Texas Children's Hospital | |
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Texas Children's Hospital Integrated Delivery System | |
Geography | |
Location | Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Non-profit |
Hospital type | Pediatric |
Affiliated university | Baylor College of Medicine |
Services | |
Emergency department | Pediatric Emergency Center |
Beds | 592 |
History | |
Founded | 1954 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.texaschildrens.org/ |
Lists | Hospitals in Texas |
Coordinates: 29°42′28″N 95°24′06″W / 29.7077°N 95.4016°W
Texas Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, it is the largest children's hospital in the United States and is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine as that institution's primary pediatric training site.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Texas Children's Hospital #4 amongst 200 pediatric hospitals in the nation for nine consecutive years.
It uses an enterprise data warehouse to monitor and report adherence to evidence-based guidelines and order sets on an ongoing basis.
The 2017–2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report recognized Texas Children's Hospital as among the top 4 children's hospitals in the United States. It is designated on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll, which is reserved to those hospitals that rank in all 10 subspecialties surveyed. Texas Children’s Hospital is 1 of 10 hospitals on the Honor Roll for 2017–2018.
Texas Children's national rankings for each subspecialty area for 2017–2018 are: