Awards

Hospital Awards

• U.S.News & World Report
  Highly recognized in 10 of 10 pediatric specialties. 
• Partnership for a Healthier America
  Packard Children’s is proud to be one of the first children’s hospitals to join with Partnership for a Healthy America.
  View press release

Patient Safety Awards

• The Leapfrog Group
  In the 2010 Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital received a rating of Fully Meet Standards for:

  • Appropriate ICU Staffing: Patients should choose a hospital with an intensive care unit (ICU) that is staffed by doctors and other caregivers who have special training in critical care medicine.
  • Steps to Avoid Harm: Patients should choose a hospital that has a high Leapfrog Safe Practices Score. This means the hospital has put in place procedures to reduce 13 common preventable medical mistakes.
  • Managing Serious Events: Patients should choose a hospital that has implemented Leapfrog's policy on managing serious events.