Dozens of representatives from neonatal intensive care units nationwide recently toured CHOC Small Baby Unit (SBU) and learned how to replicate the facility in their own hospitals as part of a conference held by the Vermont Oxford Network (VON). About 50 attendees spent two days this month at CHOC, touring and attending workshops and roundtable […]
In the Spotlight: CHOC Specialists Pediatric Surgery
“I would never live in a community that doesn’t have a children’s hospital,” says Dr. Mustafa Kabeer, a CHOC Specialists pediatric surgeon. Dr. Kabeer and his three partners – all fathers – firmly believe that ill or injured children require the clinical expertise and compassionate, family-centered care unique to pediatric facilities, like CHOC. “Kids aren’t […]
CHOC Leads the Way to Safer Breast Milk Handling with New Tracking Process
In June 2011, CHOC’s Joint Leadership Committee formed a process improvement team to redesign the process of handling milk.
CHOC Small Baby Unit Outcomes: Big Improvements for the Littlest Patients
CHOC has made significant strides in improving future prospects for babies with extremely low birth weights (ELBW).
New Webcam System Connects Parents with Babies in the NICU
No parent imagines having to leave the hospital without their newborn. For those parents who have to keep their little ones in the neonatal intensive care unit at CHOC at Mission Hospital (CCMH) for treatment, however, there is now special technology to ensure families can be together and bond with their newborns when they can’t […]
CHOC to build and staff Level II NICU
Construction begins in June 2012 for a CHOC-licensed Level II NICU inside St. Joseph Hospital. CHOC will open the 13-bed unit on 4 North, adjacent to St. Joseph Hospital’s new post-partum unit, which is scheduled to open in November.Construction of the new NICU will be completed by the end of this year. Staffed by CHOC […]
