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Children served in Fiscal Year 2012

Children's Hospital Pediatric Surgeons
Glaze Vaughan, M.D., Director;
Carol Fowler, M.D.; Carlos Angel, M.D.;
and Eric Jensen, M.D.

 

 

 

 

  • Inpatient admissions: 5,941
  • Surgeries: 10,844
  • Observation Visits: 3,676
  • Physician Office Visits: 270,000
  • Inpatient Days: 40,299
  • Emergency Department Visits: 66,068
  • Multi-Specialty Clinics Visits: 9,404

Employees and Medical Staff

  • About 1,900 full and part-time staff supporting hospital operations
  • More than 440 members of the Medical Staff 

Service Area:

  • Our primary service area is the following 16 counties in East Tennessee -- Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union
  • Our secondary service area includes other counties in Tennessee as well as parts of Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina

Children's Hospital:

  • provides 30 pediatric disciplines/specialties and, for the last 75 years, has been the primary provider of pediatric care in East Tennessee.

  • has 152 licensed inpatient beds; 60 support level III neonatal intensive care, 13 support pediatric intensive care and 79 support a variety of medical/surgical conditions.

  • has proudly provided care for 75 years regardless of any family’s ability to pay. TennCare is our most significant insurance program, representing 65 percent of our funding annually.

  • has partnered with Knox County's adult facilities to provide expert on-site neonatal nurses supporting newborn deliveries and has provided both physician and nursing support for the University of Tennessee Medical Center’s Level I Trauma Center.
  • works closely with all hospitals in our region to ensure they are prepared to care for children, providing education and, when appropriate, pediatric supplies. Children's Hospital has neonatal and pediatric transport programs available 24 hours a day to work with hospitals confronted with children whose needs exceed their capability.
  • has led statewide efforts to improve the quality of care by reducing system-wide central line associated blood stream infections and is currently leading a consortium of hospitals through the Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Care (TIPQC) to improve care to babies born dependent on drugs (a condition called NAS, or Neonatal Abstinance Syndrome).
  • is a Center of Excellence for cystic fibrosis.
  • has one of the largest cochlear ear implant programs and one of the most comprehensive cleft lip and palate programs in the East Tennessee region.

     

Partnerships and Affiliations

  • Lead organization for Safe Kids of the Greater Knox Area, which is dedicated to reducing accidental injuries in children from birth to age 14. 
  • Sponsoring organization for the Knoxville Area Coalition on Childhood Obesity, a coalition of more than 40 organizations committed to implementing systemic solutions to address the childhood obesity epidemic.
  • Sponsoring organization for Project ADAM Tennessee, a program designed to work with school systems throughout East Tennessee to address emergent cardiac needs of children and adults in schools.
  • Partner with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s Perinatal Program to provide educational and clinical services throughout East Tennessee.
  • Charter member of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals to raise funds for medical care, research and education benefiting the children of East Tennessee.