Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Distinguished for Fifth Consecutive Year by U.S. News & World Report

June 21, 2016

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 21, 2016 – Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is pleased to be included in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best Children’s Hospitals for three specialty areas. This is the fifth consecutive year the hospital has been included in the prestigious rankings, which were announced today.

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital ranked among the best nationally in the following categories:

Pediatrics: Cancer
Pediatrics: Nephrology
Pediatrics: Urology

“It’s an honor to have Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital named one of the best hospitals in the U.S.,” said Bob Connors, MD, president, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. “This recognition reflects the wonderful care that our patients and families receive here every day.”

The Best Children’s Hospitals rankings highlight U.S. News’s top 50 U.S. pediatric facilities in cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, gastroenterology & GI surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology. Based on a combination of clinical data and reputation surveys of pediatric specialists, 78 of 183 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty.

U.S. News introduced the Best Children’s Hospitals rankings in 2007 to help families of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses find the best medical care available. The rankings open the door to an array of detailed information about each hospital’s performance.

Most of each hospital’s score relied on patient outcomes and care-related resources. U.S. News garnered clinical data from a detailed questionnaire sent to 183 pediatric hospitals. A sixth of the score came from annual surveys of pediatric specialists and subspecialists in each specialty in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. They were asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty, setting aside considerations of location and expense.

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is a 234-bed regional referral center and teaching hospital. It offers advanced pediatric specialty care with more than 300 pediatric physicians who practice in more than 50 pediatric specialties and programs. Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is Michigan’s largest neonatal center. More information is available at www.helendevoschildrens.org.

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