Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Akron Children's Hospital

One Perkins Square
Akron, OH 44308-1062
(330) 543-1000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Akron Children's Hospital

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: Children's general
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 253
Administrator: WILLIAM H CONSIDINE, PRES
Parent system: Not reported
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); ; Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • Neurology department
  • Pediatric intensive care
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Burn care
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Burn care
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance services
  • Assistance with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 8,453
Inpatient surgeries: 2,366
Outpatient visits: 460,303
Outpatient surgeries: 8,825
Emergency room visits: 64,001
Births: 0
Number of beds: 253

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 401
Part-time registered nurses: 327
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 35
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 16
Total full-time faculty personnel: 2,097
Total part-time faculty personnel: 984

Notes

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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