Arkansas Children's Hospital

This article is about Arkansas Children's Hospital. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital (disambiguation).
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Geography
Location Little Rock, Arkansas, US United States
Coordinates 34°44′36″N 92°17′29″W / 34.74327°N 92.29151°W / 34.74327; -92.29151Coordinates: 34°44′36″N 92°17′29″W / 34.74327°N 92.29151°W / 34.74327; -92.29151
Organisation
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit hospital
Hospital type Specialist
Affiliated university UAMS College of Medicine
Services
Emergency department I
Beds 370
Speciality Pediatrics
History
Founded 1912
Links
Website www.archildrens.org

Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) is a pediatric hospital with a Level I trauma center located in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is among the largest in the United States, serving children from birth to age 21. ACH is affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and serves as a teaching hospital with the UAMS College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics.[1][2] ACH staff consists of more than 500 physicians, 80 residents, and 4,400 support staff members. The hospital includes 356 licensed beds, and offers three intensive care units. The campus spans 36 city blocks and has a floor space totaling over 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2).[2]

Marcy Doderer is president & CEO of Arkansas Children's Hospital, succeeding Dr. Jonathan Bates after his 2013 retirement.[3]

First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton served on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital Legal Services from 1988 to 1992.[4]

National recognition

Awards

The Children's Hospital Association named Arkansas Children's Hospital a finalist for a Pediatric Quality Award in 2015. The organization highlighted ACH for its work to increase hand hygiene compliance rates among patient care staff.[5]

The 2016 list of "Best Doctors in America" features several physicians on staff at Arkansas Children's Hospital. More than 100 additional physicians included in the list were affiliated more generally with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health System[6]

In 2011, Arkansas Children's Hospital set a national record for pediatric heart transplants conducted in a year. The hospital transplanted new hearts into 31 children and adults that year. [7]

The 2008 U.S. News & World Report included ACH in its ranking of top US pediatric medical facilities. Pediatricians nationwide were interviewed in order to rank hospitals on reputation, patient outcome, and care-related measures such as volume, nursing, and credentialing.[8] ACH was ranked 24th in general pediatrics and 28th in pediatric cardiovascular care and surgery.[9]

ACH is one of the largest employers in Arkansas and Fortune magazine named the hospital in its top 100 "Best Companies to Work For" in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.[10]

News

In 2013, Arkansas Children’s Hospital successfully treated 12-year-old Kali Hardig for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Her case became national news because she is one of only two known survivors of this disease, which she contracted after swimming in a warm-water lake park. Physicians at Arkansas Children’s Hospital credit Kali’s mother Traci with acting swiftly to get her child to the Emergency Department, saving her life. A team of laboratory staff, infectious disease physicians, critical care specialists and rehabilitation medicine experts worked with Kali for weeks to help her overcome the devastating illness. Anti-fungal medications and antibiotics were used. Physicians also contacted the CDC to get permission to use an experimental anti-amoeba drug that had to be shipped from the Atlanta headquarters. Arkansas Department of Health officials said 99 percent of people who contract the naegleria fowleri parasite die. Kali spent 22 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at ACH, followed by several weeks on the hospital’s rehabilitation floor before going home.[11]

In 2007 ACH treated the case of 20-month-old Jacob Esses, which spurred the recall of the Aqua Dots toy. After swallowing a number of the toy beads, 1,4-Butanediol coating the beads was metabolized to Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB, a recreational anesthetic).[12][13] The drug has been shown to cause unconsciousness, drowsiness, seizures, coma, or death.[14]

ACH has been profiled a number of times on the Discovery Health Channel, perhaps most notably in the fall of 2007. The program “Surgery Saved My Life” examined how three physicians in the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Vascular Anomalies Center of Excellence handled patients’ potentially fatal vascular tumors. Featured in the documentary were James Suen, M.D., a head and neck surgeon at ACH and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS); Lisa Buckmiller, M.D., medical director of the ACH Vascular Anomalies Center; and Rick Jackson, M.D., a surgeon at the hospital and associate professor of Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine. One patient featured in the profile was a 12-year-old girl who was born in Shanghai with what is believed to be the largest vascular tumor ever seen; Chinese surgeons had been reluctant to operate on the tumor.[15]

Discovery Health's "Extreme Surgery" has also featured the hospital.[16]

Accreditation and membership

Accreditation

ACH holds accreditation with the following agencies:[17]

Membership

ACH holds membership in the following organizations:[17]

References

  1. ↑ CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service http://www.centerwatch.com/professional/pro1898.html
  2. 1 2 ACH Press Release - About Us http://www.archildrens.org/about/
  3. ↑ "Mission of ACH | Arkansas Children's Hospital". Arkansas Children's Hospital. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. ↑ "Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton". FindLaw. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  5. ↑ https://www.childrenshospitals.org/Programs-and-Services/Quality-Improvement-and-Measurement/Pediatric-Quality-Award/Resources/Semifinalists-Advance-in-2015-Pediatric-Quality-Award
  6. ↑ UAMS Physicians Among Best Doctors in America http://www.uams.edu/medcenter/best_doctors.asp
  7. ↑ http://www.archildrens.org/Press-Center/Current-News/2012/ACH-Celebrates-Heart-Week-Including-2011-Milesto.aspx
  8. ↑ US News & World Report 2008 - Pediatric Ranking Methodology http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/best-childrens-hospitals/2008/05/29/behind-the-rankings.html
  9. ↑ US News & World Report 2008 - Arkansas Children's Hospital http://www.usnews.com/listings/hospitals/6710340/pediatric
  10. ↑ Fortune http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/snapshots/76.html
  11. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/health/arkansas-amoeba-survivor/
  12. ↑ International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Toys-Date-Rape-Drug.php
  13. ↑ USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-09-toy-recall-chemicals_N.htm
  14. ↑ US Drug Enforcement Administration http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/ghb_factsheet.html
  15. ↑ ACH Press Release - Discovery Health to feature ACH VACP https://secure.archildrens.org/press_room/viewPressRelease_Story.asp?PRID=5806
  16. ↑ ACH Press Release - Discovery Health to Feature ACH in Three Hour Special https://secure.archildrens.org/press_room/viewPressRelease_Story.asp?PRID=2477
  17. 1 2 ACH Accreditation and Membership http://www.archildrens.org/about/accreditations.asp
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