Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
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Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota is one of the largest children’s health care
organization in the U.S.A, with 326 staffed beds at its two hospital campuses in St. Paul and Minneapolis. An independent, not-for-profit
health care system
, Children’s of Minnesota provides care through over 13,000 inpatient visits and more than 200,000 emergency room and other outpatient visits each year.
Children's has a full range of pediatric specialty services
, critical care
, and clinics to serve premature infants
through older teens. While Children's serves thousands of the region's sick children each year, the organization also strives to keep children well and to prevent illness and injury. Children's of Minnesota also includes Children’s Clinics - Woodwinds, specialty and rehabilitation clinics in Woodbury; Children's - Roseville, a rehabilitation clinic in Roseville; and Children's West, an outpatient surgery
, diagnostic center, and rehabilitation clinic in Minnetonka.
Health care
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organization in the U.S.A, with 326 staffed beds at its two hospital campuses in St. Paul and Minneapolis. An independent, not-for-profit
Non-profit organization
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health care system
Health care system
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, Children’s of Minnesota provides care through over 13,000 inpatient visits and more than 200,000 emergency room and other outpatient visits each year.
Children's has a full range of pediatric specialty services
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
, critical care
Intensive care medicine
Intensive-care medicine or critical-care medicine is a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life threatening conditions requiring sophisticated organ support and invasive monitoring.- Overview :...
, and clinics to serve premature infants
Premature birth
In humans preterm birth refers to the birth of a baby of less than 37 weeks gestational age. The cause for preterm birth is in many situations elusive and unknown; many factors appear to be associated with the development of preterm birth, making the reduction of preterm birth a challenging...
through older teens. While Children's serves thousands of the region's sick children each year, the organization also strives to keep children well and to prevent illness and injury. Children's of Minnesota also includes Children’s Clinics - Woodwinds, specialty and rehabilitation clinics in Woodbury; Children's - Roseville, a rehabilitation clinic in Roseville; and Children's West, an outpatient surgery
Outpatient surgery
Outpatient surgery, also known as ambulatory surgery, same-day surgery or day surgery, is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay. The term “outpatient” arises from the fact that surgery patients may go home and do not need an overnight hospital bed...
, diagnostic center, and rehabilitation clinic in Minnetonka.