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We are 100% focused on kids. Contrary to common belief, kids are not just “little adults”– instead, their developing bodies and minds need highly specialized care. Children's Hospital Oakland has the only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in the Bay Area. With more than 30 pediatric sub-specialties, our doctors and nurses are able to pinpoint problems quickly and design the most advanced and innovative treatments available.
Treatment is but one part of the medical picture. Our internationally-renowned Research Institute – ranked eighth nationally in pediatric NIH funding – investigates root causes of disease, pioneering new treatments and cures. Our expertise extends to our community’s most vulnerable kids. Children’s Hospital Oakland has always been committed to providing the highest quality care to all kids.
• Founded in 1912
• 190 licensed beds
• 30 sub-specialties
• 557 hospital & community-based physicians
• 78 pediatric residents
• $16.3 million in charity care
• $51 million in uncompensated care
Patient Visits in 2011
• 10,254 inpatient discharges
• 229,025 outpatient visits
• 47,611 ER visits and 780 trauma transfers
• 384 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) discharges
• 607 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) discharges
• 100 newly diagnosed cancer patients a year
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For 60 years, Children’s Hospital Central California has provided hope, healing and the best medical care for children of the region. Children’s is a not-for-profit, state-of-the-art children’s hospital on a 50-acre campus situated on the bluffs of the San Joaquin River. With 348 beds and a medical staff of more than 525 physicians, Children’s is the second-largest children’s hospital in California and one of the 10 largest hospitals of its type in the nation. The mission of Children's Hospital is to provide high quality, comprehensive healthcare services to children, regardless of their ability to pay, and to continuously improve the health and well-being of children. Thanks to generous community support, the Hospital continues on its mission of service and healing.
Children’s Hospital Central California Facts:
- Children’s Hospital’s Emergency Department receives over 70,000 visits annually.
- We perform over 13,000 inpatient and 11,000 outpatient surgeries annually.
- The Craycroft Oncology (Cancer) Unit & Outpatient Center is a full-member of the nationally-recognized Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and is on the leading edge of advancements for children with cancer and blood disorders.
- Our specialty outpatient clinics have over 230,000 visits annually.
- Children’s Hospital’s Transport Team, transports over 1,000 infants to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) every year. Our NICU boasts the highest survival rate of any NICU in California.
The funds raised from the Credit Union for Kids Wine Auction will help support our Child Life Department, which is vital to the Hospital but is not supported through insurance dollars. Child Life Specialists are experts in child development who promote effective coping through play, preparation, education, and self-expression activities. They provide emotional support for families, and encourage optimum development of children facing a broad range of challenging experiences, particularly those related to healthcare and hospitalization.
To learn more about Children’s Hospital, you can read about some of our patients in our Story Album or see pictures from across the hospital over a 24-hour period in our One Day at Children’s book.
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On behalf of the more than 97,638 children who received care last year at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, thank you for your incredible support of the Credit Unions for Kids Wine Auction. Your generosity allows our caregivers to provide the high quality of care to our patients and their families and enables us to offer unsurpassed care to all who need it. A great need in our community is met by you. Your generosity improves and saves lives.
Children's Hospital is:
- One of only 12 children’s hospitals nationwide – and the only one in California – ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report.
- Ranked fifth in the nation among pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in 2012-13.
- The only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in Los Angeles County approved by the County Department of Health Services and accredited by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.
- Designated as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center – an honor held by only 5% of hospitals nationwide.
- Granted the Beacon Award for Excellence in Pediatric Intensive Care Units from the American Association of Critical Care Nursing.
Each year, our more than 4,200 employees and 588 medical staff deliver care to:
- 10,000 inpatient visits
- 300,000 outpatient visits
- 65,000 Emergency Department visits
Simply put, your generosity enables us to treat kids better. Philanthropic support is what transforms the hopes of today into the happier, healthier future that all children deserve.
On behalf of everyone at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, thank you for your meaningful support of the Credit Unions for Kids Wine Auction.
For more information about Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, visit www.chla.org.
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Our Orange County Credit Unions for family has increased fundraising considerably yet again this year. Last year for CHOC they even raised more money then Walmart!
Our Credit Unions for Kids Advisory Council is one of the larger funders of our new patient care tower opening February 2013. With their help, they have placed a beach-themed Choco Bear mascot statue in our new outdoor play area for kids to enjoy. Our Credit Unions have also funded two outdoor gardens facing our main entrance at La Veta. These areas will provide a much needed space for families and the local Orange community to enjoy.
Thank you Credit Unions for making a huge difference for the children at CHOC!
For more than 45 years, CHOC Children’s has been steadfastly committed to providing the highest quality medical care to children. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, our regional pediatric healthcare network includes a state-of-the-art 238-bed main hospital facility in the City of Orange, a hospital-within-a-hospital in Mission Viejo. CHOC also offers many primary and specialty care clinics, over 100 additional programs and services, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence - The CHOC Children’s Heart, Cancer, Neuroscience, and Orthopaedic Institutes.
With admissions growing by 124% since 1998, CHOC is the fastest-growing children’s hospital in Calfornia. For more information visit us on the web at www.choc.org
CHOC’s Firsts:
- First in Orange County to open an emergency room for children
- First California children’s hospital to perform robotic surgery
- Nation’s first and only American Diabetes Association-certified pediatric diabetes program
- Performed the first bone marrow transplant in Orange County
- The first and only to perform pediatric open heart surgery in Orange County
- First in the nation to collaborate with the Boys & Girls Club to have a pediatric health care clinic on site at the club
- Orange County’s first and only pediatric heart program
- First Radio Lollipop studio on the West Coast
- First in the nation to use the LICOX, a brain oxygen monitor, in young children with traumatic brain injuries
- Conducted the nation’s first balloon dilation of a cardiac lesion, now a routine cardiac procedure
- Only US site selected to evaluate the efficacy of a genetically engineered recombinant factor XIII (for clotting disorders)
- The only dedicated Neuroscience Unit in California
- The only Cord Blood Bank in Orange County and one of only a few in the nation approved by the National Marrow Donor Program
- The first and only to perform pediatric open heart surgery in Orange County
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Cottage Children's Hospital Cottage Children's Hospital at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is dedicated to providing personalized, compassionate care to children and families throughout the central coast and inland regions. Recognized as a regional referral center for the medical needs of infants, toddlers, and children in the Tri-counties and throughout Central California, CCH has earned a reputation for excellence that draws some of the nation's top pediatric specialists.
The CCH medical staff prides itself on providing clinically excellent health care, taking a collaborative team approach where children receive individualized care in a patient-focused environment.
Under the clinical stewardship of nationally recognized physicians and specially trained nursing and clinical support staff, Cottage Children's Hospital offers comprehensive pediatric services, including a pediatric intensive care unit, a dedicated acute care pediatric unit, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, the only pediatric hematology/oncology center in the Central Coast region, and a pediatric endocrine and diabetes clinic.
Cottage Children’s Hospital features highly trained pediatric specialists in the fields of advanced pediatric minimally invasive surgery, gastroenterology, neurology, orthopedics, cardiology, radiology, and ophthalmology; along with a dedicated pediatric/neonatal transport system.
Cottage Children’s Hospital is celebrating its 26th year as a member of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Support provided by the Credit Unions for Kids program and other national sponsors has enabled Cottage to increase the range of specialized pediatric services available to Central Coast families and purchase ambulances, transport gurneys and other specialized equipment. As a not-for-profit medical center, Cottage Children's Hospital invests its profits back into the organization to ensure the good health of every child in our communities. |
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital founded in 1956 and has been a member hospital of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals for over two decades. Dedicated to being a leader in providing state-of-the-art medical care and treatment to local children, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital now boasts The Lauren Small Children’s Medical Center, a hospital within a hospital, featuring a 31-bed Level II NICU, a general Pediatrics unit that is currently undergoing expansion and the first Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in the Southern San Joaquin Valley. The opening of the new PICU in April of 2012 allows our children to be treated locally by Pediatric Intensivists, Pediatric Endocrinologists, Cardiologists and a Nephrologist. A high-risk infant follow-up clinic tracks NICU patients after discharge and provides further support to our children.
Thanks to your support, the Lauren Small Children’s Medical Center at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital will also include a Children’s Pavilion for Emergency Care where children will have their own separate Emergency Department and a beautiful Children’s Garden where our young patients can enjoy fresh air and enjoy outside activity with their family when possible. Construction on both projects are scheduled to begin in 2013.
We thank Credit Union for Kids and our local Credit Unions for their support that allows us to make great strides in changing the face of healthcare for local children in our community.
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Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, the largest children’s hospital in California based on patient admissions, is a 442-bed pediatric care facility providing the largest source of comprehensive pediatric medical services in San Diego, Southern Riverside and Imperial counties. Rady Children’s is the only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare and is the region’s only designated pediatric trauma center. In June 2012, U.S. News & World Report ranked Rady Children’s among the best children’s hospitals in the nation in all ten pediatric specialties the magazine surveyed. For more information, visit www.rchsd.org and find us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Since Rady Children’s Hospital first opened its doors in 1954, our mission has been to “restore, sustain, and enhance the health and development potential of children through excellence in patient care, research, and advocacy.” Donations made to the Hope & Healing fund at Rady Children's Hospital will help us attain our mission by funding life-saving technology and research, providing a safety net for children with little or no medical insurance and helping to create a healing environment designed to enrich the experience of patients and their families. Many special programs at Rady Children’s rely on donations to the Hope & Healing fund every year – programs vital to the healing process for children and families and for which little or no other funding is available. Child life, spiritual care, child abuse prevention and treatment, trauma counseling, art and music therapy, playrooms...all of these and more rely on the generosity of our community. Our partnership with CMN Hospitals and Credit Unions for Kids since 1997 has impacted the health of the children in our community greatly and has continually helped to fulfill the highest and greatest needs of Rady Children’s Hospital.
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Culminating years of serving the region’s youngest patients and their families with expert care, Renown Children’s Hospital was launched in 2009. Each year, Renown sees more than 27,000 individual child patients, including nearly 4,000 newborn deliveries. Renown’s history of expertise and leadership in children’s healthcare laid the foundation for our membership with the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). Our NACHRI affiliation was a first for Nevada, and we are one of just 228 such institutions nationally. Renown Children’s Hospital is also proud to be the only northern Nevada hospital partnered with Children’s Miracle Network Hospital – one of just 170 select hospitals in the nation with this distinction.
Renown Children’s Hospital provides the most comprehensive care for children and newborns, including many services that no other provider is willing or able to provide. Some of the unique services include:
- The Wilbur D. May Pediatric Intensive Care Unit – the only children’s ICU between Sacramento and Salt Lake City
- The area’s largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatric After Hours Care
- Child Life Program - Child Life serves pediatric patients who are critically or chronically ill, as well as those who will be undergoing surgery, and have specific emotional or psychological needs
- A dedicated Children’s ER and the region’s only Children’s Specialty Care (outpatient clinic), which treats children and adolescents with cancer, including leukemia, tumors and diseases of the blood, kidneys and lungs. This clinic allows sick children and their families to remain in the community and seek treatment close to home.
As the region’s only children’s hospital continues to expand to meet the needs of our community, Renown remains steadfastly committed to caring for the 220,000 children in northern Nevada and eastern California.
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Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital is a Public District Hospital within the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District.
In 1989, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital partnered with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals to raise money for children’s healthcare services throughout the Central Coast community. Since that time, over $10 million has been raised locally. Most importantly, 100% of those dollars have gone directly to services that benefit children, both at the hospital and throughout the community.
Within the hospital, funds raised through the Children’s Miracle Network program help to fund equipment and services for our 11 bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and our 18 room Pediatrics unit. Funds also provide support for an annual NICU Reunion, partially fund an annual Asthma Day Camp for asthmatic children, and funded the purchase of a NICU Specialty Ambulance to transport sick babies to and from our facility.
Outside of the hospital, Children’s Miracle Network funds provide support for individual children and community outreach programs in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties. These programs include: Child Abuse Prevention, Cancer Support, Asthma Education, Immunization Programs, and Therapy Programs for Special Needs Children, to name only a few. Additionally, grants are provided for individual children in need of medical equipment, such as hearing aids, wheelchairs, mobility devices, and much more.
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UC Davis Children’s Hospital (UCDCH) is a world-class pediatric hospital devoted to the health of babies, children and adolescents. It has 129 licensed beds providing general and critical care. With more than 120 physicians representing 33 pediatric subspecialties, and a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, UC Davis offers the highest level of care for critically ill children for virtually every pediatric health condition from autism to urology. UC Davis Children’s Hospital service area includes 33 counties and 5 million people in the region. UCDCH is the only children’s hospital ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report in the Sacramento Region.
As an integral part of the UC Davis Children's Hospital family, Credit Union for Kids and its partner organizations are united with people dedicated to helping sick and injured children. They make our hospital the most effective, efficient and compelling example of people working together for kids. CUFK philanthropic support has helped UC Davis Children's Hospital open our brand new National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, as well as the one year anniversary of our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/ Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, both of these centers transformed the way we provide medical care and train the future physicians of our communities. |
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