Phoenix Children’s Hospital has been ranked in four specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012-13 Best Childrens Hospitals rankings. The rankings feature 50 hospitals in each of 10 pediatric specialties: cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, and urology.
In the Best Children’s Hospitals list, the following Phoenix Children’s subspecialties made the highly coveted list:
- Nephrology
- Neurology/Neurosurgery
- Neonatology
- Pulmonology
“It’s very gratifying to be listed among the best children’s hospitals across the country,” said Robert L. Meyer, President and CEO of Phoenix Children’s. “I offer sincere congratulations to the entire staff and physicians at the Hospital for their role in achieving this milestone. We’re delighted U.S. News & World Report recognized our outstanding team again this year.”
Now in its sixth year, the rigorous Best Childrens Hospitals survey asks hundreds of questions about survival rates, nurse staffing, subspecialist availability and many more pieces of critical information difficult or impossible for those in charge of a child’s care to find on their own. Then, U.S News takes this data from the survey and combines it with a reputation score based on a survey of pediatric specialists from across the country. Since the 2007 debut, the rankings have put an increasing emphasis on data that directly reflect hospitals’ performance over the opinions of physicians.
“Phoenix Children’s Hospital deserves high praise for its accomplishments,” said U.S. News & World Report Health Rankings Editor, Avery Comarow. “Phoenix Children’s has a reservoir of dedication and expertise that helps the sickest kids. Our goal at U.S. News is to identify and call attention to pediatric centers like this one.”
Phoenix Children’s is Arizona’s only licensed children’s hospital, providing world-class care in more than 47 pediatric specialties to children from throughout the state and region. Phoenix Children’s is in the midst of a major expansion to meet the needs of the Southwest’s rapid population growth. The signature element of the expansion is a new 11-story, 750,000-square-foot tower which will enable the hospital to grow from 365 licensed beds today to a total of 626 licensed beds once the project is complete.
The full rankings and methodology are available at www.usnews.com/childrenshospitals. The rankings will also be published in the U.S. News Best Hospitals 2013 guidebook, which will be available in August.
