Awards and Honors

The Children’s Hospital has been ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report every year since the inception of its pediatric hospital rankings edition in 1993. This year, The Children’s Hospital made Honor Roll as one of the nation’s ten best pediatric hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of America ’s Best Children’s Hospitals.

In addition, the hospital ranked in the top 10 in six specialty areas, including cancer (10), diabetes & endocrine disorders (10), digestive disorders (5), neonatal care (8), orthopedics (8), and respiratory disorders (5).

Hospitals were ranked on scores made up of three major elements: reputation, medical outcomes, and care-related indicators such as patient volume, nurse staffing, and availability of specialized programs.

Read The Children's Hospital press release or visit U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Children's Hospitals 200-10.

Parents Magazine has recognized The Children’s Hospital as one of the United States’ top pediatric hospitals in its inaugural survey, “10 Best Children’s Hospitals.”

Parents surveyed more than 100 children’s hospitals to determine where the more than three million children hospitalized each year receive the best care possible. Here are the Hospital's results: In the specialty-area rankings, The Children’s Hospital ranked 2^nd in pulmonary care; 7^th in ER care ; and 9^th in orthopedic care . We ranked 10^th for overall care.

In addition, out of the top 10 hospitals, The Children’s Hospital scored the highest amount of points for the nursing section.

Read The Children's Hospital press release.

The Children’s Hospital has been named one of the top 10 best children’s hospital in the nation in the February 2006 and 2007 issue of Child Magazine . The Children’s Hospital Orthopedics Program ranks third, its Emergency Department fifth and The Children’s Hospital Heart Institute fifth, Pulmonary Medicine ranks sixth and Oncology program eighth. The rankings follow a rigorous survey process that examines such topics as vital medical information including survival rates, the number of complex procedures and intricate surgeries conducted, volume of research studies, efforts to reduce medical errors, and the quality and training of the doctors and nurses, as well as child-friendliness, support for families, and community involvement.

Read The Children's Hospital press release or visit Child Magazine

The Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program was established in 1993 to recognize healthcare organizations that provide the very best in nursing care and uphold the tradition within nursing that supports professional nursing practice. Independent studies of Magnet hospitals have shown that patients average a shorter length of stay and higher rate of satisfaction, nurses are more satisfied with their work and the care they provide, and hospitals have an increased rate of retention among nurses.

Read The Children's Hospital Press Release, visit the ANCC website or read a Shine Newsletter article from Winter 2007 on what Magnet Means to a Mother

2009 Family Favorite for Hospital or Health Clinic, Colorado Parent Magazine

The Children’s Hospital was voted 2009 Family Favorite for Hospital or Health Clinic in a survey by Colorado Parent Magazine. Voted on by the readers of Colorado Parent Magazine , Family Favorites honors services and companies Colorado families love.  Read more about the award.

Colorado Patient Safety Coalition’s Outstanding Culture of Patient Safety Achievement Award

Children's was recognized for our comprehensive patient safety program, including our Great Catch award program, post event review process, real-time reporting system, patient safety rounds and The Patient Safety Committee (leadership structure). Learn more about this honor.

Colorado Biz Magazine’s Top Company in Healthcare

Colorado Biz Magazine’s Top Company awards is Colorado’s most competitive business awards program, judged on the basis of financial performance, operational excellence and community involvement. Read more about this prestigous award.

Colorado Biz Magazine's Best Companies to Work for in Colorado

The Children’s Hospital was selected as one of the Best Companies to Work for in Colorado by ColoradoBiz magazine, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Colorado State Council, and Jobing.com for 2009. Learn more about the award.

Our website has been recognized as an industry leader in several international competitions.

	We earned gold honors in the 2008 Hermes Creative Awards, "website overall" category.
	Our home page won bronze recognition in the 2008 Summit Creative Awards "consumer services website" category.
	We received a Merit award for Patient Education Information from World Wide Web Health Awards.
	The 2008 eHealthcare Leadership Awards awarded us a Distinction award for Best Site Design.
	We received the Web Marketing Association's WebAward for outstanding achievement in website development.