Updated 2012-04-13
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CHOA
SHORT VERSION
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s), enhances the lives of children through excellence in patient
care, research, and education. Children’s was formed in 1998 when Egleston Children’s Healthcare System
and Scottish Rite Medical Center joined to form a unified healthcare system. In February 2006, HughesSpalding Children’s Hospital joined the healthcare system. Children’s is a not-for-profit organization serving the
needs of patients from all walks of life. In 2011, Children’s managed more than 777,881 outpatient visits,
24,572 hospital admissions, 37,785 surgical procedures (inpatient and outpatient) and 188,637 emergency
room visits with Emory clinicians providing the majority of the care. Children’s is the largest Medicaid provider
in the state of Georgia, serving 8 out of 10 pediatric inpatient Medicaid cases in Atlanta and 4 out of 10
statewide. Children’s is ranked one of the top hospitals in the country by U.S.News & World Report and is
recognized as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by Fortune magazine. A complete
array of pediatric subspecialties is available through physicians affiliated with Children’s, including
allergy/immunology, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, critical care, orthopedics, otolaryngology,
hematology/oncology, neurology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, neonatology, transplant medicine, infectious
diseases, psychiatry, and other specialties.
INTERMEDIATE VERSION
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s), enhances the lives of children through excellence in patient
care, research, and education. Children’s was formed in 1998 when Egleston Children’s Healthcare System
and Scottish Rite Medical Center joined to form a unified healthcare system. In February 2006, HughesSpalding Children’s Hospital joined the healthcare system. Children’s is a not-for-profit organization serving the
needs of patients from all walks of life. Children’s is the largest Medicaid provider in the state of Georgia,
serving 8 out of 10 pediatric inpatient Medicaid cases in Atlanta and 4 out of 10 statewide. Children’s is ranked
one of the top hospitals in the country by U.S.News & World Report and in addition to being the 10th largest
private employer in the state, is recognized as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by
Fortune magazine. A complete array of pediatric subspecialties is available through physicians affiliated with
Children’s, including allergy/immunology, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, critical care, orthopedics,
otolaryngology, hematology/oncology, neurology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, neonatology, transplant
medicine, infectious diseases, psychiatry, and other specialties.
Children’s provides access to care through (2011 statistics):
 533 staffed beds
 17 neighborhood locations throughout metro Atlanta, including:
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Five Urgent Care Centers
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One Primary Care Center
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Marcus Autism Center
 More than 7,800 employees
 Access to more than 1,600 pediatric physicians
 6,500 volunteers
In 2011, Children’s managed more than:
 777,881 patient visits
 326,182 patients (from all 159 counties in Georgia)1
 24,572 hospital admissions
 136,769 inpatient days
 747,103 outpatient visits
 37,785 surgical procedures (inpatient and outpatient)
 188,637 Emergency Department visits
 100,843 Urgent Care Center visits
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These are unique patients. This means each patient is counted once during the year.
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46,551 primary care visits
OTHER INFO
STRENGTHS OF CHOA
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Strong academic institutions—Emory University School of Medicine; Emory Rollins School of Public
Health, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse School of Medicine—with history of productive working
partnerships
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Healthcare partner, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s), is one of the largest clinical healthcare
systems for children in the United States. Over a half million children were cared for last year.
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All 3 children’s hospitals in metropolitan Atlanta (Scottish Rite, Egleston, Hughes Spalding) are part of
Children’s. As provider of care for >80% of children in Atlanta metro region, Children’s/Emory represents the
entire spectrum of pediatric healthcare, including varying illness acuity, prevalence (rare and common
diseases) and demographics
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Pediatric healthcare research initiatives are approached in a cross-disciplinary and inter institutional
manner including collaborators at Georgia Institute of Technology, Marcus Autism Center, GA Poison Center,
Emory Injury Prevention Center, Whitefoord Community Program, Morehouse School of Medicine
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Single electronic medical record system allowing access to key hospital based data at the 3 hospital
campuses of Children’s (Egleston, Scottish Rite and Hughes Spaulding).
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Representation of the entire spectrum of healthcare delivery models, featuring an unusual alliance of
academic, private, and community-based practices in both subspecialty outpatient and primary through tertiary
inpatient care.
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Strong pediatric component of the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI), a broad
road research collaboration that includes a number of important Atlanta institutions such as Morehouse School
of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology, Kaiser Permanente, Georgia Research Alliance)
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Strong ties to community research partners including the Kids Health First Pediatric Alliance.
Composed of a coalition of 34 of the leading independent pediatric practices in Atlanta, with more than 180
participating pediatricians located throughout metropolitan Atlanta, Kids Health First provides a collaborative
environment in which affiliated pediatricians share their expertise and information about
state-of-the-art advances in pediatrics. Through research and
quality-based initiatives, the initiative is making impacts in areas such as raising Georgia's immunization rates
to setting standards for accurate diagnosis of childhood illnesses to reconnecting kids to primary care.
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The Children’s Quality Department, which supports a variety of safety and quality initiatives throughout
the Children’s system (see below for more details)
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