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OVERVIEW
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Our vision
Texas Children's Hospital is committed to a community
of healthy children by providing the finest
possible pediatric patient care, education
and research.
Our mission
Texas Children's Hospital supports
excellence in patient care, education and
research with a commitment to quality
service and cost-effective care to enhance
the health and well-being of children
locally, nationally and internationally.
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Texas Children's
Hospital is an internationally recognized
full-care pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in
Houston. One of the largest pediatric hospitals in the United States,
Texas Children's Hospital is dedicated
to providing the finest possible pediatric patient care, education
and research.
Texas Children's ranked nationally in all 10 specialties in
U.S.News & World Report's list of
America's Best Children's
Hospitals and earned a top spot in Parents magazine's
10 Best
Children's Hospitals. The hospital
has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and
breakthrough developments in the treatment of
cancer,
diabetes,
asthma,
HIV,
premature babies, and
cardiogenic and
attention-related
disorders.
Texas Children’s
is affiliated with
Baylor College of Medicine and is its
primary pediatric training site. Baylor professors
also are the service chiefs and staff physicians of Texas Children's more than 40
patient care centers.
The hospital's award-winning medical staff consists of more than 1,580 board-certified,
primary-care physicians, pediatric subspecialists, pediatric
surgical subspecialists and dentists. In addition, Texas Children's
offers a dedicated, highly skilled nursing and support staff of more
than 6,000.
Texas Children’s
Hospital is a part of a more defined network of health care services
known as the Texas Children’s Hospital Integrated Delivery System. The system's
mission is to
support excellence in patient care, education and research with a
commitment to quality service and cost-effective care to enhance the
health and well-being of children locally, nationally and
internationally.
The structure of the Integrated Delivery System enables Texas
Children’s Hospital to reach into Houston’s neighborhoods to offer a
full range of pediatric health care services. These
neighborhood services offer families convenient access to nonemergency care
provided by specialists trained to treat children and adolescents
close to home.
Texas Children’s
Hospital is not just a component of the Integrated Delivery System,
it also is the guiding force of the system. It is the vision,
expertise and resources of the hospital that guide the operations
and continued development of the entire Integrated Delivery System.
Other components
of the Integrated Delivery System include:
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Texas Children’s
Pediatric Associates
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Texas Children’s
Health Centers
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Texas Children’s
Health Plan
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Texas Children’s International
  
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