Children’s Medical Center Dallas has been named one of the top 30
pediatric hospitals in the country by U.S.News & World Report
in the magazine’s first stand-alone “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals”
issue, which hit newsstands in August.
Children’s was the only hospital in Dallas — and one of only two
pediatric hospitals in Texas — that placed in the top 30 of more
than 250 children’s hospitals in the U.S. This is the third time that
Children’s has been included in the 18-year history of the prestigious
list.
“This is a fitting recognition for the physicians and staff and the
care they provide for our patients and their families each day,” said
Christopher J. Durovich, president and chief executive officer of
Children’s. “It is a privilege for us to be included among the nation’s
best pediatric hospitals.”
To be eligible for the list, a medical facility had to be classified by
the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related
Institutions as a freestanding children’s hospital or as a children’s
“hospital within a hospital” — a large, multidisciplinary pediatric
service within a medical center. Of the 122 children’s hospitals that met
this standard, 113 responded to the U.S.News & World Report
survey asking for data and statistics on the hospitals’ work.
“Since launching our annual rankings of hospitals in 1990, the demand
for facilities dedicated to the unique needs of children has changed
dramatically,” said Avery Comarow, a senior writer with U.S.News &
World Report who has been editor of the “America’s Best Hospitals”
annual rankings since their inception. “Improving the usefulness and
relevance of the rankings in this important specialty has been a
longstanding goal of the magazine.”
The magazine’s previous pediatric hospital rankings were based on
reputation alone. This year’s expanded version is based on a new and
improved methodology, which weighed a three-part mix of reputation, death
rate and such care-related factors as volume, nursing care, advanced
technology and recognition by outside organizations.
Resources
A detailed description of the
methodology can be found online at the U.S.News & World
Report Web site.
