Muma Children's Hospital at Tampa General Hospital Ranked as a Top Performing Pediatric Hospital by Vizient, Inc.

The academic health system achieved national recognition for demonstrating excellence in the delivery of high-quality pediatric care.

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Muma Children's Hospital at Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has been recognized as a top performer in the Pediatric Hospital cohort of the 2025 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking by Vizient, Inc. The award honors health care provider organizations that demonstrate excellence in delivering high-quality care based on measures in the Vizient Quality and Accountability Ranking, including safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient-centeredness, and variation in care. Tampa General is among 10 health systems nationally and is the only in Florida to achieve this recognition.

"Across our organization, we understand how important it is that as we carry out our mission, we prioritize the health and well-being of our children, which in turn, establishes a foundation for a long and healthy life," said John Couris, president and CEO of Tampa General. "Tampa General has long worked to build and strengthen a culture of innovation and continuous improvement to drive efficient care coordination, high-quality care and better outcomes, and we are incredibly proud to have those efforts recognized by Vizient."

The award includes measures from the Vizient Clinical Data Base, the HCAHPS survey and the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). The Vizient Quality and Accountability Study, which informs the rankings, has been conducted annually since 2005 to help participating hospitals and health systems understand their performance against their peers and identify best practices associated with high performance in quality and safety.

"As both a parent and a pediatric health care leader, I understand how critical it is for families to have access to highly specialized clinical expertise and innovative care," said Sarah Frahn, vice president of  TGH Women's Institute and Muma Children's Hospital at Tampa General. "This recognition underscores our team's integrated, multidisciplinary approach that ensures that our youngest patients receive the same quality of care – powered by academic medicine – tailored to the unique needs of children, no matter their age or condition."

This year, 1,220 participating hospitals were segmented into seven cohorts for the Vizient Quality and Accountability Study. The study measures performance on the quality of patient care in six domains: safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient centeredness and variation in care. The study factors in measures from the Vizient Clinical Data Base. It includes performance data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey and the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network. The Muma Children's Hospital at TGH was recognized alongside hospitals and health systems nationally that:

• Care for at least 250 high-acuity medical neonates annually
• Receive more patients transferred in for care than it transfers out, by a margin of more than 5%
• Perform at least 50 major surgeries on neonates annually

"We extend our sincere congratulations to this year's top-performing hospitals recognized in the Vizient Quality and Accountability Study," said David Levine, chief medical officer of Vizient. "These organizations have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to delivering safe, effective and patient-centered care. Their performance reflects the highest standards in clinical quality and operational excellence, and we are proud to honor their achievements."

The Muma Children's Hospital at TGH provides a comprehensive array of specialized children's services and high-quality medical care to children and their families. The hospital includes a Pediatric Trauma Center verified as Level I by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). From simple injuries to major trauma, and from basic illnesses to complex chronic conditions, the medical team at the Muma Children's Hospital at TGH takes an integrated approach to addressing children's psychological, social and developmental needs in addition to medical treatment. Whether it is neonates or adolescents, the needs of the whole child are supported by a comprehensive team of professionals at Tampa General. Pediatric specialists and surgeons, pediatric-certified nurses, psychologists, certified child life specialists and pediatric therapists all work together to ensure children get the best care.

More information about the 2025 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking, including the full list of honorees, is available here.

ABOUT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL

Tampa General Hospital, the Tampa Bay region's only academic health system, is a 1,529-bed not-for-profit network of hospital and outpatient services spanning across Florida. As the only center for Level l trauma and comprehensive burn care center serving 23 counties, Tampa General  delivers world-class care. The system's hospitals include Tampa General Hospital, Tampa General Rehabilitation Hospital, Tampa General Behavioral Health Hospital, all in Tampa; Tampa General Brooksville, Tampa General Spring Hill and Tampa General Crystal River. Tampa General is the highest-ranked hospital in Tampa Bay in U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Hospitals, with six medical specialties ranking among the top 50 in the nation and five additional medical specialties ranked among the top 10% best hospital programs in the United States. As the first hospital in Florida to open a clinical command center for real-time situational awareness, the academic health system has elevated its digital care coordination center to the next level by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and its analytics platform across inpatient and outpatient care to ensure patients receive leading-edge care as quickly and safely as possible. Tampa General's commitment to growing and developing its team members is recognized by three prestigious Forbes magazine rankings — in the 2025 America's Best Large Employers, the top 40 in Florida in the 2025 America's Best Employers by State and the 2023 America's Best Employers for Women.

Tampa General is the area's safety-net hospital, caring for anyone regardless of ability to pay; in fiscal year 2023, Tampa General provided a net community benefit of approximately $301.8 million in the form of health care for underinsured patients, community education and financial support to community health organizations in Tampa Bay. It was the nation's No. 1 adult solid organ transplant center in 2024 and is the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. With five medical helicopters, Tampa General transports critically injured or ill patients from surrounding counties to receive the advanced care their conditions require. Tampa General has a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center and its 32-bed Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast of Florida. It is home to the Muma Children's Hospital at TGH, the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed neonatal intensive care unit and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General's footprint includes TGH North, which consists of three hospitals and several outpatient locations in Citrus and Hernando counties; 17 Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices; TGH Family Care Center Kennedy; two TGH outpatient centers; TGH Virtual Health; and 19 TGH Imaging outpatient radiology centers throughout Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm Beach counties. Tampa Bay area residents receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent Care, powered by the Fast Track network of clinics. To see a medical care professional live anytime, anywhere on a smartphone, tablet or computer, visit Virtual Health | Tampa General Hospital (tgh.org). For more information, go to www.tgh.org.

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