U.S. News & World Report Ranks Schneider Children's Hospital Among the Nation's Best; One of Only 2 NY Hospitals to Make Top 30 List
August 24, 2007
Schneider Children’s Hospital has been ranked among the top 25 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” issue released today.
Solidifying its growing reputation as a destination hospital for children across the United States and around the world, Schneider Children’s Hospital (SCH) was ranked ahead of such prestigious pediatric facilities as the Mayo Clinic. SCH was one of only two hospitals in New York State and the entire tri-state area to make the prestigious list. It was U.S. News & World Report’s first stand-alone “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” issue, which features a detailed ranking of the nation’s top 30 pediatric facilities
“This study reaffirms Schneider Children’s Hospital’s standing as one of the best in the United States,” said Philip Lanzkowsky, MD, executive director and chief of staff at SCH, who has headed the 154-bed hospital since its opening in 1983. “We are very proud to receive this distinction, which comes on the verge of the hospital’s 25th anniversary.”
SCH’s recognition also coincides with the start of construction on $144 million in expansion and renovation projects at the hospital. The projects are desperately needed to meet the increasing public demands for the hospital’s services.
The first phase of construction, a $22 million project that began earlier this month, includes a 5,900-square-foot addition to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which will result in 24 new beds for high-risk newborns. On top of the new NICU will be 5,900 square feet of faculty office space. Also being built is a 20,000-square-foot, four-story glass-enclosed atrium that will feature a playground for hospitalized children, including a performance stage, winter garden and areas dedicated to pet, music and art therapy.
The second phase of construction, expected to cost $110 million and begin in early 2008, will includes a four-story, 100,000 square-foot building that will house Long Island's first stand-alone pediatric emergency department, a state-of-the-art imaging center exclusively for children, a pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) with 25 beds and a 25-bed medical unit with single rooms.
An additional $12 million is being spent to renovate existing space within the hospital to create an 8,500-square-foot pediatric ambulatory chemotherapy unit that will nearly double the size of what’s currently available for children receiving outpatient cancer care, a 24-bed inpatient surgical unit and a radiology suite for children in need of ambulatory care.
U.S. News & World Report based this year’s rankings on a new and improved methodology, which weighed a three-part mix of reputation, death rate, and such care-related factors as volume, nursing care, advanced technology, and recognition by outside organizations.
In addition to its main facility in New Hyde Park, SCH has satellite centers in Bensonhurst and Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Flushing, Queens; and Commack and Hewlett, Long Island; as well as a surgical consultation center in Manhattan.
To see a complete listing of U.S. News & World Reports’ “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals, go to www.usnews.com
Note to Editors: In the magazine and on its website, U.S. News & World Report mistakenly identifies Schneider Children’s Hospital as Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center. While it is located on the campus of LIJ Medical Center, Schneider is a stand-alone, 154-bed children’s hospital.
Media Contact: Terry Lynam 516-465-2600
Solidifying its growing reputation as a destination hospital for children across the United States and around the world, Schneider Children’s Hospital (SCH) was ranked ahead of such prestigious pediatric facilities as the Mayo Clinic. SCH was one of only two hospitals in New York State and the entire tri-state area to make the prestigious list. It was U.S. News & World Report’s first stand-alone “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” issue, which features a detailed ranking of the nation’s top 30 pediatric facilities
“This study reaffirms Schneider Children’s Hospital’s standing as one of the best in the United States,” said Philip Lanzkowsky, MD, executive director and chief of staff at SCH, who has headed the 154-bed hospital since its opening in 1983. “We are very proud to receive this distinction, which comes on the verge of the hospital’s 25th anniversary.”
SCH’s recognition also coincides with the start of construction on $144 million in expansion and renovation projects at the hospital. The projects are desperately needed to meet the increasing public demands for the hospital’s services.
The first phase of construction, a $22 million project that began earlier this month, includes a 5,900-square-foot addition to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which will result in 24 new beds for high-risk newborns. On top of the new NICU will be 5,900 square feet of faculty office space. Also being built is a 20,000-square-foot, four-story glass-enclosed atrium that will feature a playground for hospitalized children, including a performance stage, winter garden and areas dedicated to pet, music and art therapy.
The second phase of construction, expected to cost $110 million and begin in early 2008, will includes a four-story, 100,000 square-foot building that will house Long Island's first stand-alone pediatric emergency department, a state-of-the-art imaging center exclusively for children, a pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) with 25 beds and a 25-bed medical unit with single rooms.
An additional $12 million is being spent to renovate existing space within the hospital to create an 8,500-square-foot pediatric ambulatory chemotherapy unit that will nearly double the size of what’s currently available for children receiving outpatient cancer care, a 24-bed inpatient surgical unit and a radiology suite for children in need of ambulatory care.
U.S. News & World Report based this year’s rankings on a new and improved methodology, which weighed a three-part mix of reputation, death rate, and such care-related factors as volume, nursing care, advanced technology, and recognition by outside organizations.
In addition to its main facility in New Hyde Park, SCH has satellite centers in Bensonhurst and Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Flushing, Queens; and Commack and Hewlett, Long Island; as well as a surgical consultation center in Manhattan.
To see a complete listing of U.S. News & World Reports’ “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals, go to www.usnews.com
Note to Editors: In the magazine and on its website, U.S. News & World Report mistakenly identifies Schneider Children’s Hospital as Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center. While it is located on the campus of LIJ Medical Center, Schneider is a stand-alone, 154-bed children’s hospital.
Media Contact: Terry Lynam 516-465-2600