Monday, November 23, 2009

Hospitals

Children's Hospital Boston

300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 355-6000
www.childrenshospital.org/
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The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: Children's general
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 359
Administrator:
Parent system:
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)|Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (child)
  • End-of-life services:
    • Hospice
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Heart surgery (pediatric)
  • Hospitalists
  • Infection isolation room
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (child)
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Bariatric/weight control services
  • Certified trauma center
  • Cancer services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Dental services
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (child)
  • Extracorporeal shock lithotripter
  • Genetic testing/counseling
  • HIV-AIDS services
  • Home health services
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (child)
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services
    • Consultation
    • Outpatient care
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center
  • Sports medicine
  • Substance-abuse programs
  • Urgent-care center
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Electron beam CT
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 17,106
Inpatient surgeries: 7,251
Outpatient visits: 471,641
Outpatient surgeries: 16,240
Emergency room visits: 55,858
Births: 0
Beds: 359

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
80
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
601
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
0
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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