Important facts about...
Patient Care
- Licensed for 270 beds, we are Illinois' only freestanding hospital exclusively for kids.
- With nearly 1,100 pediatric specialists in more than 70 specialties, we routinely provide more care to more young people than any other Chicago-area hospital.
- In fiscal year 2008, we had nearly 500,000 inpatient and outpatient patient encounters -- from 32 countries and all 50 states.
- Also in fiscal year 2008, more than 1,500 of the most critically ill children from over 100 different hospitals were transferred to us for world-class care.
- Among all hospitals in Chicago's seven-county metropolitan area, we rank #1 in volume for almost every pediatric medical and surgical specialty (IHA COMPdata 2007).
Education
Research
- Children's Memorial Research Center, the research arm of the hospital, is the only Illinois institution dedicated to pediatric research, and one of just a handful in the nation.
- In 2008, the center was awarded $31.7 million in external grants and contracts, of which 67 percent came from the federal government, including the National Institutes of Health.
- The center is also one of 26 multidisciplinary centers of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.
Advocacy and Community
- Child advocacy is a core part of our mission. We focus on programs including prevention of violent and unintentional injuries, HIV/AIDS, chronic illnesses, parenting education, youth mentoring and access to care.
- Supporting our commitment to community, in fiscal year 2007, Children's Memorial Hospital invested more than $77 million in community benefit programs, including charity care.
Accolades
- We consistently rank as one of the nation's best children's hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
- As the first children's hospital in the country , and the first hospital in Illinois, to receive the prestigious American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, we're honored to be part of an elite group – just 5% of U.S. hospitals have achieved and/or maintained this distinction to date.
Supporting us
We're growing. In 2012, we will move and change our name to the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
of Chicago.
- Giving is crucial to advancing our mission. Donors help us acquire new technology, expand programs and services, recruit leading specialists and foster groundbreaking research. Read more.
- Volunteering provides mutually rewarding hospital and community support. Each year, more than 1,200 volunteers in 100 different assignments provide patients, their families and employees with 51,000 hours of service. Read more.
Unless specifically noted, sources for statements above are based on internal data.