| UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°30′16″N81°36′21″W / 41.5044444°N 81.6058333°W /41.5044444; -81.6058333 |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Medicaid, Private Insurance, BCMH |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I pediatric trauma center |
| Beds | 244 |
| Speciality | Pediatrics |
| History | |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Ohio |
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital is a pediatric acute carechildren'steaching hospital located inCleveland,Ohio. It is affiliated withCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine and has aneonatal intensive care unit (NICU),pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), andlevel 1 pediatric trauma center.
The hospital has 244 pediatric beds[1] and is affiliated withCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine.[2][3] The hospital is a member hospital ofUniversity Hospitals and is the only children's hospital in the network.[4] The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout northern Ohio.[5] Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care.[6] Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital also features the onlyACS verifiedlevel 1 pediatric trauma center in the region. The hospital is one of the largest providers of pediatric health services in Ohio. The hospital is attached toUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and a few blocks away from theRonald McDonald House of Cleveland.
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital regularly conductsclinical trials in the treatment of pediatric health disorders includingpediatric oncology,depression andlupus.[7] It also offers services for medical professionals, includingresidency andfellowship programs,continuing medical education, a nursing program, and the Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics.
It treats children withcancer,heart disease,cystic fibrosis andpulmonary specialties,sickle cell disease,kidney disease,immunology andendocrine andmetabolic disorders. Itsneonatologists specialize in the treatment of high-risk andpremature newborns.
Rainbow'sneonatal intensive care unit (NICU) cares for more than 1,300 premature and critically ill infants each year.[8] TheNational Institutes of Health (NIH) have designated it as a level IV Neonatal Research Center – the highest available designation.[9]
In 2009 the NICU completed a renovation and expansion.[10] The 38-bed NICU now connects to a 44-bed neonatal transitional unit on the same floor, several feet away from the delivery rooms atMacDonald Women's Hospital. Improvements include more bedside privacy for parents, an increase in the number of diagnostic and imaging equipment, and the ability to provideextracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment without transporting the baby.
Rainbow'spediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a 23-bed combined medical-surgical unit which cares for more than 1500 critically ill children each year.[11] An attending intensivist from the Division of Pediatric Critical Care coordinates care, in cooperation with children's primary pediatricians as well as medical and surgical subspecialists.
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In 2015–16, Rainbow ranked #3 for neonatal care, #11 for pulmonology, #8 for orthopedics, #22 for neurology, #29 for nephrology, #50 for gastroenterology, #19 for oncology, and #47 for urology in theU.S. News & World Report rankings of pediatric hospitals.[12]
As of 2020 Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital has placed nationally in 7 ranked pediatric specialties on U.S. News & World Report.
| Specialty | Rank (In the U.S.) | Score (Out of 100) |
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| Neonatology | #7 | 82.2 |
| Pediatric Cancer | #37 | 74.5 |
| Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology | #31 | 69.4 |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery | #40 | 65.1 |
| Pediatric Orthopedics | #11 | 82.6 |
| Pediatric Pulmonology & Lung Surgery | #14 | 75.9 |
| Pediatric Urology | #32 | 69.5 |
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