Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)

Children's serves as the corporate parent of, and is an integral part of, the exempt Healthcare system whose program service accomplishments are described below. Children's serves metro Atlanta, the entire state of Georgia and the united states. Children's is the largest pediatric provider in the state caring for children from all 159 Georgia counties in 2023. Children's, one of the leading pediatric Healthcare systems in the country, is a not-for-profit organization that benefits from the generous philanthropic and volunteer support of our community. Operating three hospitals (arthur m. blank hospital, Inc. (fka egleston Children's hospital at emory university, Inc.), hughes spalding and scottish rite), marcus autism center, center for advanced pediatrics, multiple outpatient locations, including 8 urgent care centers with more than one million patient visits annually, Children's is recognized for excellence in cancer, cardiac and orthopedics and offers access to more than 60 pediatric specialties. Children's is consistently ranked among the nation's top pediatric hospitals by the u.s. news & world report list of "best Children's hospitals." The mission, vision, values and employee promise of Children's were created through an in-depth process involving employees, physicians, volunteers and board members. In 2023, the three hospitals operated by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. Provided 673 licensed beds and managed 1,188,340 patient visits, 450,285 unique patients, 28,326 hospital discharges, 188,649 inpatient days, 676,744 outpatient visits, 44,428 surgical cases (inpatient and outpatient), 245,643 emergency department visits, 178,802 urgent care center visits and 13,761 telemedicine visits. Children's also managed 68,695 calls from parents across Georgia to the Children's nurse advice line. Children's is also the largest pediatric medicaid provider in the state of Georgia, serving 88% pediatric inpatient medicaid cases in Atlanta and 61% of the cases statewide. Children's is committed to providing medically needed Healthcare to the children of Georgia. Statewide, 57% of systemwide and Children's patients are enrolled in public health plan coverage including medicaid, peachcare for kids or unable to cover the cost of their care. In 2023, Children's provided $51.5 million in subsidized health services and $266.0 million of unreimbursed clinical care. In addition, Children's invests in pediatric research, teaching and child wellness and preventive care initiatives, of $146.4 million for which Children's also does not get paid. The total community benefit provided by Children's in 2023 was $412.4 million. Children's serves as the pediatric physician teaching site for emory university school of medicine ("emory"), morehouse school of medicine, eisenhower army medical center, atrium health navicent, northside hospital, northside hospital - gwinnett, university of pittsburgh medical center, wellstar Atlanta health systems, northeast Georgia medical center, jack hughston memorial hospital and piedmont macon. Children's takes the lead in training the pediatricians of tomorrow. New physicians are encouraged to participate in our fellowship programs, which are available in a variety of specialties. of the trainees who completed one of our fellowship programs in 2023, 52% have remained in Georgia, and 45% of those are now employees of Children's or faculty at emory. Children's also trains other pediatric Healthcare professionals, including nurses, emergency medical technicians, paramedics and psychosocial experts. The joint Children's and emory pediatric subspecialty training program provides a pipeline for the entire state of Georgia. The Children's Healthcare of Atlanta rural pediatric scholarship program was established in 2023 as part of a joint initiative between Children's and mercer university school of medicine to improve pediatric Healthcare in rural Georgia. Scholars selected for this program have a strong commitment to becoming pediatricians and serving in rural, medically underserved areas of Georgia. Upon completion of residency, Children's scholars are committed to four years of continuous, full-time medical practice in a medically underserved rural Georgia county. In 2023, Children's funded 10 full-time scholarships. Children's offers a wide variety of training opportunities to other professionals who work with children, including programs for law enforcement agencies, school nurses, coaches and teachers. Children's believes that today's medical discoveries could save the life of a child tomorrow. Research is a cornerstone of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta mission. Children's is committed to advancements in pediatric medicine and finding answers to perplexing medical conditions, working with institutions such as emory, Georgia institute of technology ("Georgia tech"), morehouse school of medicine and the centers for disease control and prevention ("cdc"). In 2023, Children's had more than 2,600 patients enrolled in a clinical research study. of those enrolled, 340 participated in a clinical trial. This affiliation between emory and Children's facilitates leading-edge pediatric research and trains pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists. Children's has an ongoing commitment to our research collaboration with Georgia tech, called the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta pediatric technology center at Georgia tech (ptc), which is recognized within the engineered biosystems building and in other Georgia tech campus facilities where joint research is taking place. Among other things, Children's has numerous research success stories in infectious diseases, drug discovery, newborn medicine, sickle cell disease, oncology, transplant medicine, device development and autism. In addition to the ptc, Children's key priority research centers are the aflac cancer and blood disorders center, center for childhood infections and vaccines, center for clinical and translational research, center for cystic fibrosis and airways disease research, center for viroscience and cure, center for immunity and applied genomics, center for gastroenterology endocrinology & nutrition innovation, Children's center for neurosciences research, heart research and outcomes center, marcus center for pediatric advanced cellular therapies, clinical outcomes research & public health, and marcus autism center. Our stephanie v. blank center for safe and healthy children works with law enforcement, the division of family and children services and child advocacy agencies to identify, treat and prevent child abuse and neglect. In 2023, Children's trained nearly 300 caregivers and 900 youth on online safety, more than 200 professionals on mandated reporting, and more than 300 professionals on the medical aspects of physical and sexual abuse. Those trained included medical personnel, law enforcement, child advocates, school staff, social workers and mental health practitioners. In addition, the center reached more than 12,000 children with child protection programs that address child abuse, child neglect and child sex trafficking. In 2023, Children's continued its strong4life initiative focusing on childhood obesity, illness and injury prevention, child protection, and behavioral and mental health. In 2023, strong4life trained more than 856 Healthcare providers, reached 814,000 children, more than 906 schools, early care and education centers through child advocacy programs. In addition, Children's trained 176 clinicians, 163 schools and 39 early care and education centers in behavioral and mental health resiliency. Children's serves as the lead agency for safe kids Georgia, a statewide network for preventing unintentional injuries among children. These types of injuries are the no. 1 cause of death for children from birth to age 19. In 2023, safe kids georgia-through its 32 local coalitions across 56 counties-reached 70,000 children through education provided to caregivers, volunteers and professionals. Safe kids Georgia distributed more than 15,000 safety devices to residents throughout the state, including car and booster seats, bike helmets, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, gun locks and personal flotation devices. Through the conduct of these activities, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. seeks to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.