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Ranked Among the Best of the Best
Children’s Hospital Colorado is consistently ranked among the
best pediatric hospitals in the nation. In 2017, we ranked in nine of 10
U.S. News & World Report’s recognized specialty areas, including five in
the top 10.
Partnership with the University
of Colorado School of Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado partners with the University of Colorado
School of Medicine, where many of our physicians and care providers
serve as faculty.
University of Colorado and
Children's Colorado: Combined child
health grants (2016)
$111.7
million +
Commitment to Research
The Children’s Hospital Colorado Research Institute continues to
spearhead basic, clinical and outcome discoveries that drive the
development of new medicines, devices, diagnostic approaches
and other healthcare innovations.
Our scientists, physicians and staff have implemented an
ambitious strategic plan to expand the scope and quality of child
health research in virtually every pediatric subspecialty.
We’ve been Magnet-recognized by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center for the third time, a designation only
3 percent of hospitals achieve.
First, Do No Harm
Now in its fifth year, our Target Zero patient safety program trains
all team members in practices designed to curb hospital-acquired
conditions. These practices have led not only to a drastic reduction
in serious safety events at Children’s Colorado, but to better
practices around the country. The success of Target Zero has
allowed us a leadership role in a collaborative of more than 130
pediatric hospitals working to improve patient safety nationwide.
75%
Reduction in serious safety events
66%
Reduction in rate of blood stream infections
50%
Reduction in surgical site infections and pressure injuries
Intensive Support When it Counts
Our world-class Pediatric Intensive Care Unit team supports
every area of our hospital in the most crucial situations. Because
we care for some of our region’s sickest children, our PICU’s
patients are on average more acutely ill than those seen at similar
top pediatric ICUs across the nation — and, given the severity of
their illnesses, survive at higher rates. All that with shorter-than-
average stays. It’s just one of the ways we’re working together to
elevate the standard of care at the most critical of times.
27%
More likely to survive a critical illness in our PICU *
* Based on PRISM3 data
BEST
Severity-adjusted PICU length of stay among our peers
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Our Multidisciplinary Approach 4
Orthopedics 6
“A Spine the Size of Your Hand” 10
Neurology and Neurosurgery 14
“A Step Ahead of Papi’s Cancer” 18
Cancer 22
“Piecing Through the Clues: Prevention in the
Uncharted World of Childhood Polyposis” 26
Gastroenterology and GI Surgery 30
“The Future of Single Ventricle Care
Will Be Engineered” 34
Cardiology and Heart Surgery 38
“Saving ‘The Sickest Baby in the Hospital’” 44
Neonatology 48
“The Cannula that Saved Kylie” 52
Pulmonology 56
“Type 2 Diabetes Treatment and
the Future of Healthcare” 60
Diabetes and Endocrinology 64
“For Adrian to Live, His Immune System Had to Die” 68
Nephrology 72
“A Lifetime of Care For Kids with Anorectal and
Urogenital Malformations” 76
Urology 80