Pittsburgh Has Nation's 9th Best Children's Hospital, New Report Says

PITTSBURGH, PA - Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in Lawrenceville made U.S. News and World Report's annual best children’s hospitals rankings, finishing ninth in the country. The hospital was ranked in nine of 10 specialties rated by U.S. News and World Report.

Here’s where the hospital ranked in the specialty areas:

• Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Surgery: 5

• Diabetes and Endocrinology: 5

• Pulmonology: 5

• Neonatology: 8

• Neurology and Neurosurgery: 11

• Cardiology and Heart Surgery: 14

• Urology: 14

• Nephrology: 15

• Cancer: 29

• Orthopedics: Unranked.
  

• Click here to see the top hospitals across every speciality.

The hospitals that made U.S. News’ honor roll are:

1. Boston Children’s Hospital

2. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

4. Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston

5. John Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore

6. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

7. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

7. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

9. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

10. Children’s National Medical Center, Washington D.C.

U.S. News’ methodology includes measures such as clinical outcomes, patient volume, infection control and more. For all 10 categories, except cardiology and heart surgery, a third of the hospital’s score was tied to outcomes such as survival, infections and surgical complications. For cardiology and heart surgery, outcomes account for 38.3 percent of the score. More than 50 percent of the score was based on metrics for each hospital’s commitment to patient safety and the remainder of the score rested on a survey of pediatricians in the various specialties.

For the 2017-18 rankings, 113 hospitals turned over enough data to U.S. News to be evaluated in at least one specialty and 82 of those hospitals were ranked in one or more. Only the 50 top scoring hospitals across each specialty are ranked numerically.

By Feroze Dhanoa, Patch National Staff.

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