Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Hospitals

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, Calif.

  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif.

725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 497-8000
www.lpch.org
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: Children's general
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 264
Administrator:
Parent system: Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • End-of-life services:
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care
  • Heart surgery (pediatric)
  • Hospitalists
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Cancer services
Outpatient:
  • Bariatric/weight control services
  • Cancer services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Genetic testing/counseling
  • HIV-AIDS services
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services
    • Consultation
    • Outpatient care
  • Sleep center
  • Sports medicine
  • Urgent-care center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 13,877
Inpatient surgeries: 2,576
Outpatient visits: 125,095
Outpatient surgeries: 1,744
Emergency room visits: 0
Births: 5,418
Beds: 264

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
0
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
495
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
2
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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