3 Illinois Children’s Hospitals Ranked Among Nation’s Best: U.S. News

ILLINOIS — Three Illinois pediatric medical centers ranked among the best in the country and are included in U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings released Tuesday.

The rankings highlight the top 50 centers in 10 pediatric specialties: cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery; neonatology; nephrology; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; pulmonology and lung surgery; and urology.

For the second year, U.S. News provided expanded rankings of hospitals by both state and multi-state region. Every hospital included in the state rankings was ranked in at least two pediatric specialties.

In Illinois, the following hospitals were included:

• Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago Ranked No 1 in Illinois, 7th in the Midwest, ranked in 9 pediatric specialties. Lurie also ranked 9th nationwide for Best Children's Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery, 10th for Children's Cancer Hospitals, and 10th for Neonatology.
• University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, Ranked No. 2 in Illinois, 14th in the Midwest, Ranked in 3 pediatric specialties
• Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, Ranked No. 3 in Illinois, Ranked 21st in the Midwest, Ranked in 1 pediatric specialty

This year, U.S. News included a measure for equity, diversity, and inclusion in its methodology. It also relied less on expert opinion in most specialties.

Ten hospitals were named to the Honor Roll — a distinction given to pediatric medical centers that “deliver exceptionally high-quality care across multiple specialties,” U.S. News said in a news release.

Boston Children’s Hospital claimed the top spot on the honor roll for the ninth consecutive year. Additionally, it ranked as the top children’s hospital in Massachusetts, as well as the No. 1 hospital in five of the 10 specialties that U.S. News considered. Here’s the honor roll:

1. Boston Children’s Hospital

2. Texas Children’s Hospital

3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

4. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

5. Children’s National Hospital

6. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

7. Children’s Hospital Colorado

8. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

9. Nationwide Children’s Hospital

10. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

Here are the top five children’s hospitals in selected specialties:

Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery

1. Texas Children’s Hospital

2. Boston Children’s Hospital

3. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

4. MUSC Children's Heart Network of South Carolina

5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell

Pediatric Cancer

1. Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

2. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

4. Texas Children's Hospital

5. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Neonatology

1. Children's National Hospital

2. Boston Children’s Hospital

3. Texas Children’s Hospital

4. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

5. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, San Francisco and Oakland

U.S. News gathered clinical data from nearly 200 pediatric medical centers around the country, looking at measures such as patient outcomes, including mortality and infection rates; as well as health equity, including the availability of clinical resources, and compliance with best practices.

Also, more than 100 pediatric specialists and other experts provided input through methodology working groups. The North Carolina-based research and consulting firm RTI International collected and analyzed the data. Read more on the U.S. News’ methodology.