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Newborn Center lowers rate of lung condition in low birth weight infants
Through dedication, hard work, research and partnership, Texas Children’s Newborn Center has lowered its rate of a serious lung condition in premature infants by more than 13 percent over the past...
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New tool to empower parents in care for brachial plexus birth palsy
Imagine you’re the parent of a newborn with an arm injury. During your admission you’re told not to move the arm and to protect it all times. Now imagine coming back for your clinic appointment and...
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Patients on Bone Marrow Unit celebrate National Cancer Awareness Month
As part of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Texas Children’s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMT) was transformed for a few hours last week into a full-fledged parade route – music, costumes and...
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Flu season is almost here: Find out how to get your free vaccine
Flu season is almost here! While a record breaking 91 percent of our employees received their flu vaccine in 2017, we continue to strive to make the flu vaccination program even more successful. This...
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New Heart Center outpatient clinic designed to enhance and streamline care
The new outpatient clinic at Texas Children’s Heart Center® is now open! As patients and families came through the doors of the new clinic for the first time on September 18, they entered a space...
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Meet Texas Children’s new chief of Congenital Heart Surgery
For months, teams have been preparing for the opening of the new Texas Children’s Heart Center® in Legacy Tower. The outpatient clinic went live on September 18. And this week, Move Day into our...
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Houston Texans visit Radio Lollipop
This week’s Radio Lollipop broadcast was extra special as Houston Texans offensive tackle Kendall Lamm, center Greg Mancz and Texans Analyst John Harris joined in on the fun! They played games with...
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Texas Children’s hematologist develops Sickle Cell Disease treatment
Sickle cell disease affects more than 100,000 Americans and millions more worldwide. This red blood cell disorder can be treated, but a widely available cure has yet to be found. Texas Children’s...
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Texas Children’s receives strong credit ratings from top three agencies
Texas Children’s senior leadership has announced that the top three credit rating agencies – Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Fitch – have affirmed Texas Children’s ratings of Aa2, AA and...
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New Provider Priority Line to improve access for referring providers
As the largest children’s hospital in one of the fastest growing cities in the country, Texas Children’s high-quality care is always in high demand. However, due to high volume, getting patients and...
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Environment of Care (EOC) Safety Officer
Bert Gumeringer, Vice President, Facilities Engineering & Support Services, is now the Texas Children’s Environment of Care Safety Officer. In accordance with Texas Children’s policy #331 as the...
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Texas Children’s staff participate in system-wide hand hygiene poster...
Texas Children’s Hospital Hygiene Work Group for the Central Line Acquired Bloodstream Infection, Hospital Acquired Conditions (CLABSI HAC) recently spearheaded a poster competition on the five moments...
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Super Star Leader: Julia Sigren
Julia Sigren, July – September 2018 Leader Your name, title and department. How long have you worked here? Julia Sigren, BSN, RN, CPN; Patient Care Manager in Cardiology Patient Care Unit (CPCU). I...
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Find out how to become a Texas Children’s Wellness Ambassador
Fueled by a passion for healthy living and motivating their colleagues to make health a priority in their own lives, our wellness ambassadors are spreading the word about all the ways Texas Children’s...
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President of Botswana visits Texas Children’s to discuss past and future work...
On September 21, Texas Children’s Hospital hosted His Excellency Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi, president of Botswana, along with his family and members of his delegation. President Masisi met with clinical...
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Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands earns important designation
Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands has marked another significant milestone with the recent Level III designation of its 14-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The designation by the Texas...
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New blood bank location opens in Legacy Tower
The past few weeks have been a flurry of activity as phase II of the Legacy Tower move-in drew to a close. In the final push, we opened the Heart Center outpatient clinic, moved 65 cardiovascular...
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Texas Children’s announces naming of Legacy Tower by Lester and Sue Smith
The Legacy of Motown Gala on September 29 at Revention Music Center topped the philanthropy charts, raising more than $83 million and making it the highest-grossing fundraising gala in Texas. The...
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Texas Children’s Heart Center moves to Legacy Tower
Last week was monumental for Texas Children’s with the move of our No. 1 ranked Heart Center into the new state-of-the-art Legacy Tower. The milestone came just months after the historic May 22 move of...
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Medscape survey ranks Texas Children’s among the nation’s top hospitals for...
According to a recent Physicians’ Choice survey conducted by Medscape, Texas Children’s Hospital was recognized as one of the nation’s top three hospitals for the treatment of pediatric conditions....
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