Childrens Hospital Medical Center Of Akron

Programs: Program achievement #1 - subspecialty physicians in keeping with chmca's mission to provide quality medical and surgical care for babies, children, adolescents, and burn victims of all ages, regardless of the ability to pay, chmca offers unique services in a broad range of pediatric subspecialties as described herein. Some of chmca's subspecialty areas include: ambulatory services, heart center, neurosurgery, sedation service, maternal fetal medicine, care center, gastroenterology, urology, sports medicine, neurology, nephrology, endocrinology, adolescent medicine, infectious diseases, hematology services, pulmonary medicine, palliative care program, locust pediatrics, rheumatology, clinical pharmacology and toxicology, psychiatric services, genetics, dentistry, orthopedics and skeletal dysplasia. The showers family center for childhood cancer and blood disorders provides comprehensive care to children, teens and young adults with all types of childhood cancer, sickle cell disease, hemogloginopathies and bleeding/clotting disorders, as well as those who require stem cell/bone marrow transplants. The team includes board-certified pediatric hematologists-oncologists, advance practice nurses, physician assistants, certified pediatric oncology nurses, pharmacists, social workers, clinical research associates, child life specialists, counselors and educators. As a major teaching institution, chmca offers fellowship training in pediatric hematology-oncology and is a major pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with northeast ohio medical university. The division of hematology-oncology also actively participates in national clinical trials for childhood cancer and blood disorders, and continues to explore the causes and treatments of these diseases through our basic science research program. As a member of the children's oncology group (cog), we participate in the development of national cancer institute-approved treatment protocols and offer the most up-to-date cancer therapies. Our cancer program is one of only 12 pediatric cancer programs in the country as verified by the american college of surgeons commission on cancer. Chmca's center for diabetes and endocrinology consists of a team of board-certified pediatric endocrinologists, certified nurse practitioners and pediatric nurses who diagnose and treat infants, children and teens. Recognized by the american diabetes association for quality self-management education, our center is backed by a full-service lab, registered dietitians, social worker, child psychologist and others. The most common endocrine disorders we treat are diabetes, short stature, thyroid disease, metabolism disorders and pubertal disorders. In addition, we offer specialized care in bone health, endocrine disorders in cancer survivors and cystic fibrosis patients. Chmca's neurodevelopmental science center (ndc) brings together 5 pediatric specialties - developmental-behavioral pediatrics, neurology, neurosurgery, physiatry, and behavioral neuropsychology, under one roof to deliver the best outcomes and quality of life for patients. Chmca's ndc is dedicated to easing the circumstances each step of the way, from referral to diagnosis to treatment. Our goal is provide care that enriches the quality of life for children and families affected by neurological and developmental disorders. Chmca's division of orthopedics specializes in the diagnosis and surgical and/or non-surgical treatment of all types of bone, joint, muscle and spine disorders and injuries in children, teens and young adults. Our experienced pediatric orthopedic surgeons offer complete care for conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system, with the support of pediatric nurse practitioners, nurses and orthopedic technicians. This includes: pediatric spine trauma and deformity, sports injury reconstruction, musculoskeletal neurology, congenital hand and musculoskeletal deformity, hip reconstruction, chest reconstruction, fragile bone evaluation and treatment, skeletal dysplasia, and brachial plexus treatment. Chmca's robert t. Stone respiratory center provides services for patients with all types of respiratory illnesses, including allergies, cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and chronic respiratory failure. The center has a team of doctors, nurse practitioners, nurse clinicians, pulmonary function technicians, dieticians, physical therapists and a social worker. We provide direct and consultative diagnosis and treatment, education, case management, and research. Our center includes: cystic fibrosis center, which treats patients from birth through adulthood, asthma education program, pulmonary medicine, pulmonary function testing lab, sleep center, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Chmca's pediatric urology department diagnoses and treats children and teens with problems related to the genito-urinary systems. Services include laser, laparoscopy, lithotripsy and other minimally invasive techniques to treat diseases. Our staff also uses urodynamic tests to show how well the bladder and sphincter muscles work and to help explain various urinary diseases. Chmca operates 4 pediatric urgent care centers to treat children for minor illnesses and injuries. Total urgent care visits were 24,304 and 9,848 in 2016 and 2015, respectively.

program achievement #2 - inpatient services total inpatient days 74,555 (2016) 73,548 (2015) chmca's philosophy of care is centered around the families we serve. This means we respect each child and family's individual needs and strive to make the hospital experience as pleasant as possible. The routine care units, which consist of private rooms and accommodations for overnight stay by parents, are based upon the concept of family-centered care. The primary focus of the facility is to provide an environment conducive to pediatric patients, aiding their recovery in a modern hospital setting. Inpatient services include routine care, neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, psychiatric care, regional burn center, and trauma services. The 75 bed neonatal intensive care unit located in the new key jewelers pavilion opened in 2015. Our neonatologists provide the highest level of intensive care for our youngest patients. Our neonatal expertise expands beyond our nicu in the kay jewelers pavilion on our hospital campus in akron. We also operate the nicu's at cleveland clinic akron general, summa akron city hospital and st. Elizabeth boardman hospital, as well as special care nurseries at our beeghly campus location, st. Joseph warren hospital and wooster community hospital. Chmca's neonatology division is ranked among the best in the nation, according to the u. S. News and world report. A transport team from the nicu is also available at all times for transfer of patients by ambulance or helicopter from any one of the thirty-five (35) network hospitals in the area. Total nicu patient days: 2016 2015 neonatal at akron 22,554 19,067 neonatal at ccag 3,263 3,919 neonatal at st. E's 5,583 5,894 neonatal at summa 5,235 5,686 neonatal at beeghly 2,517 2,783 neonatal at wooster 424 446 neonatal at st. Joseph 733 483 the division of pediatric critical care is responsible for overseeing and delivering care in the pediatric intensive care unit (picu). Each year, the picu cares for about 1,500 children and teens in northeast ohio with life-threatening medical and surgical problems. The 25,200 square foot pediatric intensive care unit includes 23 private rooms with pull-out sofas to encourage parents to stay overnight. Total patient days were 20,106 and 21,184 in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Since 1978, the regional burn center has provided specialized care for burn victims of all ages throughout northeastern ohio. The burn center is verified by the american burn association and the committee on trauma of the american college of surgeons, which recognizes individual and institutional commitment to total burn care and a formal system for quality burn care delivery. Each year, more than 250 burn victims are admitted to the burn center, which features 12 private patient rooms with bathrooms and accommodations for one parent or family member. The burn center also has a treatment room, physical therapy room, operating room and tub room. The burn center comprehensively treats seriously burned victims by combining the skills of physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, dieticians, social workers, respiratory therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists. Besides providing expert treatment, the center's staff is actively involved in burn research and burn care training for professional and community groups. Total patient days for the burn center were 2,379 and 2,004 for 2016 and 2015, respectively. The division of emergency/trauma services supplies the emergency care needs of children from birth to twenty-one (21) years of age. As the sole pediatric institution in the area, the division of emergency/trauma services is the designated treatment center for all emergent pediatric problems. Children from akron and the surrounding counties in northeast ohio accounted for the majority of the 100,248 visits during 2016. A full-time attending pediatric emergency medicine specialist is on duty twenty-four (24) hours a day involved in the direct care of patients and teaching fellows, residents, and medical students. The division of emergency/trauma boasts one of the nation's first and most successful suture programs using specially trained technicians and nurses to do most of the suturing of lacerations in the emergency setting. They see between 400-750 patients per month who need stitches. Rounding out the specialized medical care in the emergency department are child life specialists who are accustomed to explaining procedures to children and comforting parents; social workers trained to identify needs of families and point them to helpful services; and chaplains and bereavement staff who are always on call. Chmca is verified as a pediatric trauma center by the american college of surgeons. The pediatric trauma verification is based on its ability to provide quality trauma care to trauma patients and their families from the time of injury, through the acute care phase, into the rehabilitation phase.

program achievement #4 - ancillary some of the key departments of ancillary include: centralized core lab, microbiology/virology labs, cytogenetics, radiology diagnostic imaging, radiology mri, radiology ct, radiology ultrasound, radiology nuclear medicine, physical therapy, speech pathology, audiology, occupational therapy. The centralized core lab (ccl) includes the chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, special chemistry and blood bank laboratories. The chemistry analyzers tests for more than 60 different substances found in blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid specimens. In addition to routine chemistries, testing is performed for therapeutic and immunosuppressive drug monitoring. Instruments are selected to use the smallest amounts of blood for testing in order to minimize blood loss for our pediatric patients. In addition to the ccl, laboratory services are provided by the infectious disease laboratories (microbiology, virology, immunology, and molecular diagnostics). The radiology division at chmca performs a full spectrum of diagnostic imaging procedures inclusive of diagnostic/fluoroscopic xrays, ct, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and mri. The radiology division is staffed with licensed diagnostic imaging technologists and all our pediatric imaging procedures are read by qualified pediatric radiologists with board certification and certificate of added qualification (caq) credentials inclusive of expertise in specific radiology subspecialty areas of imaging. Chmca's physical and occupational therapists are devoted to providing quality care in the hospital and to outpatients, schools and community programs. Our staff of pediatric therapists can provide specialized treatment from birth to age 21. We are affiliated with universities for teaching of students. Incorporating the support of families and skills of various medical professionals, the occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech, audiology, and social services staff strive to provide patients with the skills needed to overcome a variety of developmental, physical, and emotional disabilities. The family child learning center (fclc), a cooperative effort of chmca and kent state university, offers a host of therapy and educational services to handicapped infants, preschoolers and their families. Therapists and educators work together to significantly enhance the development of these children at an early age. Fclc provides an educational training ground for graduate students in education, speech pathology, motor learning and physical and occupational therapy.

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