Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus)

Nationwide Children's Hospital
Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio
Geography
Location	700 Children's Dr., Columbus, Ohio, United States
Organization
Care system	Commercial, Medicaid
Hospital type	Community
Affiliated university	Ohio State University
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	468
History
Founded	1892
Links
Website	http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/
Lists	Hospitals in Ohio
Other links	The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is a primary pediatric hospital in Columbus, Ohio, with more than 1,280 medical staff members and over 10,000 total employees. In recent years, the hospital has been ranked as one of America's Best Children's Hospitals by US News & World Report. It is also the pediatric teaching hospital for The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

In 2013, Nationwide Children’s Hospital had 17,777 inpatient discharges, performed 25,899 surgeries and saw 1,028,040 outpatient visits. The hospital system has 125 specialties within its main downtown campus and its 34 outpatient care centers throughout the central Ohio area. These include sixteen Close To Home Centers, which offer diagnostic and therapeutic services, and eleven Primary Care Centers, which offer primary care check-ups for children from birth through age 21.

Six Close To Home Centers in Canal Winchester, Dublin, Downtown, East Columbus, Marysville and Westerville offer urgent care services. Other outpatient facilities include the Homecare Center, the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, the Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center and the Orthopedic Center. Also on site is the Outpatient Care Center, which provides subspecialty ambulatory clinics; an outpatient lab and outpatient pharmacy, and pediatric and surgical specialists. The system also has an urgent care center that offers immediate treatment for illnesses and injuries that do not require hospital emergency room attention.

The hospital provides “family centered care", focusing on the family’s needs, as well as the child’s, to promote and maintain the health of the child in the context of the family and community.

The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the fastest growing pediatric research centers in the United States. Organized research began after the Second World War with the recognition of E. coli III as a source and cause of epidemic diarrhea, and the development of a treatment for histoplasmosis. In 2009, among free-standing children’s hospitals, The Research Institute ranked 9th based on NIH funding and amongst all other pediatric research organizations ranked 18th based on NIH funding.