UCSF Children's Medical Center Joins National Network of Children's Hospitals.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BW HealthWire)--March 22, 2001 The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI NACHRI National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions ) has accepted UCSF UCSF University of California at San Francisco Children's Medical Center for membership. NACHRI is a national, non-profit association that promotes the well being of America's 70 million children and their families through support of hospitals and health systems that are committed to excellence in children's health care. Mark Laret, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of UCSF Medical Center The UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion in San Francisco, California are the major research and medical teaching hospitals of the University of California, San Francisco. It has been ranked as the 7th-best overall medical center in the United States by U.S. , said, "The NACHRI designation is further recognition of UCSF's children's 'hospital within a hospital' and the importance of its comprehensive children's services." "By joining NACHRI, UCSF Children's Medical Center joins the best among the nation's children's hospitals," said Larry J. Shapiro, MD, UCSF chair of pediatrics. "NACHRI's designation is recognition of nearly nine decades of leadership in translating knowledge into improved health care for growing, developing children." The University of California, San Francisco founded one of the nation's first medical school departments of pediatrics in 1913. It has led the world in discoveries about children's hearts, survival for premature newborns, fetal surgery, sickle cell anemia sickle cell anemia n. A chronic, usually fatal inherited form of anemia marked by crescent-shaped red blood cells, occurring almost exclusively in Blacks, and characterized by fever, leg ulcers, jaundice, and episodic pain in the joints. and thalessemia, children's growth and development, adolescent risk-taking and in many other fields. UCSF Children's Medical Center is a 150-bed children's hospital within a major academic medical center. It admits more than 6,000 pediatric patients each year, including children referred from Northern California and around the world for liver or kidney transplants, surgery or repair for congenital heart defects Congenital heart defects Congenital means conditions which are present at birth. Congenital heart disease includes a variety of defects that babies are born with. Mentioned in: Heart Failure, Heart Surgery for Congenital Defects and other serious anomalies, care for cancer, diabetes, extreme prematurity and many other serious medical conditions. Its pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. outpatient clinics average more than 57,000 annual visits, ranging from well-baby checkups to chemotherapy to kidney dialysis. NACHRI's members include 161 children's hospitals, large pediatric units of medical centers and related institutions. Its primary roles are advocacy for children and their caregivers, public policy analysis, education and research. In 1998, children's hospitals gave more than 3.7 million days of inpatient care to more than 600,000 children at an annual cost approaching $8.7 billion. More than 9 million times a year, a child benefits from a variety of outpatient services provided by children's hospitals. Weblinks: NACHRI: www.childrenshospitals.net/nachri UCSF Children's Medical Center: http://www.ucsfhealth.org/ and www.ucsf.edu |
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