Neonatology

Rank Hospital U.S. News score

Leaves NICU on breast milk score (3=best)

Keeping breathing tube in place score (5=best)

NICU temperature management score (12=best) Infection prevention score, overall (47=best) Infection prevention score, NICU (5=best)

Patient volume score (39=best)

Nursepatient ratio (higher is better)

No. of best practices (87=best)

% of specialists recommending hospital

1 Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. 2 Boston Children’s Hospital 3 Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston

100.0 3 5 12 47 5 31 3.8 83 17.9% 96.7 3 4 12 44 4 35 3.7 86 29.0% 96.3 3 4 12 43 5 35 3.4 85 18.3% 4 UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 93.6 3 5 12 44 5 30 3.6 86 6.3% 5 UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, San Francisco and Oakland 93.5 3 4 12 45 5 31 3.3 86 11.5% 6 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif. 91.9 3 4 12 46 4 26 4.7 85 16.7% 7 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 90.0 2 5 12 47 3 39 3.8 85 23.1% 8 St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University 88.8 2 5 11 44 5 32 2.8 85 10.1% 9 Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego 88.7 3 4 10 47 5 30 3.1 86 5.2% 10 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hosp.-Prentice Women’s Hosp., Chicago 87.5 3 4 12 45 5 26 3.1 83 7.6% 10 Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital 87.5 3 5 12 43 5 20 2.7 85 3.5% 10 Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 87.5 2 3 11 44 5 33 3.1 83 16.7% 10 Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland 87.5 3 5 9 41 5 18 4.0 84 8.2% 13 CHOC Children’s Hospital, Orange, Calif. 86.7 3 5 12 43 5 30 3.8 83 3.3% 14 Children’s Mercy Kansas City Hospital, Mo. 84.9 2 4 12 47 5 35 4.0 86 3.8% 15 Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, Indianapolis 84.4 2 5 12 44 5 33 3.0 85 4.0% 16 New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York 83.5 3 4 7 44 5 28 2.7 82 10.1% 17 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 83.3 3 5 8 45 1 37 4.0 84 36.2% 18 Children’s Medical Center Dallas 82.8 2 5 10 44 5 22 3.1 84 4.1% 19 Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora 82.7 3 4 12 44 3 33 2.9 85 11.7% 19 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 82.7 3 5 11 41 3 31 3.2 85 9.5% 20 UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles 82.2 3 5 10 37 5 16 4.1 81 7.6% 22 Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn. 82.0 2 5 12 39 5 19 2.7 80 6.4% 23 North Carolina Children’s Hospital at UNC, Chapel Hill 81.4 2 5 12 45 5 25 2.5 83 2.0% 24 Cohen Children’s Medical Center, New Hyde Park, N.Y. 81.2 2 4 12 45 5 23 3.3 83 1.0% 24 Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center, Durham, N.C. 81.2 2 5 11 44 5 25 2.7 83 3.0% 26 University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City 81.0 2 5 11 42 5 24 2.5 78 6.6% 27 Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore 79.2 2 5 8 47 4 32 3.3 80 4.7% 28 Seattle Children’s Hospital 78.9 3 5 12 44 2 30 5.0 74 10.6% 29 UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Sacramento, Calif. 78.7 2 5 11 43 5 25 3.3 83 1.6% 30 Valley Children’s Healthcare and Hospital, Madera, Calif. 78.4 3 4 12 44 5 25 2.2 77 1.4% 31 Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, N.C. 77.6 2 5 12 45 5 24 2.5 82 1.4% 32 University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, Charlottesville 75.7 2 5 10 45 5 19 2.5 81 2.0% 33 Mayo Clinic Children’s Center, Rochester, Minn. 75.6 2 4 12 43 5 15 2.9 82 0.7% 34 Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando 75.5 2 4 12 43 5 26 3.1 83 1.1% 35 Doernbecher Children’s Hosp. at Oregon Hlth. & Sci. U., Portland, Ore. 75.4 3 5 10 38 5 20 2.6 83 1.1% 37 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 74.6 3 4 12 43 2 37 3.2 84 5.4% 38 Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford 74.5 2 5 9 46 5 16 2.5 83 1.6% 39 AdventHealth for Children, Orlando 74.1 2 5 12 39 5 20 2.1 85 1.1% 40 Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital, Falls Church, Va. 74.0 3 3 9 46 5 17 3.1 83 1.1% 40 Nemours Children’s Hospital-Delaware, Wilmington, Del. 74.0 2 5 10 44 4 20 3.1 81 1.8% 41 Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, Calif. 73.0 3 4 11 34 5 25 3.1 78 0.7% 41 Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami 73.0 2 5 12 38 5 16 3.5 80 0.8% 41 SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital-St. Louis U. 73.0 2 4 12 39 5 21 2.4 81 1.2% 43 Intermountain Primary Children’s Hosp.-U. of Utah, Salt Lake City 72.7 3 5 12 44 3 30 3.5 80 3.4% 43 Phoenix Children’s Hospital 72.7 3 5 12 46 4 30 2.7 83 0.8% 44 Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, Conn. 72.5 2 4 11 44 4 17 2.5 84 2.3% 45 Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, New York 72.1 3 4 9 46 5 15 2.5 73 1.3% 49 University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital 70.7 1 4 9 41 5 18 4.4 80 3.4% 50 Children’s Hospital of Alabama at UAB, Birmingham 70.6 1 4 6 43 5 35 3.1 85 6.4%