Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia tops pediatric diabetes, endocrinology rankings
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was once again named the No. 1 hospital in the country for pediatric diabetes and endocrinology by the U.S. News & World Report 2020-2021 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.
According to a press release from U.S. News & World Report, the Best Children’s Hospitals methodology measures patient outcomes, including mortality and infection rates, as well as available clinical resources and compliance with best practices.
"This distinction reflects our commitment to consistently providing excellent, evidence-based and family-centered care to children with diabetes and endocrine disorders,” Diva D. De León-Crutchlow, MD, MSCE, chief of the division of endocrinology and diabetes center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), told Healio. “Our unwavering commitment to our patients has remained constant during the challenging circumstances brought forward by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our team quickly adapted to working remotely and instituted telemedicine to provide uninterrupted care to the children we serve. These efforts have been made possible by the compassion and dedication of the extraordinary group of physicians, advanced nurse practitioners, nurses, diabetes educators, social workers, dietitians, psychologists, trainees, scientists and administrative staff that are part of this division.”
The list ranked 50 centers in 10 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.
The top-ranked hospitals for pediatric diabetes and endocrine care in the 2019-2020 report:
1. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Boston Children’s Hospital
3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
4. Children’s Hospital Colorado
5. Texas Children’s Hospital
6. Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
7. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
8. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
9. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
10. Children’s National Hospital.
For the seventh year, Boston Children’s Hospital topped the Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll, which honors institutions that “deliver exceptionally high-quality care across multiple specialties,” according to the release.
“Across our nation, health care professionals are striving against unprecedented challenges to provide the best possible care to each of their patients,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News & World Report, said in the release. “The nurses, doctors and other professionals at the Best Children’s Hospitals have demonstrated a track record of delivering top-notch care to children with diverse medical needs.”
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A complete list of the national rankings in 16 specialties can be found at https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings.
Data reprinted with permission from U.S. News & World Report.
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