Five Ektron Customers Ranked Among Nation's Best Children's Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report

NASHUA, N.H., June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Ektron, a leading provider of content management and web experience management software, today announced that three of its customers were recently named among the nation's top ten children's hospitals by U.S News and World Report's "2014-15 Best Children's Hospitals."  An additional two hospitals, Seattle Children's Hospital and Children's Mercy, were cited in the report as among the nation's best.

Hospitals and healthcare providers are increasingly dependent on their websites to deliver important information to patients and members of the healthcare community in a timely an efficient way. Ektron powers more than 200 websites and intranets for leading healthcare organizations around the world. Ektron customers identified in the report include:

• Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center placed #1 in the U.S. News and World Report Honor Roll and was named the #1 pediatric cancer treatment center in the country.
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center was ranked third in the nation among all Honor Roll hospitals as well as one of the top ten for all 10 pediatric specialties ranked by U.S. News and World Report.
• Placing fourth nationally in the Honor Roll was Texas Children's Hospital – the only hospital in the entire Southern region of the U.S. to make the list. 

The annual U.S. News and World Report's Best Children's Hospitals rankings are a guide to hospitals that excel in treating the sickest children. The 2014-15 rankings, which mark the eighth year of publication, evaluated hospitals in 10 specialties, from cancer to urology. In this latest edition, 89 hospitals were ranked among the top 50 in at least one of the 10 specialties reviewed. Hospitals with high scores in three or more specialties were named to the prestigious Honor Roll.

About Ektron

Ektron Web Content Management software powers corporate websites, intranets, and social communities for thousands of customers across the world. Ektron Digital Experience Management solutions let marketers connect, engage, acquire and retain customers across the Web and in the Cloud. Ektron is headquartered in the greater Boston area with offices in Australia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Ektron customers are leaders in education, financial services, hospitality, healthcare, media and entertainment, manufacturing, non-profit, public sector, and technology.

For more information: www.ektron.com.

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