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| Children's National Receives National Health Care Award Children's National Expands NICU Facilities Childhood Obesity Campaign Recognized by Surgeon General Children's Pioneering Electronic Medical Records System Edwin K. Zechman, Jr. President & CEO Jacqueline D. Bowens Executive Vice President & Chief Government & External Affairs Officer Clare M. Kelly Executive Director Government & External Affairs Tim Jones Manager State Government Affairs Bill Quirk Manager Government & Legal Affairs |
Children's National Celebrates New NICU FacilitiesOn May 17, 2009, Children’s National Medical Center transferred 28 fragile newborns into its new, state-of-the-art, 54 bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). At 35,000 square feet, the new NICU is approximately four times larger than the old unit.“This is a dream come true for our staff, patients, and families,” said Billie L. Short, MD, Chief of Neonatology at Children’s National. “This NICU was designed with input from our families, nurses, and medical care team members, and we couldn’t be more proud of this unit.” Read More... |
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Children's National Receives National Health Care AwardChildren’s National Medical Center is the recipient of the Academic Pediatric Association’s (APA) 2009 Health Care Delivery Award, recognizing the institution’s work to advance two nationally benchmarked child health quality measures: immunization compliance rates and preventive care visits.Read more... |
Childhood Obesity Campaign Recognized by Surgeon GeneralChildren's National Medical Center and its partners 9 News Now and Kaiser Permanente recently received the Surgeon General's Champion Award for their "Lighten Up" campaign to combat childhood obesity. |
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