It's always something. A broken something. A cancer something. A scary something. We care for more kids than any other hospital in Minnesota, so trust we've seen it and have the best in the world to fix it. Realigning the stars and getting kids back to their rightful place of happy.
Every Cent Kid Spent
Donations make everything we do possible. From little things like trikes in the halls, to big things like our cancer and blood disorders program, we rely on your support to help us provide the best possible care to all kids.
Specialists Down The Hall
Healing shouldn’t have to wait for business hours. Children who get sick in the middle of the night deserve the same great care they’d get in the middle of the day. That’s why we have pediatric specialists in the hospital 24/7.
Music Therapy
If you think music therapy is just for fun, think again. Research shows it actually has physical and mental health benefits that help kids heal faster. Our expert music therapists design specific treatments to address each child’s unique needs.
Once In A Lifetime
From common colds to rare cancers, we understand that whenever your child is sick, it’s a big deal. Our amazing nurses are some of the most caring, compassionate people on the planet. And they’ll do whatever it takes to give kids and their families the best care possible.
Rest Assured
Helping kids safely drift off to sleep before surgery is a skill that only comes from experience. Our pediatric-only anesthesiologists perform over 21,500 procedures a year. So they know exactly how to make the experience as smooth as possible for patients and their families.
Handle With Care
Brain surgery is an incredibly complex procedure, especially when you’re dealing with a developing brain. Led by veteran neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph Petronio, our pediatric neurosurgery team has some of the best outcomes in the country.
Labor Of Love
Every person and every instrument in the Children’s lab is specially equipped to do more with less. We take great care to be as minimally invasive as possible during blood draws, so our lab techs are trained to perform testing using smaller samples.
Special Agents
Thanks to the generous support of our friends at Best Buy, Children's is the first hospital in the world with an on-site Geek Squad precinct. Geek Squad agents provide free tech support and loaner equipment to patients and their families, helping them stay connected to the outside world during hospital stays.
Didn't Even Notice
Our child life specialists are one of the things that make Children's so unique. They can help kids relax in any situation, making the hospital experience much less intimidating.
Little Things
Our staff helps make every child's time at Children's a positive, stress-free experience, which is crucial to the healing process
No Needless Pain
Relieving the pain and suffering of a child is crucial for the patient and the entire family. Our pain and palliative care team is devoted to improving the quality of life for children who come to us. Our program utilizes a combination of state-of-the-art pharmacology, physical therapy, and integrative therapies such as massage, hypnosis, and acupuncture.
Top Heart Tailors
Children's pediatric cardiovascular program is one of the largest in the region. Our team members care for thousands of the region's sickest children with heart conditions, including fetuses, newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and adult, long-term patients with pediatric cardiovascular conditions.
We Speak Kid
With interpreters on-site 24/7, we ensure that children and families understand their care options and all the services available at the hospital. Professional ASL, Hmong, Laotian, Somali and Spanish interpreters are on staff.
Private Rooms
We've designed private patient rooms to meet the changing needs of children and families. These rooms minimize the need to move patients, improve infection control and, above all, allow families to stay together during hospital stays.
We See Kids
We're the only hospital in Minnesota that exclusively treats kids, which means we've diagnosed and treated just about every pediatric condition imaginable.
Red Flag
There's no such thing as a small surgery. From ear tubes to brain surgery, we perform more surgeries than any other pediatric hospital in the Upper Midwest. So you can take comfort in knowing we've operated on almost every pediatric condition imaginable.
No Child Turned Away
A sick kid without insurance is still a kid. And we treat every kid who needs it. In 2010 alone, we provided more than $50 million of care that wasn't covered by insurance. Your support helps make this possible.
Cancer Program
We treat more kids with cancer than any other hospital in the state. From clinical research to pain management to early physical therapy, your donations help us provide local kids with the very best cancer care.
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Neonatal
- Top-ranked neonatal hospital in Minnesota (U.S. News and World Report)
- Private rooms for every baby
- Largest high-risk neonatal referral center in the Upper Midwest
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Cancer / Blood Disorders
- Largest cancer /blood disorders program in the region
- Survival rates and treatment outcomes that consistently rank among the top 10 programs in the U.S.
- Nationally renowned pain management team
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Cardiovascular
- New, world-class pediatric cardiovascular center
- Some of the best high-risk heart surgery outcomes in the country
- The only hospital in the five-state region to offer all the pediatric cardiac services in one location
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Diabetes/Endocrinology
- The only diabetes center in the region that exclusively treats children and teens
- Recognized by the American Diabetes Association for excellence in educating newly diagnosed patients and families
- Telephone support and diabetes support groups
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Cystic Fibrosis
- Ranked one of the top 10 programs nationally in key outcomes measured by the National Cystic Fibrosis Registry
- Accredited by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Full spectrum of coordinated inpatient and outpatient services, from diagnosis through ongoing care
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Emergency Department
- One of the busiest pediatric Emergency Departments in the country (80,000 visits last year)
- New Minneapolis ER facility is designed to reduce wait times and improve efficiency and patient experience
- Currently building Minnesota's first Level 1 pediatric trauma center inside a children's hospital
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Vaccinations
- Kohl's and Children's Influenza Prevention Project for Kids provides free vaccination clinics and educational assemblies in schools
- Last year provided free seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccinations to more than 3,000 children and adults
- Children's encourages all kids 6 months of age and older to be vaccinated for influenza
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Clinics
- 8 clinics conveniently located throughout the Twin Cities metro area
- More than 129,932 outpatient clinic visits in 2010
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Stitches
- Pediatric suture specialists
- Child life specialists control anxiety and pain through relaxation and distraction
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Geek Squad
- The only hospital in the world with an on-site Geek Squad precinct
- Eliminates techno stress by providing free tech support for patients and their families
- Help set up Caring Bridge pages, provide phone and computer chargers, and much more
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Child Life Specialists
- Work with children and adolescents to minimize their stress during hospital stays, clinic visits, emergency rooms, and more
- Certified professionals with a bachelor's or Master's degrees in fields such as child development, education, and child psychology
- Trained to identify each child's unique strengths and use techniques to help them feel comfortable
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Music Therapy
- One of the leading music therapy programs in the country
- Partnered with the world-renowned MacPhail Center for Music
- Proven to enhance memory, communication, and overall wellbeing
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Pet Therapy
- Animal Assisted Therapy utilizes trained companion dogs to give kids a sense of control
- Normalizes the hospital and therapy environments, which calms kids
- Shown to cause significant improvements in treatments
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Star Studio
- Our very own in-house TV channel
- Home to Kids Clubhouse—a live, call-in TV show just for patients, produced on-location in our Minneapolis hospital
- Our own Channel 13 features 24/7 handpicked programming for the whole family
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Arts & Healing
- Integrates arts programs into the Children's healthcare model to help patients and families in their own healing process
- Provides positive distractions, educational fun, and relief from pain by bringing beauty and delight to patients and families at a critical time in their lives
- Innovative program that is a model for other hospitals around the world
