Recognition and Honors

Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health continues to be recognized as one of the top children's hospitals in the nation.

Parents

Nationally distributed Parents magazine recognized Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health's neonatal and pulmonary care departments in the top five nationally, fourth and fifth respectively, among select specialties that were ranked. In addition, Riley at IU Health was ranked among the top 25 —16th overall — in the nation. The rankings appeared in the February 2009 edition of Parents magazine.

U.S.News & World Report

Ten specialty programs at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health were ranked among the top 30 children's hospitals in the nation in 2011 – 12 edition of U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals. The following specialty programs were recognized:

  • Urology: 3rd
  • Diabetes and Endocrinology: 12th
  • Pulmonology: 12th
  • Nephrology: 23rd
  • Cardiology and Heart Surgery: 25th
  • Gastroenterology: 27th
  • Cancer: 28th
  • Neurology and Neurosurgery: 28th
  • Orthopedics: 29th
  • Neonatology: 30th

Learn more about our specialties that were ranked among the top in the nation.

National Recognition for Nursing Excellence

IU Health has earned Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Magnet Recognition Program® honors excellence in nursing services and high quality clinical outcomes for patients. IU Health's downtown hospitals  -  IU Health Methodist, IU Health University and Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health -  have achieved Magnet status, an honor given to less than five percent of all hospitals in the nation.