Fostering gives you a gift of seeing potential long before it has bloomed.
Helping parents understand what feelings and moods are normal and what might need a little extra attention.
At Children’s Wisconsin, one of our fundamental beliefs is that treating kids is different than treating adults, and that the best possible care only comes through specialized pediatric training.
Last week, I was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on this very subject that also featured my colleague, Amy Wagner, MD. Surgeons across the country joined together and developed a new system to help parents identify the hospitals that are best equipped to deal with the broadest range of their children’s medical and surgical needs.
The highest level of designation, Level I Children’s Surgical Center, would be given to hospitals that deliver all types of care to newborns and children, including the most severe conditions that require extensive care.
Here is a more detailed look at the guidelines:
Level I
Level II
Level III
The reason for these changes goes beyond a mere ranking system. As the Journal article states, studies show that children who undergo surgery in hospitals with expert pediatric resources experience fewer complications, better survival rates and shorter hospital stays. But almost half of pediatric surgeries in the U.S. occur in adult-focused general hospitals, where there often are no dedicated pediatric personnel.
Our vision is that every child in the U.S. will receive surgical care that is matched to his or her individual needs.
Children’s Wisconsin has awarded State Senator Mary Felzkowsi (R-Tomahawk) and State Representative Robert Wittke (R-Racine) with the tenth annual Children’s Champion Policy Awards.
Mental health walk-in care is now available at the Children’s Wisconsin Kenosha Clinic thanks to a $3 million gift from Kohl’s.
Milwaukee is now home to one of the nation’s first institutes designed specifically to focus on the neurological needs of people from birth to old age.
Outstanding and inspiring stories were featured on our social media channels this year. Here are our top 10 stories of 2023.
The year 2023 at Children’s Wisconsin has been defined by transformation and the top news stories of the year reflect that.
As the director of Clinical Engineering at Children’s Wisconsin, Ann leads a team who supports the management of medical equipment throughout the system.
While great strides have been made the last few years, our work is not done until we have greatly reduced the number of kids who become hooked after vaping.