Children's Hospital, Denver
Who We Are
The Children’s Hospital, a nationally-ranked, non-profit hospital for children, has both defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years. Founded in 1908, The Children’s Hospital is a leading hospital and pediatric healthcare network entirely devoted to the health and well-being of children. Continually recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding hospitals, The Children’s Hospital is known both for nationally and internationally recognized medical, research and education programs, as well as the full spectrum of everyday care for kids throughout Colorado, surrounding states, across the country and around the world. With more than 1,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric specialties, The Children’s Hospital Network of Care includes its main campus, fourteen Children’s Care Centers and more than 400 outreach clinics. As the only pediatric-dedicated level I trauma center in a seven-state region, The Children's Hospital's safety and injury prevention outreach serves a diverse population.
The Children’s Hospital is a focal point of leading-edge pediatric research and sets a national standard for pediatric nurse and physician education. The hospital’s campus is affiliated with and adjacent to the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. This proximity positions The Children’s Hospital at the center of medical research in the Rocky Mountain region and facilitates development and delivery of the latest and most effective pediatric treatments. The hospital and its affiliates at the University are responsible for virtually all of the pediatric research published in the Rocky Mountain region in the past decade, as well as several internationally recognized medical milestones, including the discovery of toxic shock syndrome and the development of new pediatric heart surgery techniques now used around the world. The Children’s Hospital physicians staff the University’s department of pediatrics. Ranked as one of the nation's top ten best pediatric hospitals, The Children's Hospital made U.S. News and World Report's distinguished Honor Roll.
The Children’s Hospital was the first freestanding pediatric facility in the nation to implement fully-integrated Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and is among the first to extend this shared technology to community physicians and partner hospitals. As a powerful advocate for child health legislative and policy initiatives, The Children’s Hospital has played a major role in promoting the cause of children’s health at the local, state and federal levels.
Continuing its century-long tradition of pediatric excellence, The Children’s Hospital moved to its new campus location at the eastern edge of Denver in the fall of 2007. The new Children’s Hospital, the crown jewel of pediatric care in the seven-county Denver Metro region and the Rocky Mountain west, is designed to provide the most healing environment for patients, families and caregivers. From noise-reduction technology to healing color therapy and views of nature, every detail of The Children's Hospital was built on evidence-based design and construction to help kids heal faster and reduce stress on the whole family. With a wide array of health promoting amenities, our 294-bed facility offers private rooms (30 semi-private rooms in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) with pull out beds for parents and family, sound-absorbing floors and ceilings, the absence of overhead paging, and 24-hour room service. Each patient floor offers a lounge area with televisions, computers, kitchenettes, beverage machines and laundry facilities. Additionally, a multi-service concierge is available for the convenience of families, visitors and staff.
Built into the design are youthful and calming color patterns to help with wayfinding, original photography by renowned photographer John Fielder, a teen lounge with state of the art sound and visual systems, and the dramatic, welcoming Boettcher Atrium anchored by a four-story glass elevator tower etched with aspen trees. The entire facility is bathed in the natural light of Colorado sunshine and the colors of the Rocky Mountain landscape.
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Services and Special Capabilities
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Asthma, Breathing and Lung
Nationally recognized expertise includes asthma, cystic fibrosis, airway anomalies and disease, pulmonary hypertension, apnea and sleep-disordered breathing, primary ciliary dyskinesia and children's interstitial lung disease. -
Digestive Health
Nationally recognized experts in all gastrointestinal, liver, pancreatic and nutritional disorders skilled in the most up-to-date and innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to children. -
Neonatology
Ranked in the top 10 nationally, The Children’s Hospital NICU treats infants from a 10-state area, and is the only NICU in the Mountain West region with the experience and technology to treat virtually any medical condition affecting newborns. -
Orthopedics
Recognition for expertise includes: Spine Center, VEPTR rib surgery, cerebral palsy, hip, scoliosis, spina bifida, Center for Gait and Movement Analysis, limb deformity. Orthopedic Oncology Program is noted for its success with limb-sparing surgery. -
Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Innovative, multidisciplinary care and treatments for kids, birth to age 21. Bone marrow transplant, brain tumor/neuro-oncology diagnosis and treatment, Experimental Therapeutics, advanced clinical trials, sickle cell, hemophilia and thrombosis care. -
Diabetes and Endocrinology
State of the art diagnosis, treatment and clinical management for children with conditions of the major endocrine glands, such as the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, gonads and endocrine pancreas. -
Heart Institute
One of only eight stand-alone pediatric research centers in U.S., we offer multidisciplinary care for complex heart surgery and transplant, pulmonary hypertension, arrhythmia, Marfan Syndrome, prenatal cardiac diagnoses, adult congenital defects. -
Kidney Center
A regional referral center for pediatric kidney disease, The Kidney Center offers expertise in a wide range of services, from diagnosing and treating mild conditions to providing chronic dialysis and kidney transplantation. -
Neurosciences
The pediatric neurosurgical referral center for the Rocky Mountain West. Diagnosis, treatment, and research in epilepsy, seizure disorders, development, infections and inflammatory, vascular, and genetic disorders affecting the nervous system. -
Urology
Expert care for children with congenital and acquired urologic conditions, specializing in urological reconstruction and minimally-invasive surgery. Multidisciplinary Spinal Defects and Colorectal, Cloaca and Complex Pelvic Floor Disorder programs.
Awards and Recognition
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U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll
The Children’s Hospital made U.S. News & World Report’s distinguished Honor Roll as one of the nation’s ten best pediatric hospitals. This award is reserved for those hospitals with rankings in every specialty area surveyed. -
Colorado Patient Safety Coalition’s Outstanding Culture of Patient Safety Achievement Award (2009)
The award recognized us for our comprehensive patient safety program including: Great Catch award program, post event review process, real-time reporting system, patient safety rounds and The Patient Safety Committee (leadership structure). -
Magnet Status for Nursing Excellence
The Children’s Hospital has been awarded the esteemed Magnet Status for Nursing Excellence. The designation, awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), recognizes quality patient care and exemplary nursing leadership. -
10 Best Children’s Hospitals, Parents Magazine
Parents Magazine recognized The Children’s Hospital as one of the top pediatric hospitals in the United States in its 2008 survey. Of 100 children’s hospitals, we ranked 10th for overall care; 2nd in pulmonary; 7th in ED; and 9th in orthopedic. -
2009 Family Favorite for Hospital or Health Clinic, Colorado Parent Magazine
The Children's Hospital was voted 2009 Family Favorite for Hospital or Health Clinic in a survey by Colorado Parent magazine. Voted on by the readers of Colorado Parent magazine, Family Favorites honors services and companies Colorado families love. -
Colorado Biz Magazine’s Top Company in Healthcare
Colorado Biz Magazine’s Top Company awards is Colorado’s most competitive business awards program, judged on the basis of financial performance, operational excellence and community involvement.