The top 10 children’s hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery
U.S. News & World Report has published its annual Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, providing a detailed list of the top 50 providers in several categories. The 2022-2023 rankings were developed using measures focused on patient outcomes, efficiency, compliance with best practices, diversity, equity, inclusion and other key attributes.
One of the categories included in the rankings, as always, is Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston is No. 1 on the list, just as it was in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The hospital works closely with Baylor College of Medicine and has been treating patients in the area since the 1950s.
“Consistent collaboration, newfound discoveries and extraordinary patient care is what has brought us to where we are today,” Mark A. Wallace, president and CEO of Texas Children’s Hospital, said in a statement. “I am incredibly proud of this remarkable team and everything we’ve accomplished together—and our promise to every family is that we are just getting started.”
Here’s the full top 10, which included a tie at No. 6:
1. Texas Children’s Hospital | Houston, Texas
2. Boston Children’s Hospital | Boston, Massachusetts
3. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4. MUSC Children’s Heart Network of South Carolina | Charleston, South Carolina
5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell | New York City, New York
6. Cleveland Clinic Children's | Cleveland, Ohio (tie)
6. Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health | Indianapolis, Indiana (tie)
7. Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center | Durham, North Carolina
8. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois
10. University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital | Ann Arbor, Michigan
This is the 16th year U.S. News & World Report has published these rankings.
“Choosing the right hospital for a sick child is a critical decision for many parents,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, said in a statement. “The Best Children’s Hospitals rankings spotlight hospitals that excel in specialized care, offering parents and their pediatricians a helpful starting point in choosing the facility that’s best for their child. Recognizing that hospitals with inclusive and equitable cultures perform better, this year we added a new measure assessing hospitals’ efforts to improve the equity of care provided and to promote diversity and inclusion among clinicians and staff.”
The full Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery rankings are available here. Click here for a big-picture look at this year’s rankings, including the 2022-2023 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll.
Michael has more than 18 years of experience as a professional writer and editor. He has written at length about cardiology, radiology, artificial intelligence and other key healthcare topics.