UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Ranks among the Top 10 Nationwide
Parents Magazine Ranks Rainbow’s Care for Newborns among Top 2 in the Country
CLEVELAND -- Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital at University Hospitals Case Medical Center has once again ranked among the top ten children’s hospitals in the country, according to Parents magazine editors and a Medical Advisory Board consisting of leading pediatric experts.
The Parents 10 Best Children’s Hospital survey provides the most extensive data-drive comparison of children’s hospitals to date and hospitals are ranked on their responses to detailed questions in the following areas: survival rates for childhood cancer, pediatric heart disease and other critical conditions; their experience in performing certain complex procedures; the depth of the research program; safeguards to prevent medical errors; staffing ratios and quality; waiting times in the emergency department; community outreach; and services that address the emotional needs of sick children and their families are based on patient outcomes, programs, and services.
According to Parents magazine editors; the pediatric hospitals ranked 3 – 10 were within 50 points of each other and were extremely close. The hospitals in the top 10 emerge as the most outstanding for treating every condition that you can think of and hundreds that you probably have never heard of.
Fifteen-million readers will get the information when the 2009 February issue of Parents “10 Best Children’s Hospitals” hits the newsstands on January 13. To reach editors of Parents or to receive a complete copy of the survey, contact Colleen Schwartz at 212-551-7033 or colleen.schwartz@meredith.com
A complete list of the best children’s hospitals by specialty.
Rainbow has long been recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the country. U.S. News and World Report ranked Rainbow number 5 in the country this summer, based on where pediatricians would send their own children as well as critical outcomes.
This year also marks another milestone for Rainbow. The newly designed neonatal intensive care unit will open in April. It will combine the highest technology available to the tiniest of infants, featuring private rooms and simulating the same environment that a baby experiences in the mothers womb.