How our care compares to other leading children's hospitals

Outcomes are the ultimate validation of the effectiveness and quality of medical care.

Children’s of Minnesota consistently measures outcomes and makes them available to the entire community. Children’s only includes data that compare key outcome measures against other pediatric hospitals across the country and internationally.

Our outcomes data uses information from our key clinical programs to help families, health care providers, payers, and policy makers assess the quality of care at Children’s. We use these results of care to continually evaluate ourselves and strive for higher levels of excellence. This process never ends, and we are pleased to say that our outcomes consistently rank among the very best in the nation.

Measures of Overall Quality

	Length of stay
	Survival
	Severity
	Readmission for the same condition

Cardiovascular

	Survival - cardiovascular surgical patients
	Length of stay – cardiovascular surgical patients

Hematology / Oncology

	Survival – hematology patients
	Survival – oncology patients
	5-year survival rates

Neonatal Care

Survival without major complications

    Complications:
     - Acquired infection
     - Bowel inflammation (necrotizing enterocolitis)
     - Brain injury (intraventricular hemorrhage)
     - Chronic lung disease
     - Eye complications (retinopathy)

Cystic Fibrosis

	Body Mass Index
	Lung function

Pediatric Surgery

	Length of stay – appendectomy
	Rupture rate – appendicitis

Diabetes / Endocrinology

Hemoglobin A1c levels

Pediatric Critical Care

Bloodstream infection rate

Among nation's top hospitals for safety and quality		Recognized as a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence		One of the top pediatric hospitals in the country