At its core, PATCH creates a pathway that facilitates communication between parents of autism spectrum disorder-impacted patients and hospital staff. This helps ensure patient needs are clearly and efficiently identified and necessary modifications can be made to the care plan.
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Visionmobile: Collaborative Eye Care for the Community’s Underserved Students
The Visionmobile, which emerged from Building Healthy Futures’ Child Vision Collaborative, primarily targets schools with poverty rates of 75% or greater, students pre-K to high school.
Read MoreGrowing to Serve Children Better
In response to the rising demand for pediatric intensive care in the region, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center has expanded its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
Read MoreLeading with Excellence
These elite national awards underscore the superior quality of care that Children's provides its patients and families each and every day. We congratulate our truly exceptional dedicated teams.
Read MoreSomething of A Visionary
Brad Brabec, M.D., remembers it vividly. That moment he realized he wanted to take care of people. We all have those pivotal moments in our lives—“plot points” if you will—that spin us toward the people we are today.
Read MoreA Promise to Be the Best
Children’s commitment to improving the patient experience and service excellence has been an essential thread in the organization’s fabric since its founding. In recent years, though, this emphasis has become stronger, clearer, and more concrete.
Read MoreExpansion Improves Care and Convenience
Major improvements in patient care can look very different. Sometimes a win is as dramatic as delivering a cure. At other times, it can be as practical as delivering care closer to home for busy patient families.
Read MoreEducating the Next Generation of Caregivers
The future of education at Children’s goes beyond the individual and beyond borders. As the hospital aspires to be a global leader for children’s health, its educational efforts and affiliations are branching out across the world.
Read MorePrestigious Award Honors Cutting-Edge Innovation, Culture of Safety
The implementation of a leading-edge, automated hand hygiene monitoring system has earned Children’s Hospital & Medical Center the first-ever Lucian Leape Institute Medtronic Safety Culture & Technology Innovator Team Award from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).
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