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17 CEO / STRATEGY 10 best children's hospitals, ranked by US News By Kelly Gooch For the ninth consecutive year, Boston Children's hospital topped U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospitals rankings. e 2022-23 rankings, released June 14, are based on data from about 200 facilities. ey reflect measures such as patient outcomes, includ- ing mortality and infection rates, as well as available clinical resources and compliance with best practices. e rankings also include new measures for diversity, equity and inclusion, and they consider expert opinion among more than 15,000 pediatric specialists who are asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty. More information about the methodology is available here. Here are the 10 hospitals on U.S. News' 2022-23 Honor Roll, which had the highest rankings across all specialties: 1. Boston Children's Hospital 2. Texas Children's Hospital (Houston) 3. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 4. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 5. Children's National Hospital (Washington, D.C.) 6. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 7. Children's Hospital Colorado (Aurora) 8. Children's Hospital Los Angeles 9. Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio) 10. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto, Calif.) U.S. News also ranked the top five hospitals in selected specialties: Pediatric cancer 1. Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center 2. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.) 3. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 4. Texas Children's Hospital 5. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric cardiology and heart surgery 1. Texas Children's Hospital 2. Boston Children's Hospital 3. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 4. MUSC Children's Heart Network of South Carolina (Charleston) 5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York City) Neonatology 1. Children's National Hospital 2. Boston Children's Hospital 3. Texas Children's Hospital 4. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 5. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals (San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.) n Oregon hospital fires COO after 4 days on the job By Kelly Gooch B ay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., fired newly hired COO Larry Butler Jr. after four days of employment and learning of his criminal history. Mr. Butler was named COO of the hospital in May. He was employed four days before the criminal history was dis- covered, hospital spokesperson Kim Winker told Becker's. "He was immediately terminated upon learning about [his] background," she said. In August 2015, Mr. Butler was sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding two of his former employers, according to the Justice Department. Mr. Butler was convicted of wire fraud and false represen- tation of a Social Security number. The Justice Depart- ment said he used false credentials, a false Social Secu- rity number and other false documentation, to defraud Metairie-based Louisiana Health Cooperative and Baton Rouge, La.-based Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. He also used company credit cards to pay for personal ex- penses, according to the Justice Department. In a statement, Bay Area Hospital said it uses a comprehen- sive background check process to vet new hires. "Even the best system can be manipulated by an unscru- pulous individual," the hospital said. "That said, BAH's pro- cess is consistent with industry standards, and includes, amongst other things, a full state, county and national criminal background check, a minimum of three profes- sional reference checks and in-depth interviews." Mr. Butler was placed on suspension after the hospital learned of potential issues and fired upon learning about his criminal background. During Mr. Butler's employment, the hospital verified that no patient protected health information was accessed and he never had access to employees' sensitive personal in- formation, according to the hospital statement. Although there is no indication sensitive information was breached, the hospital said it is conducting an audit of its systems "to ensure that all private data has been main- tained in full and strict confidence." n