Edward Hospital in Naperville has earned the 2020 Guardian of Excellence Award from Press Ganey for outstanding achievement in pediatrics, based on the Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS). The Guardian of Excellence Award recognizes Edward’s “ability to reach the 95th percentile for each reporting period for the award year.”
The award is a nationally recognized symbol of achievement in healthcare. Presented annually, the award honors clients who consistently sustained performance in the top 5% of all Press Ganey clients for each one-year reporting period.
“We’re very proud that Edward Hospital’s pediatric care has been recognized at the national level,” says Yvette Saba, System VP, Operations, responsible for the Women’s and Children’s services at Edward-Elmhurst Health, which includes Edward Hospital and Elmhurst Hospital. “What makes the award special is that it means we can assure parents their children are receiving high-level, comprehensive care close to home in their own communities.”
Among the highlights of Edward Hospital’s pediatric care:
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Pediatric nurse navigators to coordinate all aspects of patient care
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More than 100 pediatric subspecialists from a variety of academic sites, who provide access to a wide range of procedures and treatments
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Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
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Newborn Development Multidisciplinary Follow-up Clinic for high-risk infants
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Pediatric Emergency Care with recognition as an Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics (EDAP)
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Care Center for sexually abused children
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Inpatient Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
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Pediatric Critical Care Center (PCCC), one of the first hospitals in Illinois to earn the designation
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Pediatric Special Procedure Area (SPA), with pediatric anesthesia and hospitalists for diagnostic imaging and procedures
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Pediatric Rehabilitation, including physical, occupational and speech therapy
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Comprehensive Outpatient Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics staffed by university-level pediatric subspecialists
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Ronald McDonald Family Room and Sleep Rooms
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Behavioral health for adolescents, including depression, eating disorders, anxiety, anger, anti-social disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, addictions and more
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Support groups
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Child-life specialists to help children feel at ease
For more information about children’s services at Edward Hospital and Edward-Elmhurst Health, visit
www.eehealth.org/services/children or call 630-527-KIDS (5437).