A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for CHILD syndrome (or congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects) is a genetic disorder The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. Internal medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis management and nonsurgical treatment of unusual or serious diseases Children's hospitals are characterized by greater attention to the psychosocial support of children and their families.

In addition to the psychosocial support of children and families, Children's Hospitals have the added benefit of being staffed by professionals who are trained in treating children. The term psychosocial refers to one in Psychological development in and interaction with a Social environment. While many normal hospitals can treat children adequately, pediatric specialists may be a better choice when it comes to treating rare afflictions that may prove fatal or severely detrimental to young children, in some cases before birth. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for Also, many children's hospitals will continue to see children with rare illnesses into adulthood, allowing for a continuity of care.

Ranking

Every year US News & World Report ranks the top children's hospitals in the United States. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D For the year 2007, the top 10 Pediatric Hospitals were: ^[1]

1. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Children's Hospital Boston
3. Johns Hopkins Hospital
4. Children's Hospital (Aurora, Colorado)
5. Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (Cleveland)
6. Texas Children's Hospital
7. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
8. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
9. Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (Seattle)
10. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

The ranking system used by US News & World Report depends on a variety of factors. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is one of the largest and oldest Children's hospitals in the world Children's Hospital Boston is a Children's hospital located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine|Greenspring StationThe Johns Hopkins Hospital is a Teaching hospital in Baltimore Maryland Children's Hospital is a pediatric facility located in Aurora Colorado, serving patients throughout the state and the western United States. Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital is a 244-bed children's hospital located in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Texas Children's Hospital is an internationally recognized pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is a Hospital located in Cincinnati, Ohio. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent University hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers Columbia University Medical Center Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH is a Hospital located on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. In past years (2007 is the 18th year of Pediatric Ranking), ranking of hospitals has been done solely on the basis of reputation, gauged by random sampling and surveying of pediatricians and pediatric specialists throughout the country. Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics) is the branch of Medicine that deals with the medical care of Infants Children and Adolescents

In the 2007 Best Hospitals edition, the first phase of a planned 3-5 year process of reworking the Pediatric Ranking process was introduced. While reputation still does count for a sizeable (two thirds) amount of overall score, components such as death rate in key procedures and care related factors (one third of total score each) are now being included for the first time. Key procedures used in terms of quantifying death rate were tetralogy of Fallot repair, bone marrow transplantation, and cancerous brain tumor removal. Care related factors measured included whether or not a hosptial had attained Nursing Magnate Status, the level of cutting edge technologies used at the institution, and the presence of an established Palliative Care Program. Palliative care (from Latin palliare to cloak is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of Disease Symptoms

In future editions, it is hoped that reputation will begin to count for even less of an institution's total score, and that factors such as subspecialty rankings will begin to take on more importance. ^[2]

See also

• List of children's hospitals
• Pediatrics
• Child life specialist

References

1. ^ "Best Hospitals 2007 Specialty Search: Pediatrics" "US News and World Report", Accessed October 10, 2007. This is a list of Children's hospitals See also Pediatric Care. Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics) is the branch of Medicine that deals with the medical care of Infants Children and Adolescents Child life specialists are pediatric Health care professionals who work with patients their family and others involved in the child’s care in order to help them Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
2. ^ "Birth of a New Methodology" Avery Comarow. US News and World Report, August 26, 2007. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Accessed October 10, 2007. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

External links

• National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions