Children's Minnesota is a nationally ranked non-profit, acute care
children's hospital
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system located in
St. Paul
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and
Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...
,
Minnesota
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. The hospital has 384 pediatric beds between their campuses.
Children's Minnesota provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Minnesota and surrounding regions and sometimes also treats adults that require pediatric care. Children's Minnesota Minneapolis features an
American College of Surgeons
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History
The ACS was founded in 1913 as an outgrowth of ...
verified
Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, 1 of 4 in the state. In addition to its two hospitals, Children's Minnesota has 12 primary and specialty care clinics, and six rehabilitation sites representing more than 60 pediatric specialties.
About
Children's Minnesota is the only independent health system in
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. In 2018, Children's Minnesota served a total of 135,750 patients, providing 25,761 surgical procedures, 91,495 emergency department visits and 467,118 outpatient clinic visits.
Dr. Marc Gorelick became president and chief executive officer at ''Children's Minnesota'' in December 2017. The health system's board of directors agreed to extend Dr. Gorelick's contract through 2024.
Children's has a full range of
pediatric specialty services,
critical care, and clinics to serve
premature infants through older teens. While Children's serves thousands of the region's sick children each year, the organization also strives to keep children well and to prevent illness and injury. Children's of Minnesota also includes Children's Clinics – Woodbury, specialty and rehabilitation clinics in Woodbury; Children's – Roseville, a rehabilitation clinic in Roseville; and Children's – Minnetonka, an
outpatient surgery
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, diagnostic center, and rehabilitation clinic in
Minnetonka
Minnetonka ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. A western suburb of the Twin Cities, Minnetonka is located about west of Minneapolis. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 53,781.
Minnetonka is the home of Car ...
.
Awards and rankings
In December 2018, Children's Minnesota attained Level I Children's Surgery Center verification by the American College of Surgeons. Children's Minnesota is the first and only hospital in Minnesota to earn this distinction of meeting national quality and safety standards for children's surgery.
Children's Minnesota attained Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), becoming the only free-standing pediatric system in the state to be recognized by the ANCC with Magnet® designation. Considered the gold standard, Magnet recognizes quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. At the time of Children's announcement in March, 2018, only 8 percent of hospitals nationally had earned this designation, including only three other health systems in Minnesota.
See also
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Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Gillette Children's is a non-profit hospital located in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Through its hospital, clinics and greater Minnesota locations, Gillette treats patients with brain, bone and movement conditions needing specialized expertise.
His ...
,
St. Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 311,527, making it Minnesota's second-most populous city a ...
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References
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Healthcare in Minnesota
Hospital networks in the United States
Hospitals established in 1924
Medical and health organizations based in Minnesota