Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (RCHSD)

See schedule orady Children's Hospital San Diego (the Hospital) is a regional tertiary and quaternary referral center and provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient acute, psychiatric and intensive care pediatric services. The Hospital also is the sole pediatric provider and designated pediatric trauma center for San Diego county and is the primary source of pediatric and neonatal intensive care services for both San Diego and imperial counties. On its main campus the Hospital operates the only level 4 full scope neonatal intensive care unit in San Diego, riverside and imperial counties. In addition, the Hospital operates an 11-bed level 3 neonatal intensive care unit at southwest healthcare system in rancho springs, an 8-bed level 2 neonatal intensive care unit for scripps memorial Hospital in encinitas, an 18-bed level 3 neonatal intensive care unit for scripps memorital Hospital in la jolla, and two level 2 neonatal intensive care units for scripps mercy Hospital located in San Diego and chula vista; an 11-bed pediatric medical unit for sharp health located at its sharp grossmont campus; and a level 3, 4-bed neonatal intensive care unit, located at palomar medical center in escondido. The Hospital is amalgamated with the university of California, San Diego, health sciences, and serves as a center for graduate and post-graduate education in the field of pediatrics. Annually, the Hospital has approximately 20,000 inpatient admissions and approximately 273,000 visits per year in its outpatient departments. Additionally, the emergency department and urgent care centers provide approximately 98,000 and 42,000 visits, respectively, per year.