Play Ground is a blog dedicated to children’s health, development, and safety. We welcome your thoughtful comments, experiences, and perspectives to add to the dialogue of ideas.
You might be curious why we chose to name our blog Play Ground. A playground is designed specifically for children and families. It’s a safe place. A place for laughter. A place of sharing. A place to explore, learn, grow, and experience life. A place where anything is possible.
This blog is written by Primary Children’s Hospital, a children’s hospital located in scenic Salt Lake City, Utah, in a beautiful facility designed to meet the specific needs of children and their families. We help children and families from across the western United States.
Primary Children’s is part of Intermountain Healthcare, a non-profit healthcare system. We are also the pediatric specialty teaching hospital for the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Primary Children’s simple philosophy of, The Child First and Always® informs every decision we make, and how we treat every patient.
Primary Children’s National Rankings
US News & World Reports Best Children’s Hospitals:
Primary Children’s is proud to have eight of our pediatric specialty programs ranked among the best children’s hospitals in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. Our nationally ranked programs include:
- Cancer
- Cardiology & Heart Surgery
- Diabetes & Endocrinology
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
- Nephrology
- Orthopedics
- Urology
Parents Magazine 2013 Best Children’s Hospitals:
Primary Children’s is proud to be ranked as one of the top children’s hospitals in the western United States, and 15th overall in the country by Parents magazine. This ranking was part of Parents’ 2013 report of the best children’s hospitals.
The Heart Center at Primary Children’s was ranked 8th in the country on Parents magazine’s 2013 list of the 10 Best Children’s Hospitals for Heart Care.
