Rankings and Ratings

Children’s National Medical Center (Washington, D.C.). Founded in 1870, Children’s National Medical Center has provided healthcare to children for more than 140 years in the nation’s capital. This 313-bed institution — which includes more than 60 intensive care beds and…

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia got its start in 1855 as the nation’s first hospital solely devoted to the care of children. What began as a 12-bed operation that served 67 inpatients and 306 clinic patients in…

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CHI St. Vincent Infirmary (Little Rock, Ark.). As the flagship hospital of CHI St. Vincent Health System, CHI St. Vincent Infirmary has provided the citizens of Arkansas with high quality healthcare for well over a century. CHI St. Vincent Infirmary…

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). Cedars-Sinai Medical Center began as two small organizations built by the Jewish community. One began in 1902 as a 12-bed operation in a two-story Victorian home, while the other got its start in 1918 as…

Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.). Carolinas Medical Center was founded in 1940 as Charlotte Memorial Hospital. The hospital has undergone several expansions and grown into the 874-bed general medical and surgical facility it is today. Carolinas Medical Center is the…

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston). In 1980, three of Boston’s oldest and most esteemed Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals — Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Robert Breck Brigham Hospital and the Boston Hospital for Women — merged to form Brigham and…

Boston Children’s Hospital. Boston Children’s Hospital began as a 20-bed facility in Boston’s south end. The hospital is now a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric healthcare, which takes in approximately 25,000 inpatient admissions each year. Its approximately 200 specialized clinical…