by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
This week U.S. News released their "Best Children's Hospitals 2012-13" rankings. They surveyed 178 pediatric centers to obtain clinical data in 10 specialties and asked 150 pediatric specialists in each specialty where they would send the sickest children. Twelve hospitals that had high scores in at least three specialties were named to the Honor Roll.
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
This week healthsprocket added a new list category: Mobile Health. Mobile lists were previously categorized within the Technology category. You can now view lists of this category by going to Browse and clicking on the Mobile Health link.

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
This week Wolters Kluwer Health reported findings from a poll on the impact of online health information on how consumer's answer medical questions.
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
This week the The Kaiser Initiative on Health Reform and Private Insurance released a report on insurer rebates under the medical loss ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act. The report contains estimates of rebates due in 2012 from insurers by state. 9 lists have been posted on healthsprocket which contain some of the data from this report.
 
You can view the lists below:

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
IMS Health has released its annual list of the top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks (IHN). St Johns Health System in Springfield Missouri was ranked as the top IHN. The rankings are based on each network’s ability to operate as a unified organization in eight categories: integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization, and physicians. Healthsprocket has four lists that list the rankings by region;
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
On April 1st, healthsprocket sent out a sprocketrocket newsletter with eight satirical lists as the Editor's Picks. If you missed them be sure to check them out. All eight are linked below. 
 

by Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
This week HealthGrades released their list of the 50 best hospitals in 2012. The 50 best hospitals are located in 48 cities in 19 states. You can find out which hospitals made the cut on healthsprocket here.  You can read more about the list from HealthGrades here.