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Philadelphia pediatric hospital ranks number one twice

HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®*, September 4, 2007

U.S. News and World Report recently announced its top 30 "America's Best Children's Hospitals" and 14 of the organizations are ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) recipients. The pediatric hospital rankings were based on information regarding reputation, recognition by outside organizations, and care-related factors such as volume, death rate, advanced technology, and nursing care. The number one children's hospital for the fifth consecutive year was Children's Hospital of Philadelphia--an MRP recipient in 2004. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was also top of the list for the fourth consecutive time for Child magazine's rankings of the best children's hospitals. According to Child, the ranking was based on 247 questions that studied the facility's medical data including survival rates, the quality and training of nurses and doctors, volume of research studies, number of intricate surgeries, and efforts to reduce medical errors. Other information gathered by the magazine to help determine the number one pediatric hospital was community involvement, family support, and child-friendliness.

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