Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital

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{{Infobox hospital

| Name = UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital

| Org/Group =

| Image = Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.jpg

| Caption =

| Logo = Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital logo.svg

| Location =

| coordinates = {{coord|41.5044444|-81.6058333|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-OH}}

| Region = Cleveland

| State = Ohio

| Country = US

| HealthCare = Medicaid, Private Insurance, BCMH

| Type = Teaching

| Speciality = Pediatrics

| Standards =

| Emergency = Level I pediatric trauma center

| Affiliation = Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

| Beds = 244

| Founded = 1887

| Closed =

| Website = {{URL|http://www.uhhospitals.org/rainbow}}

| Wiki-Links =

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Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital is a pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and has a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and level 1 pediatric trauma center.

About

The hospital has 244 pediatric beds{{Cite web|title=The 50 Most Amazing Children's Hospitals in the World|url=https://www.healthcare-administration-degree.net/50-most-amazing-childrens-hospitals-in-the-world/|website=Healthcare Administration Degree Programs|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-13}} and is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.{{cite web |url=http://www.healthcare-administration-degree.net/50-most-amazing-childrens-hospitals-in-the-world/ |title=The 50 Most Amazing Children's Hospitals in the World |author=Melissa Maypole|date=July 2015 |website=www.healthcare-administration-degree.net |access-date=2016-03-31}}{{cite web|title=The Division and the Institution|url=http://www.uhhospitals.org/rainbow/the-center-for-pediatric-education/pediatric-fellowship-training-programs/pediatric-endocrinology-fellowship/the%20division%20and%20the%20institution}} The hospital is a member hospital of University Hospitals and is the only children's hospital in the network.[http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/search.php?spec=ihqpeds Best Hospitals 2015-16 Specialty Search: Pediatrics] U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on 2016-3-31. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout northern Ohio.{{Cite web|title=Division of Pediatric Surgery|url=https://www.uhhospitals.org/rainbow/services/pediatric-surgery|website=Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital|access-date=13 May 2020}} Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care.{{Cite web|title=CHD Clinic - UH Adult Congenital Heart Program|url=https://www.achaheart.org/your-heart/clinic-directory/clinic-listings/uh-adult-congenital-heart-program/|website=ACHA|access-date=2020-05-13}} Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital also features the only ACS verified level 1 pediatric trauma center in the region. The hospital is one of the largest providers of pediatric health services in Ohio. The hospital is attached to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and a few blocks away from the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland.

Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital regularly conducts clinical trials in the treatment of pediatric health disorders including pediatric oncology, depression and lupus.{{Cite web|title=Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Research & Clinical Trials - University Hospitals|url=http://cme.uhhospitals.org/rainbow-babies-and-children-s-hospital-research-and-clinical-trials|website=cme.uhhospitals.org|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}} It also offers services for medical professionals, including residency and fellowship programs, continuing medical education, a nursing program, and the Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics.

It treats children with cancer, heart disease, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary specialties, sickle cell disease, kidney disease, immunology and endocrine and metabolic disorders. Its neonatologists specialize in the treatment of high-risk and premature newborns.

Facilities

=NICU=

Rainbow's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) cares for more than 1,300 premature and critically ill infants each year.{{Cite web|title=Level IV NICU, Highest Level Certified by Ohio|url=https://www.uhhospitals.org/rainbow/services/pediatric-neonatology/conditions-and-treatments/nicu|website=University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital|access-date=13 May 2020}} The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have designated it as a level IV Neonatal Research Center – the highest available designation.{{cite web|url=http://www.uhhospitals.org/rainbow/services/neonatology/neonatal-intensive-care-unit-nicu|title=Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)|publisher=University Hospitals of Cleveland}}

In 2009 the NICU completed a renovation and expansion.{{cite web|url=http://www.uhhospitals.org/AboutUH/Vision2010/tabid/1291/Default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130940/http://www.uhhospitals.org/AboutUH/Vision2010/tabid/1291/Default.aspx|archive-date=25 February 2012|title=Vision 2010: The UH Difference|publisher=University Hospitals of Cleveland}} The 38-bed NICU now connects to a 44-bed neonatal transitional unit on the same floor, several feet away from the delivery rooms at MacDonald Women's Hospital. Improvements include more bedside privacy for parents, an increase in the number of diagnostic and imaging equipment, and the ability to provide extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment without transporting the baby.

=PICU=

Rainbow's pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a 23-bed combined medical-surgical unit which cares for more than 1500 critically ill children each year.{{cite web|url=http://www.rtmagazine.com/2011/06/facility-profile-rainbow-babies-and-childrens-hospital/|title=Facility Profile: Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital|date=15 June 2011 }} An attending intensivist from the Division of Pediatric Critical Care coordinates care, in cooperation with children's primary pediatricians as well as medical and surgical subspecialists.

Awards

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| footer = U.S. Navy personnel visiting with patients

| image1 = US Navy 060831-N-7163S-001 From left, Information Systems Technician 1st Class Tyrel Maynor, USS Cleveland (LPD 7) Commanding Officer Capt. Frank McCulloch, and Culinary Specialist Seaman Sean Unterdorfer visit a patient at Cle.jpg

| image2 = US Navy 100901-N-6736S-002 Rear Adm. Julius S. Caesar, right, vice director of Joint Concept Development ^ Experimentation at U.S. Joint Forces Command, visits a patient at Rainbow Babies ^ Children's Hospital.jpg

| image3 = US Navy 100901-N-6220J-045 Yeoman 3rd Class Erin Anderson, assigned to Navy Operational Support Center, Akron, helps a patient at the Rainbow Babies ^ Children's Hospital assemble a necklace.jpg

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In 2015–16, Rainbow ranked #3 for neonatal care, #11 for pulmonology, #8 for orthopedics, #22 for neurology, #29 for nephrology, #50 for gastroenterology, #19 for oncology, and #47 for urology in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of pediatric hospitals.[http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/search.php?spec=ihqpeds Best Hospitals 2015-16 Specialty Search: Pediatrics]. Retrieved on 2016-3-31.

As of 2020 Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital has placed nationally in 7 ranked pediatric specialties on U.S. News & World Report.

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|+U.S. News & World Report Rankings for Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital{{Cite web|title=Best Children's Hospitals|url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/oh/university-hospitals-case-medical-center-6410920#children-rankings|date=2020|website=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=13 May 2020}}

!Specialty

!Rank (In the U.S.)

!Score (Out of 100)

Neonatology

|#7

|82.2

Pediatric Cancer

|#37

|74.5

Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology

|#31

|69.4