July 28, 2015 –The California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, dedicated to improving the quality of neonatal care in the state, has recognized the CHOC Children’s Early Developmental Assessment Center (EDAC) for exceeding recommended rates for high risk follow-up care. CHOC’s EDAC was one of only 12 centers, out of 71 in the state, to earn […]
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Melanie Patterson Named CHOC’s VP Patient Care Services, Chief Nursing Officer
(ORANGE, Calif., Nov. 17, 2014) – A nursing veteran has been named CHOC Children’s vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer of the health system’s Orange campus. Melanie Patterson began her 21-year CHOC tenure in its new graduate program and continued to serve in various capacities through the years: bedside nurse, charge […]
CHOC Children’s Opens New Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with All Private Rooms
(ORANGE, Calif., July 18, 2017) – CHOC Children’s Hospital today opened its new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with 36 all private rooms, a feature that will allow parents the opportunity to stay close to their newborns receiving intensive care. The 25,000-square-foot unit nearly triples the size of the hospital’s previous Level 4 NICU, which included an […]
Grammy Award Winner Alicia Keys Joined Orange County Community in Raising $5.1 Million at CHOC Cherishes Children Gala
A performance by Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys and a surprise $1 million gift announcement from the Argyros Family Foundation were among the highlights of a memorable evening dedicated to supporting Orange County’s only pediatric health care system, CHOC Children’s. Held on Feb. 4 at Monarch Beach Resort, the CHOC Cherishes Children Gala, presented by […]
CHOC Honored for Use of Technology to Advance Safe, Quality Care
January 31, 2017 — Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) was named a 2016 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Enterprise Davies Award recipient for achieving improvements in patient care through the use of health information technology. CHOC is the only children’s hospital on the West Coast— and third in the country— to be honored […]
U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services Encourage States to Adopt an Early Childhood System Model, like CHOC Children’s Help Me Grow
A joint policy statement recently released by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services endorsed the Help Me Grow model as a strong non-federal system that assists states in identifying vulnerable children at risk of developmental and behavioral concerns, and helps families find community-based programs. With funding from the Children and Families Commission of Orange County, Help […]
