Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital Of Chicago

Programs: Ann & robert h. Lurie children's hospital of chicago ("lurie children's") in chicago, illinois owns and operates the only full-service, independent, freestanding pediatric hospital in illinois. This not-for-profit, tertiary care hospital, founded in 1882, provides patient care 24 hours-per-day, 7 days-per-week. Lurie children's has 288 licensed beds and provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and related ancillary services. Lurie children's provides more care than any other hospital provider in illinois in nearly every pediatric medical and surgical specialty. As a major academic tertiary care medical center, lurie children's has served patients from 50 states, and 57 countries. Lurie children's is a designated level i pediatric trauma center for the city of chicago, with a level iii neonatal nursery that serves as a regional referral center in the state of illinois perinatal network. Lurie children's ability to treat the most critically ill infants in its neonatal intensive care unit ("nicu") is demonstrated by statistics for fiscal year 2017 which show that over half of all transports into its nicu were from other level iii nurseries in metropolitan chicago. In 2017, lurie children's has been ranked as the 7th best children's hospital in the country by u. S. News & world report. In addition, lurie children's is the only pediatric hospital in illinois to be ranked by u. S. News & world report in all 10 pediatric specialties. In 2016, lurie children's was named a level i pediatric surgery center by the american college of surgeons (acs), becoming the first children's hospital in illinois to earn this status. So far, only two other pediatric hospitals in the country have achieved this verification. Level i verification - the highest of three - is awarded by a multi-organizational taskforce led by the acs, the body responsible for setting the nation's standards for quality of surgical care, practice and training. Also in 2016, lurie children's was one of only 12 children's hospitals nationwide - and the only one in illinois - to be recognized as a "top hospital" for patient safety by the leapfrog group, a national consortium of healthcare payers that promotes "leaps" in patient safety. The award is based on a hospital's performance in patient safety and care quality. In fy 2017, lurie children's, through more than 744,600 patient visits, served more than 208,600 children who came from all over the state of illinois and beyond to access the more than 70 specialties offered by lurie children's. Lurie children's is the largest provider of medicaid services to illinois children. Lurie children's pediatric-specialist physicians provide more specialty care to children insured by the state of illinois' all kids (medicaid) program than any other specialty care provider. More than half of the hospital inpatient services are provided to children insured by medicaid. Lurie children's maintains a charity care policy under which it provides healthcare services free of charge or at a greatly reduced rate to children whose families are unable to pay for the charges associated with their medical care. For fy 2017, the total unreimbursed care and community benefit (as reported in the fy 2017 audit of lurie children's and its affiliates) provided by lurie children's and its affiliates was approximately $155 million, including $104. 4 million in costs associated with unreimbursed services and charity care provided by lurie children's and its affiliated physician groups and $50. 6 million for other community benefit including, but not limited to, resident and fellow expenses of $20. 2 million, research funding of $10. 7 million, operation of a community clinic support of $3. 3 million, child advocacy programs of $2. 6 million and the provision of language assistance, pastoral care, social work, art and music therapies, hospital volunteer services, transplant family housing and other family support services of $8. 8 million. Lurie children's undertakes a broad range of services and activities in addition to patient care that support its charitable mission. Lurie children's functions as a teaching and research institution whose efforts have contributed considerably to improvements in the quality of life and healthcare for children. Lurie children's supports community medical needs through a variety of outreach programs and educational programs. In december 2001, lurie children's became the first pediatric hospital in the nation and the first hospital in illinois to receive the magnet award from the american nurses credentialing center. Lurie children's was awarded this designation again in 2005, 2010, and 2015. Today, while the status is the most sought-after nation-wide honor in hospital nursing, less than 1% of hospitals have achieved the accomplishment of maintaining the designation four times. Lurie children's is one of the major pediatric teaching hospitals in the u. S. , serving as the pediatric teaching facility and the primary pediatric practice site of northwestern university's feinberg school of medicine ("nufsm") for resident physicians, fellows and medical students in pediatric specialties and sub-specialties. This program is consistently one of the most sought after in the country. For academic year 2016-2017, mcgaw medical center of northwestern university managed the training of approximately 799 resident-level trainees and 340 trainees at the fellow level. Of those, lurie children's is the primary teaching site for approximately 103 pediatric residents and 101 pediatric subspecialty fellows. In addition, trainees from the adult programs of mcgaw rotate to lurie children's for varying lengths of time to fulfill the pediatric component of their training program. Lurie children's role as a regional referral center for a variety of pediatric diseases and illnesses has created many research opportunities to study and treat them and lurie children's research arm, stanley manne children's research institute, ("research institute") is one of the nation's few centers dedicated solely to pediatric research. See the tax information return of lurie children's affiliate, research institute (36-3357005). Alone, or in collaboration with other community partners, lurie children's provides programs and promotes public policy to support the health and well-being of children beyond the walls of the hospital, particularly in under resourced communities. Hospital physicians and staff provide expertise at local, city, state and national levels. Lurie children's engages in strategic organizational partnerships, such as school-based collaborations to promote health, safety and socialization for all students including support for learning accommodations for students with special health care needs, social-emotional learning, concussion management, sports injury prevention and obesity reduction. Through its work with students directly and in providing staff training (including system-wide training) and development with chicago public schools (cps) and suburban and private schools over the past 20 years, lurie children's has reached more than 40,000 students. Collaborations with the chicago park district (cpd) have included playground safety inspections, trauma-informed training for coaches and staff and system-wide coach training in concussion management. Another area of emphasis has been on "transitioning" youth/young adults into adulthood and supporting their independence. In collaboration with jvs (formerly jewish vocational services) and the hospital's office of child advocacy and department of human resources, a paid internship program for youth with chronic medical conditions has been established to provide them with job exposure and experience. Other areas of emphasis include hiv prevention among young african american women on the south side of chicago in collaboration with black churches and community agencies. Lurie children's provided leadership and expertise in the recently released "health chicago 2. 0-partnering to improve health equity 2016-2020" blueprint and implementation plan. Through its center for childhood resilience, lurie children's plays a leadership role in the il childhood trauma coalition and co-chairs a subcommittee on refugee and immigrant children and trauma. In addition, lurie children's brings its expertise in research and population health to inform program and policy directions at city and state levels, including its leadership in the il violent death reporting system and analysis of the burden of opioid addiction in illinois. These multiple undertakings by lurie children's align with and expand beyond priority areas identified by its community health needs assessment that includes active participation by the chicago department of public health and other community-based organizations representing vulnerable communities. Other community health activities include a partnership by lurie children's hematologists with the american