 3, 2010)
– Texas Children’s Hospital has been named as a leader among
national pediatric hospitals in U.S.News & World Report’s 2010
edition of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. One of only eight
hospitals in the nation to achieve the Honor Roll designation, Texas
Children’s is the only hospital in Texas – and the entire southern
region of the U.S. – awarded this distinction. For more information,
see www.texaschildrens.org.
The comprehensive survey ranks children’s hospitals across 10 major
subspecialties. For the second consecutive year, Texas Children’s
was ranked in the top ten for nine out of 10 categories, and also
earned Honor Roll status by being named as a best hospital in all of
the 10 subspecialties surveyed.
Texas Children’s earned Honor Roll distinction by being ranked among
America’s best in:
As part of the new ranking system that U.S. News began in 2009,
pediatric hospitals are ranked across 10 major subspecialties, as
opposed to being ranked overall. The Honor Roll designation is
reserved for those hospitals that ranked in all 10 subspecialties
surveyed.
“We are excited that U.S. News has again acknowledged Texas
Children’s as one of the nation’s premier pediatric hospitals,” said
President and CEO Mark A. Wallace. “Texas Children’s ongoing
commitment to providing the highest quality patient care, education
and research has positioned us as one of the foremost institutions
for treating childhood diseases and disorders.”
The rankings are a result of a methodology that weighed a
combination of reputation, outcome and care-related measures such as
nursing care, advanced technology and credentialing, among other
factors. The hospitals were judged based on a combination of
opinions from pediatric specialists about the hospitals they would
recommend for the sickest children and data gathered in an extensive
survey of the hospitals themselves.
“To consistently be distinguished as one of the best pediatric
hospitals in the nation is a tremendous honor,” said Dr. Mark Kline,
physician-in-chief of Texas Children’s Hospital and chair of the
Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. “This
recognition is truly a testament to the extraordinary work of
dedicated physicians, researchers, clinicians and employees driven
to achieve excellence year after year.”
The 2010 edition of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals is available
online at
www.usnews.com/childrenshospitals and will be featured in the
August issue of U.S.News & World Report available to
subscribers on July 15 and on newsstands July 27.About Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital is committed to a community of healthy
children by providing the finest pediatric patient care, education
and research. Renowned worldwide for its expertise and breakthrough
developments in clinical care and research, Texas Children's is
nationally ranked in all 10 subspecialties in U.S.News & World
Report's list of America's Best Children's Hospitals. Texas
Children's also operates the nation's largest primary pediatric care
network, with more than 40 offices throughout the greater Houston
community. Texas Children's has embarked on a $1.5 billion
expansion, Vision 2010, which includes the Jan and Dan Duncan
Neurological Research Institute, a comprehensive obstetrics facility
focusing on high-risk births and a community hospital in suburban
West Houston. For more information on Texas Children's Hospital, go
to www.texaschildrens.org.
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