- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
- Creator:
- Benn, Tracy Jean
- Date of Original:
- 2006-10-06
- Subject:
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Hospitals--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--Hospitals--Georgia--Atlanta
Child health services--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, a not-for-profit health care organization, was formed in 1998 when Egleston Children's Health Care System and Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center merged. Children's, a pediatric-accredited hospital, offers family-centered care while providing specialized medical procedures and supplies, age-appropriate play therapy, psychosocial support, and a hospital-based school program. A continuing medical education program helps community health care providers stay abreast of advances in clinical care. With approximately 493,000 annual patient visits in 2005, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is one of the country's leading pediatric health care providers.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/childrens-healthcare-of-atlanta/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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