Hospital NAMed "Best of the Best" by U.S. News & World Report
Our hospital has been named to the National "Honor Roll" by U.S. News & World Report Magazine. Out of the 56 medical centers ranked, only 10 were ranked in all 10 specialties.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been ranked among the nation’s best hospitals since the inception of the magazine’s rankings in 1990.
Specialty Care Rankings
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is one of only 10 children's hospitals in the nation - and the only pediatric medical center on the West coast - ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties and named ot the national "Honor Roll" of children's hospitals in the United States in the current U.S. News & World Report rankings (now available online).
Message from the CEO
“While we're pleased to be recognized with the best children's hospitals in the country, our priorities will continue to be to provide the very best medical and surgical care to the sickest, most seriously injured children . . . to teach the next generation of pediatricians, pediatric surgeons and pediatric nurses . . . and to conduct the research that will lead to new treatments and cures for horrific diseases and conditions that strike children everywhere.
"To our physicians, nurses, and caregivers, thank you for all you do. You make a difference. You save lives.
"Congratulations on making the Honor Roll."
Richard D. Cordova, FACHE
President and CEO
About the Rankings
U.S. News & World Report invited 160 hospitals to complete its survey to be considered for ranking. Ninety-eight chose to do so.
Facilities asked to participate in the rankings were largely drawn from two membership categories of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI):
- Freestanding children’s hospitals and
- “Hospitals within a hospital,” large, multidisciplinary pediatric departments within a comprehensive medical center
Several non-NACHRI members were added because of known pediatric expertise or at the recommendation of experts.
The methodology for the 2009 rankings is a blend of:
- Reputation
- Clinical outcomes
- Care-related measures, like nursing, advanced technology, credentialing and other factors
The children’s hospitals were evaluated on a combination of opinions from pediatric specialists – the hospitals these specialists would recommend for the sickest children – along with data collected from a 65-page survey.
How we Rank Among Our Peers
Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, the University of California, San Francisco Children's Hospital and Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego were ranked in six or more specialties.
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