Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Hospitals

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

  • Children's Cancer Hospital-University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 792-2121
www.mdanderson.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: Cancer
Operated by: State
Total beds: 507
Administrator:
Parent system: University of Texas System
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)||Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • End-of-life services:
    • Hospice
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Hospitalists
  • Infection isolation room
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Cancer services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Dental services
  • Genetic testing/counseling
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services
    • Consultation
    • Geriatric services
    • Outpatient care
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center
  • Stop-smoking program
  • 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
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 22,257
Inpatient surgeries: 8,232
Outpatient visits: 930,319
Outpatient surgeries: 7,334
Emergency room visits: 19,377
Births: 0
Beds: 507

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
 N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
 87
Full-time registered nurses:
 N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
 168
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
 N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
 5
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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