The Mission of Children's Hospitals

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1. Prioritize children’s health

To be a children’s hospital means investing in keeping kids throughout communities well and thriving by providing top-notch clinical care. That’s why children’s hospitals partner with communities to:

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2. Train tomorrow’s pediatricians

As teaching hospitals, children’s hospitals train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists to care for children living in communities of all sizes and in every state.

Did you know?

Children’s hospitals that participate in an annually funded federal grant program train half the nation’s pediatricians.

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3. Drive discovery and innovate treatments

Through pediatric research, children’s hospitals continually innovate treatments and share new knowledge and discoveries. Topics of research are far ranging, from genomic sequencing and precision medicine to preventing and treating head trauma.

Did you know?

$1.2 billion in annual NIH funding supports clinical research for cures and treatments at children’s hospitals and their pediatric departments.

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4. Collaborate to improve children’s health

Through collaboration and the sharing of best practices, children’s hospitals work together to improve the delivery of safe and effective health care for children.
Taking on the number one cause of death for kids, children’s hospitals work together to reduce sepsis deaths and severe sepsis in all pediatric care settings.

Did you know?

Children’s hospitals reduced sepsis mortality by 15% in the last two years.

Through the Child Health Patient Safety Organization, children’s hospitals work together to address serious, preventable patient safety issues.

Did you know?

Children’s hospitals reduced incidents of serious patient harm by 20% in the last two years.

Children’s hospitals across the country have worked with their states to improve care and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations for children with complex medical conditions in the Medicaid program.

Did you know?

Children’s hospitals in a three-year project reduced hospital days by 32%. DID YOU KNOW? Children are vulnerable. Kids make up the largest segment of the U.S. population living in poverty.

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