See The Best Children’s Hospitals In NJ In New U.S. News List

NEW JERSEY — The Children's Hospital at St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick and Joseph Sanzani Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center have made the U.S. News and World Report’s inaugural list of the best children’s hospitals in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

U.S. News included a state-by-state ranking in its list of the nation’s best children’s hospitals for the first time when it released its 2021 rankings on Tuesday, listing those two among the highest-rated pediatric hospitals in New Jersey.

“This year’s new state and regional rankings can help families identify conveniently local hospitals capable of meeting their child’s needs,” Ben Harder, managing editor for U.S. News, said in a news release. “As the pandemic continues to affect travel, finding high-quality care close to home has never been more important.”

U.S. News’ top-ranked children’s hospitals were also sorted by region this year. All rankings were found through a clinical survey sent to about 200 hospitals nationwide and another survey that included input from more than 100 pediatric medical experts, U.S. News said.

Specifically, researchers looked at three categories — clinical outcomes, coordination of care and care-related resources — in determining the rankings. All data used in the rankings came from before the coronavirus outbreak became a pandemic, according to U.S. News.

In the mid-Atlantic region, the top-rated hospital is Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, according to U.S. News.

In other regions, these are at the top: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is the highest ranked in the Midwest; Boston Children’s Hospital tops New England; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is highest in the Pacific region; Children’s Hospital Colorado is on top in the Rocky Mountains; and there's a tie between Children’s Hospital of Atlanta and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital of Vanderbilt in the Southeast and Texas Children’s Hospital in the Southwest.

Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, California, also made the U.S. News children’s hospital honor roll.

The nation’s top children’s hospitals in specific specialties were also listed.

Texas Children’s Hospital earned the top spot in pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in pediatric cancer and Children’s National Hospital in neonatology.

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