Website Official website Phone +1 407-649-9111 Founded 1989 | Number of beds 158 Care system Nonprofit organization | |
Location 92 W. Miller St. Orlando, FL 32806, Florida, United States Hospital type Pediatric Specialty Hospital Address 92 W Miller St, Orlando, FL 32806, USA Similar Orlando Regional Medical, Florida Hospital Orlando, Winnie Palmer Hospital f, Orlando Regional Medical, Dr Jonathan H Phillip | ||
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is a paediatric hospital in Orlando, Florida.
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The 158-bed facility is located in Orlando, Florida, United States. Arnold Palmer Hospital is part of Orlando Health and is supported by the Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation. Together, the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies form the Arnold Palmer Medical Center. Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is also home to the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families.
The Bert Martin’s Champions for Children Emergency Department & Trauma Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital is part of the only Level One Trauma Center in the area Specializing in pediatric emergency care, this 33-bed children’s ED sees more than 55,000 kids a year and is the first facility in Central Florida to provide emergency care exclusively to children.
Arnold Palmer Hospital offers a wide range of pediatric specialties, including:
The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, a part of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, has several core programs, including the Orange County Children’s Advocacy Center, the Child Protection Team and Children’s Medical Services, the Developmental Center for Infants & Children and Early Steps Program, the Healing Tree, Healthy Families Orange, Healthy Families Osceola, and Teen Xpress.
Honors
For the seventh year in a row, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is Orlando’s only nationally ranked “Best Children’s Hospital” by U.S. News & World Report. In its 2016-17 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Arnold Palmer Hospital as one of the nation’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” in five pediatric specialties - cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, gastroenterology & GI surgery, orthopedics and urology.
Arnold Palmer Medical Center is Magnet® designated] through the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program, the most prestigious distinction a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence. Organizations that achieve Magnet® recognition are part of an esteemed group demonstrating superior nursing practices, quality patient care and clinical outcomes.
Features
The Haley Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders at Arnold Palmer Hospital offers a wide spectrum of care for children with cancer and blood disorders, including the center’s Brain Tumor Program, the only such program in Florida that brings together pediatric neuro-oncology, pediatric neurosurgery, proton therapy, and a free-standing children’s hospital on one campus. Families work with a team of specialists to address medical, psychological and developmental issues related to cancer and its treatments. The center is made up of three distinct units:
The Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition' at Arnold Palmer Hospital is a program treating gastrointestinal (GI), liver or nutritional disorders in infants, children and young adults. The practice is home to the Aerodigestive Center, offering the only aerodigestive multidisciplinary program in Central Florida and the Pediatric Hepatology Center, providing the only multispecialty pediatric hepatology clinic in Central Florida. Arnold Palmer Hospital is also home to the Feeding Difficulties Center, the first in Central Florida and one of the largest of its kind in the state to offer an intensive outpatient treatment program addressing challenges such as food allergies, chewing or swallowing problems, digestion issues and picky eaters.
The Center for Orthopedics consists of orthopedic surgeons offering a variety of both surgical and non-surgical inpatient and outpatient care, including treatment of all orthopedic problems, traumatic or otherwise, as well as treatment of fractures, bruises, bumps and more. The Center for Orthopedics= is home to the EOS Imaging System, Central Florida’s first and only ultra-low radiation dose, 3D, full body imaging technology for pediatric patients.
The Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine specialty practice is a program addressing a wide spectrum of conditions causing respiratory problems and sleep disorders in infants, children and young adults. Our RSV Prevention Program is the largest in Central Florida, protecting newborns from long-term lung damage. The practice is also an accredited Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) Core Care Center. In addition, the Arnold Palmer Hospital Sleep Center specializes in pediatric sleep studies by recording brainwaves, breathing and movement to correctly diagnose sleep disorders in children.
Affiliations
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has affiliations with Camp Boggy Creek, Children’s Miracle Network, the Florida Association of Children’s Hospitals, Give Kids the World, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions and the Ronald McDonald House.