The Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai Increases Number of Specialties Ranked in U.S. News and World Report "Best Children's Hospitals"
Kravis is ranked in 7 out of 10 specialties in this year's report.
The Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai is among the country's best children's hospitals in 7 of 10 pediatric specialties measured by U.S. News & World Report for its 2013-14 "Best Children's Hospitals" ranking.
"Mount Sinai is making great strides as one of the nation's leaders in providing quality health care to pediatric patients across all specialty areas," said Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "Under the leadership of Dr. Lisa Satlin, Kravis Children's Hospital is ranked in gastroenterology & GI surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, nephrology, urology, cancer and was for the first time ranked in cardiology and heart surgery. Accomplishments such as these are what propel us forward in improving our patient care and outcomes."
"Our superb multi-disciplinary teams work to tailor treatments to the needs of the children and adolescents we care for at Kravis Children's Hospital," said David Reich, MD, Interim President and Chief Operating Officer, The Mount Sinai Hospital. "We offer the highest quality care in terms of nursing, surgery and medicine, and our staff works seamlessly to give our patients the future they deserve."
U.S. News introduced the Best Children's Hospitals rankings in 2007 to help families find the best medical care available. The rankings, which will be published in U.S. News's Best Hospitals 2013-14 guidebook, offer an exclusive look at quality-related information at the individual hospital level. The rankings recognize the top 50 children's hospitals in the 10 specialty areas of cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, gastroenterology & GI surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, and urology.
"We continue to recruit world renowned experts to our medical and surgical teams that only enhance the quality of our care," adds Dennis Charney, MD, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
"The Kravis Children's Hospital will keep building on our long and distinguished tradition of excellence in innovative patient care, community involvement, education, and research," said Lisa Satlin, MD, Professor & Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. "Our mission is to improve the overall health of children in our community and beyond, and we are proud to be commended by our peers."
Reputational rankings by peers account for 25 percent of each hospital's rankings. Three-quarters of each hospital's score was determined through an analysis of patient outcomes and data on the structural resources each hospital has for pediatric care. To gather data, U.S. News used two surveys: a clinical questionnaire sent to 179 pediatric hospitals and, for the reputational assessment, a survey of 150 pediatric specialists and subspecialists in each specialty. The 1,500 physicians were asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty, setting aside location and expense.
For the full rankings and methodology, visit http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Established in 1968, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Icahn School of Medicine is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty members in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by U.S. News & World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2012, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 14th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Mount Sinai is one of just 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and by U.S. News & World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
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About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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