Rank Based on U.S. News Score. |
3 |
U.S. News Score Summarizes quality of care. The top-ranked hospital received a score of 100. |
88.0 |
Reputation Percentage of specialists responding to U.S. News surveys who recommended hospital for difficult cases. |
46.1% |
Cystic fibrosis outcomes Reflects most recent health status of cystic fibrosis patients. Higher is better. |
4 |
Bloodstream infection index Relative rate of bloodstream infections in intensive care unit. Lower is better |
1 |
Infection prevention index Involvement and performance in infection-reducing activities such as hand hygiene, flu vaccination, and case reporting. Higher is better. |
4 |
Respiratory procedure volume Number of specified diagnostic procedures and treatments in most recent 12 months. |
1,963 |
Nurse staffing Relative balance of nurses and patients. Higher is better. |
3.8 |
Nurse Magnet hospital Meets certain standards set by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. |
Yes |
Advanced clinical services (of 16) Examples: respiratory therapists, nurse home visits, ventilator care, apnea monitoring, written asthma management plan, asthma control testing, comprehensive pediatric respiratory program, primary pediatric pulmonologist assigned to every patient. |
14 |
Key techonology (of 1) PET or PET/CT scan |
1 |
Patient and family services (of 8) Certified child life specialists, family support specialists, pediatric psychologists, interpreter services, family resource center, sleep rooms for parents/siblings, school intervention program, Ronald McDonald House or other residential facility for parents. |
7 |
Specialized clinics and programs (of 7) Multidisciplinary asthma center, noninvasive ventilation-support program, pulmonary hypertension program, congenital central hypoventilation team, multidisciplinary neuromuscular disease team, multidisciplinary ventilator/tracheotomy-dependent team, sickle cell anemia pulmonary support team. |
7 |
Cancer
Respiratory Disorders