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American Family Children's Hospital Moves Up in US News Annual Rankings
Posted Date: 6/7/2012
UW Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce that the American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison has moved up substantially in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings of children’s hospitals.  Watertown residents enjoy access to this specialized expertise through the American Family Children’s Hospital at Watertown Regional Medical Center.

“These rankings highlight the value in our partnership with UW Health,” said John Kosanovich, Watertown Regional Medical Center President and CEO. “Through our partnership, we are able to make an outstanding quality of specialty care available to our community.”
The hospital is ranked among the top 50 children’s hospitals in seven medical and surgical specialties:

• Cancer (29)
• Diabetes/Endocrinology (41)
• Gastroenterology (26)
• Neonatology (29)
• Orthopedics (23)
• Pulmonology (25)
• Urology (39)

The hospital was ranked in seven specialties among the top 50 last year. While last year’s rankings were mainly in the forties, this year most specialties ranked in the twenties. This is significant because all children’s hospitals are focused on improvement, so achieving a high national ranking becomes more challenging each year.

“Although American Family Children’s Hospital is one of the smallest pediatric hospitals in the country, we have built a strong national reputation and the performance to back it up,” said Dr. Ellen Wald, chair of pediatrics.

Rankings were based on surveys of children’s hospitals across the country. The survey asked questions concerning survival rates, infection rates, nurse staffing, sub-specialist availability and other critical information difficult for those in charge of a child’s care to find on their own.

American Family Children’s Hospital is part of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, which has also been ranked by U.S. News and World Report every year since 1993 and has been the recipient of several national safety and quality recognition honors.