Heroes of Children's Hospital

Dateline NBC" presented an hour-long program filmed entirely at Arkansas Children's Hospital on January 31. The program was a year and a half in the making, and featured several UAMS residents as they learn pediatrics at ACH. During the filming of the program, which is hosted by Dr. Nancy Snyderman, numerous ACH personnel were taped and interviewed.
Full text article by Dr. Nancy Snyderman is available via Dateline NBC, 1/31/10.

Shriners Vote to Keep Hospitals Open but Will Charge Some Patients

All 22 charity children’s hospitals run by the Shriners fraternal organization will remain open, but some facilities will be trimmed in size and the system will eventually start accepting payments from some patients.

Full-text article by Jason Hanna is available via CNN.com, 7.10.09.

Disney Children's Hospital at Florida Hospital will be Model for Pediatric Care Nationwide

Officials from Florida Hospital revealed new details about their visionary plans to shape the 'Children's Hospital of the Future,' which will make a significant impact on children's health throughout Central Florida and be a model for pediatric hospitals beyond the region.

Full-text press release is available via MarketWatch / Disney Children's Hospital at Florida Hospital, 8.27.08.

Children's Healthcare Plans $2.5B Expansion

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta plans to invest about $2.5 billion. The ambitious plan, dubbed Vision 2018, would include a 100-bed hospital in Forsyth County and boost the health system's workforce by more than 70 percent, to about 12,000.

Full-text article by Urvaksh Karkaria via Atlanta Business Journal, 7.18.08.

New Loma Linda Hospital?

Faced with growing health-care demands in the region, Loma Linda University officials want to build a $1 billion children's hospital in the city.

Full-text article by Stephen Wall is available via RedOrbit, 7.17.08.

London Children’s Hospital Puts Historic Records Online

London’s Great Ormond Street children’s hospital has launched a Web site, Small and Special, containing more than 50 years’ worth of patient records. The new site covers over 84,000 child patients who were treated between 1852 and 1914.

From the front page you can search by first name, surname, and approximate year of birth.

The results are in a table that shows date of admission, sex, name, diseases, and registration district. There are no hyperlinks on the table but you can choose a name and click on it for more details. Additional information includes admitting doctor, ward, and length of stay. If you register on the site (registration is free) you’ll get even more information including case notes, residence of the patient, and outcome of the disease. (Not all data is available for all records.)