Texas Children’s Hospital named best in pediatric cardiology, heart surgery
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Key takeaways:
- U.S. News & World Report named Texas Children’s Hospital the top hospital for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery.
- Texas Children’s Hospital also ranked first in pediatric nephrology.
Texas Children’s Hospital was named the top hospital for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery in the 2024 to 2025 rankings by U.S. News & World Report for the eighth year in a row.
The Medical University of South Carolina Children's Heart Network, Rady Children's Hospital, Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center and Cincinnati Children's and Kentucky Children's Hospital Joint Heart Program rounded out the top five in the latest pediatric cardiology rankings.
Texas Children's Hospital is also ranked No. 5 in pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery; No. 4 in pediatric cancer and pediatric diabetes and endocrinology; No. 3 in neonatology; No. 2 in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery, pediatric neurology and neurosurgery and pediatric urology; and No. 1 in pediatric nephrology.
U.S. News now evaluates 11 pediatric specialties in total, now including pediatric and adolescent behavioral health in its latest edition, according to a U.S. News press release.Last year, refinements in the methodology to determine the best hospital ranking included less of an emphasis on expert opinion and increased weight of such measures including commitment to best practices and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. This year’s methodology is largely unchanged, according to a press release.
“When confronted with the daunting task of selecting a hospital for their child's specialized medical needs, parents and caregivers can use U.S. News' evaluation of pediatric hospital performance as a valuable resource,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, said in the release.
“This year’s inclusion of behavioral health as a new specialty is significant, as one in five U.S. children has a mental, emotional, behavioral or developmental disorder, according to the Department of Health and Human Services,” he said. “U.S. News is responding to the growing mental health crisis among America’s youth by giving families a valuable source of behavioral health data as part of our increasingly comprehensive view of pediatric care.”
For the 2024-2025 rankings, U.S. News, together with RTI International, a North Carolina-based research and consulting firm, analyzed data from 108 children’s hospitals and surveyed thousands of pediatric specialists. Children’s hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, compliance with established best practices, and level and quality of hospital resources directly related to patient care.
The rankings highlight the top 50 centers in each of these 11 pediatric specialties: cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery and urology. For the fourth year, the Best Children’s Hospitals rankings feature expanded offerings that include state rankings and multistate regional rankings.
Data were printed with permission from U.S. News & World Report.
Reference:
- U.S. News & World Report. Best children’s hospital by specialty. health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings. Accessed Oct. 8, 2024.
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