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LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recognized Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach with its Gold Medal of Honor as one of just 22 hospitals across the U.S. and the only one in a six-county area for excellence in organ donations. Miller Children's is one of just nine children's hospitals in the U.S. and the only one in California additionally honored with a Pediatric Distinction Award for its remarkable...
CLEVELAND, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is the only Northeast Ohio hospital selected as a Top Hospital out of nearly 1,200 hospitals participating in The Leapfrog Group's annual survey. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. Its annual list of Top Hospitals was announced on Dec. 4 at the group's annual meeting in Baltimore. Last month, Leapfrog...
PHOENIX, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix Children's Hospital announced the creation of the Ronald A. Matricaria Institute of Molecular Medicine today, with the goal to unlock genetic codes and develop drug therapies in real time to improve the outcome for thousands of young patients. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/59399-phoenix-children-s-hospital-visionary-institute-of-molecular-medicine (Photo:...
HOUSTON, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, one of the largest competitive market retail electricity providers to commercial, industrial and institutional customers in the country, is once again sponsoring Cox Media Group's 2012 Eagle Rocks for a Cure Radiothon in December. The two-day event will benefit research and treatment at Texas Children's Cancer Center - the largest pediatric hematology and oncology center in the nation. (Logo:...
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The St. Paul campus of Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota has once again been named to The Leapfrog Group's annual list of Top Hospitals. The announcement came at Leapfrog's Annual Meeting, focusing on transparency as the key to improved hospital safety. This is the fourth year in a row that Children's has been recognized, and the sixth time since 2006. Children's was one of only 12 pediatric hospitals in the country to be...
University of Michigan's new hospitals created new jobs, get positive ratings from patients, families, faculty and staff ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital celebrate a milestone Tuesday: one full year of operation in a new $754 million building that's become a home for patients, families and staff. On Tuesday, families and staff will mark the anniversary in the...
All Texas newborns will now be screened for immunodeficiency disorders at birth HOUSTON, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning in December 2012, all newborns in the state of Texas will be screened for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder (SCID) as part of the standard newborn screening panel which already screens for 28 additional disorders. In correlation with this new screening, Texas Children's Hospital announced a new Newborn Primary Immunodeficiency Disorder...
--Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Part of Large International Study-- PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An international team of genetics researchers has discovered four new gene regions that contribute to low birth weight. Three of those regions influence adult metabolism, and appear to affect longer-term outcomes such as adult height, risk of type 2 diabetes and adult blood pressure. "This large study adds to the evidence that genes have...
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota today celebrated the opening of the Peter J. King Pediatric Emergency Department on its St. Paul campus. The new emergency department is named for the Peter J. King Family Foundation whose philanthropic gift funded a significant portion of the renovated and expanded emergency department. Children's unveiled the new facility and its new name at a grand opening celebration earlier today....
BOSTON, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of Boston Children's Hospital announced today the selection of Sandra L. Fenwick, President and Chief Operating Officer of Boston Children's Hospital, as the hospital's next Chief Executive Officer and President. Fenwick will step into the role currently held by CEO James Mandell, MD, who is retiring at the end of September 2013 after 13 years as the hospital's chief executive and a 35-year association with...
