Childrens Hospital Of The Kings Daughters Inc

SEE SCHEDULE ODEDICATED TO THE MISSION OF PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE AND SERVICES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHO COME TO US BECAUSE OF SICKNESS AND INJURY.

SEE SCHEDULE OFOR SIX DECADES, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS (CHKD) HAS BEEN THE ONLY FACILITY OF ITS KIND IN VIRGINIA, SERVING THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE STATE. ITS PRIMARY SERVICE AREA ENCOMPASSES GREATER HAMPTON ROADS, THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, A REGION THAT IS HOME TO APPROXIMATELY 553,000 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 21.CHKD WAS ESTABLISHED AS AN 88-BED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL IN 1961 BY THE KING'S DAUGHTERS, A WOMEN'S SERVICE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF THE COMMUNITY'S INDIGENT CHILDREN. THE HOSPITAL HAS ALWAYS UPHELD THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF ITS FOUNDERS, AND IN FY2021, OVER 58 PERCENT OF ITS INPATIENT DAYS WERE COVERED BY MEDICAID.OVER THE PAST 60 YEARS, CHKD HAS GROWN INTO A 206-BED TEACHING HOSPITAL THAT IS THE HEART OF AN EXTENSIVE PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. TODAY, THAT SYSTEM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE TO CHILDREN AT THE HOSPITAL AND MULTI-SERVICE HEALTH CENTERS IN VIRGINIA BEACH, NEWPORT NEWS, CHESAPEAKE, HAMPTON, SUFFOLK, NORFOLK AND WILLIAMSBURG. ITS SERVICES INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM WELLNESS AND PREVENTION INITIATIVES TO PRIMARY CARE, SURGERY AND REHABILITATION. MANY OF ITS UNIQUE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ADDRESS PRESSING PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNMET.LIKE HOSPITALS EVERYWHERE, CHKD SPENT MUCH OF 2021 FOCUSED ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, TESTING FOR COVID-19, AND TREATING CHILDREN WITH COVID-19 AND MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN (MIS-C), A RARE BUT SERIOUS CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19. THE HOSPITAL SAW ITS HIGHEST LEVEL OF COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS AND CHILDREN TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IN SEPTEMBER 2021. THE HOSPITAL ALSO CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION OF A $224 MILLION MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO OPEN 2022. THE 14-STORY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER WILL HAVE 60 INPATIENT BEDS, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EXERCISE AREAS, AND ROOMS FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. A FULL CONTINUUM OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE, FROM OUTPATIENT THERAPY TO MORE INTENSIVE INPATIENT TREATMENT WILL BE PROVIDED IN A BUILDING THAT WILL ALSO HOUSE PRIMARY CARE AND SPORTS MEDICINE PRACTICES. THE AIM IS TO MAKE SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH CARE AS ROUTINE AND ACCEPTED AS OTHER TYPES OF HEALTH CARE TO EASE STIGMA.AS THE PREMIER PROVIDER OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE REGION'S CHILDREN, CHKD HAS SECURED A PLACE IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. THE HOSPITAL IS AN EAGER COLLABORATOR WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT SHARE ITS CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OFFERS A VARIETY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND HEALTH INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.THE HEALTH SYSTEM'S PRIMARY SERVICES CENTER ON INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND MEDICAL EDUCATION/RESEARCH.SECTION ONE: INPATIENT CARECHILDREN WITH A VAST RANGE OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS - INCLUDING LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES AND INJURIES -- TURN TO CHKD FOR INPATIENT CARE. IN FY21, CHKD HAD 4,378 ADMISSIONS RESULTING IN 45,046 PATIENT DAYS. APPROXIMATELY 58 PERCENT OF THESE DAYS WERE COVERED BY MEDICAID.CHKD HAS 206 INPATIENT BEDS, AND ALMOST HALF OF THOSE ARE FOR PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE. THE HOSPITAL IS HOME TO THE REGION'S HIGHEST LEVEL NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, WHERE EACH YEAR CRITICALLY ILL NEWBORNS, SOME AS YOUNG AS 22 WEEKS GESTATION, BENEFIT FROM A UNIQUE COMBINATIONOF ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL CARE, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND PALLIATIVE CARE. IN SEPTEMBER 2020, A RENOVATION OF THE NICU WAS COMPLETED CREATING 50 PRIVATE ROOMS AND 10 SEMI-PRIVATE ROOMS TO CREATE A MORE INDIVIDUALIZED AND FAMILY-CENTERED APPROACH, GIVING FAMILIES MORE PRIVACY TO BOND WITH THEIR BABIES. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 478 ADMISSIONS TO THE NICU IN FY21.THE REGION'S LARGEST AND MOST EXPERIENCED PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS AT CHKD. IN THIS UNIT, A FULL-TIME STAFF OF BOARD-CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE PHYSICIANS, CRITICAL CARE NURSES AND RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS PROVIDE EXTREMELY SOPHISTICATED, TECHNOLOGICALLY-ADVANCED CARE TO CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND ILLNESSES. MEDICAL CARE IS SUPPLEMENTED WITH SUPPORT FROM CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND CHAPLAINS WHO HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE HELPING FAMILIES THROUGH THE TRAUMA AND STRESS OF A SEVERE ILLNESS OR INJURY IN A CHILD. THERE WERE 1,413 ADMISSIONS TO OUR PICU IN FY21.MANY PATIENTS ARE BROUGHT FROM OTHER AREA HOSPITALS TO CHKD BY THE HOSPITAL'S NEONATAL PEDIATRIC TRANSPORT PROGRAM, WHICH OPERATES OUT OF FOUR FULLY-EQUIPPED MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. TWO CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT TEAMS ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO ALL AREA MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT NEED TO SEND SICK OR INJURED CHILDREN TO CHKD. CHKD TRANSPORT TEAMS ARE EQUIPPED AND TRAINED TO TRANSPORT ALL TRAUMA PATIENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 15 TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS FOR SPECIALIZED PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE. ONE ACUTE CARE TRANSPORT TEAM IS STAFFED DAILY WITH TWO PARAMEDICS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, SERVING URGENT CARE FACILITIES AS WELL AS EMERGENCY ROOMS WITHIN THE TIDEWATER REGION. EACH CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT CALL IS ANSWERED BY A NEONATAL/PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE NURSE, A REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST AND A CERTIFIED EMT PARAMEDIC TRAINED IN NEONATAL/PEDIATRIC CARE. IN FY21, THE TEAM TRANSPORTED 1,292 PATIENTS. OF THOSE, 399 WERE NEWBORNS COMING TO OUR NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. CHKD'S TRANSPORT SERVICE IS ALSO UNDER CONTRACT TO THE NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, PORTSMOUTH, TO PROVIDE ALL NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC MILITARY TRANSPORTS IN THE REGION. BESIDES GROUND TRANSPORTS IN OUR MOBILE ICUS OR ACUTE CARE TRANSPORT, THE TEAM CAN RESPOND VIA FIXED WING AIRCRAFT OR HELICOPTER TRANSPORT WHEN MEDICALLY NECESSARY. CHKD TRANSFER CENTER IS STAFFED WITH PARAMEDICS WHO OPERATE TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE DISPATCH SERVICES TO THE TRANSPORT TEAM AS WELL AS TO DELIVER ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR REFERRAL FACILITIES AND STAFF THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTSCHKD OPERATES THE REGION'S ONLY PEDIATRIC SURGERY PROGRAM, OFFERING YOUNG PEOPLE STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENT IN A SUPPORTIVE, NON-THREATENING ENVIRONMENT CREATED EXCLUSIVELY TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. IN FY21, SURGEONS PERFORMED 12,298 SURGERIES AT CHKD FACILITIES FOR A VAST RANGE OF PROBLEMS, FROM THE SIMPLEST OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES TO COMPLEX CRANIOFACIAL, ORTHOPEDIC AND CHEST WALL SURGERIES. CHKD'S CARDIAC SURGERY PROGRAM IS PART OF A REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN CHKD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. CHKD AND UVA COMBINE THE EFFORTS OF PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGISTS, CARDIAC SURGEONS, CARDIAC ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, INTENSIVE CARE PHYSICIANS AND CARDIAC SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS FROM BOTH INSTITUTIONS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX CONGENTIAL HEART DEFECTS. (SEE OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR MORE INFORMATION OF CHKD'S SURGERY PROGRAM.)CHKD EMPLOYS DOZENS OF PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL, RECREATIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DURING HOSPITALIZATIONS. THE WORK OF THESE PROFESSIONALS COMPLEMENTS OUR EXPERT MEDICAL CARE TO CREATE A UNIQUE TREATMENT AND HEALING ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.OUR CHAPLAINCY SERVICES PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, SPIRITUAL CARE, ETHICAL REFLECTION, BEREAVEMENT CARE/RESOURCES/FOLLOW-UP (INCLUDING PARENT AND CHILD SUPPORT GROUP), SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT AND GUIDANCE TO PATIENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF WITH IN-HOSPITAL PRESENCE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND 24 HOURS A DAY. CHAPLAINS ASSIST WITH ADVANCE DIRECTIVES, ADVANCE CARE PLANS AND SERVE ON THE TRAUMA TEAM AS PRIMARY PROVIDERS OF FAMILY SUPPORT.THE HOSPITAL EMPLOYS A CHAPLAINCY MANAGER, FIVE FULL-TIME CHAPLAINS, ONE FULL-TIME FAMILY/STAFF SUPPORT COORDINATOR, AND SIX PER-DIEM CHAPLAINS WHO REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND ARE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED TO MEET THE VARIED SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND STAFF WITH RESPECT AND COMPASSION. THE CHAPLAINS PROVIDE AN ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE PASSED ON DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE CHAPLAINS ALSO FACILITATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR HOSPITAL STAFF AND PHYSICIANS, AS WELL AS PLANNING AND PARTICIPATING IN OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.