HIMSS Analytics awarded CHOC Children’s Hospital with a Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM), which is used to track electronic health record (EHR) progress at hospitals and health systems. HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact […]
CHOC Children’s Hospital Awarded Coveted 2014 Leapfrog Top Hospital Distinction
(ORANGE, Calif. Dec. 2, 2014) — The Leapfrog Group has named CHOC Children’s Hospital to its annual list of Top Hospitals. An elite distinction awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given to less than seven percent of all […]
CHOC and UCI Health Join New NORD Rare Disease Centers of Excellence Network
Dr. Jose Abdenur, chief of the division of metabolic disorders and director of the metabolic laboratory at CHOC, will serve as the director of the NORD Center of Excellence partnership. Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and University of California, Irvine (UCI) Health have been jointly designated a National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) Rare Disease Center […]
CHOC welcomes new senior vice president and chief medical officer
CHOC is thrilled to welcome Dr. Sandip Godambe as its senior vice president and chief medical officer (CMO). In this role, Dr. Godambe has primary oversight of activities involving medical staff, quality, patient safety, regulatory affairs, and risk and accreditation. As part of this role, he oversees the clinical operations of CHOC’s two hospital campuses, […]
CHOC Hospital PICU Earns Coveted Gold Beacon Award for Excellence
The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at CHOC Hospital has earned its fourth gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). It is among just 12 units in the nation and only three in the state to earn this distinction, which signifies a commitment to the highest levels of patient […]
CHOC Children’s Honored as Workplace of the Year
CHOC Children’s is being recognized for exceptional performance in driving employee engagement. As a recipient of Survey Solutions 2018 Workplace of the Year Award, CHOC joins an elite group of just 45 healthcare organizations that have achieved the highest levels of employee engagement coupled with below average levels of employee disengagement within the Survey Solutions […]