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Causes: Community Health Systems, Health
Mission: Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.
Programs: Cook children's health care system is one of the country's leading vertically integrated pediatric health care organizations. Cook children's represents an award-winning, not-for-profit system of seamless health care designed to fulfill our promise; "knowing that every child's life is sacred, it is the promise of cook children's to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury. " cook children's health care system is comprised of eight entities- a medical center, physician network, home health company, northeast hospital, pediatric surgery center, health plan, health services, inc. And health foundation. Based in fort worth, texas, cook children's primary service region includes denton, hood, johnson, parker, tarrant and wise counties, with an additional referral area encompassing approximately half of the state. The integrated system has many primary, specialty and urgent care offices throughout texas and has served hundreds of international patients, as well as those from all 50 states. Cook children's sustainable heritage dates back to 1918. Since then, it has been established as a leader in pediatric health care by fostering continual change and robust growth while always embracing the abiding promise that all of our employees commit to every day. Cook children's lives up to its promise by combining the art of caring with integrity-led, interdisciplinary collaboration, a commitment to evidence-based practice, the highest levels of safety and security, leading clinical research, state-of-the-art technology, effective financial stewardship and the re-investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in community benefits. The commitment and expertise of the system's trustees, physicians and staff, combined with cook children's vast resources, enable this institution to be recognized as sustainable and among the best for positive clinical outcomes. As such, rating agencies have cited cook children's market leadership in tarrant county for its successful expansion efforts, robust growth in revenue and liquidity and stellar operating margins. At cook children's, it's not just about the bottom line. It's about keeping our promise. As much as we take pride in the rewards and recognition we receive for our work, we measure our success by the improved health of children in our region. That is why our team continues to work collaboratively with our community partners to address identified pediatric health needs in our area.