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Children's Hospital of Alabama

Birmingham, AL35233
Non-ProfitUrbanChildrensCCN 013300

Since 1911, Children’s of Alabama has provided specialized medical care for ill and injured children. Ranked among the best children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Children’s serves patients from every county in Alabama and nearly every state. With more than 3.5 million square feet, it is one of the largest pediatric medical facilities in the United States. Children’s offers inpatient and outpatient services at its Russell Campus on Birmingham’s historic Southside with additional specialty services provided at Children’s South, Children’s on 3rd and in Huntsville and Montgomery. Primary medical care is provided in more than a dozen communities across central Alabama. Children’s is the only health system in Alabama dedicated solely to the care and treatment of children. It is a private, not-for-profit medical center that serves as the teaching hospital for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) pediatric medicine, surgery, psychiatry, research and residency programs. The medical staff consists of UAB faculty and Children’s full-time physicians as well as private practicing community physicians. More information is available at www.childrensal.org Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/childrenshospitalofalabama HTTP://www.facebook.com/ChildrensALCareers Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ChildrensAl http://www.twitter.com/COA_Careers Follow us on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/childrensofal https://www.instagram.com/childrensalcareers/

Quality ratings

Star Rating
Overall rating
Safety Grade
Hospital safety
Patient Experience
Patient satisfaction
Beds
351
Inpatient capacity
24/7 Emergency

Annual volume

Admissions
15,161
Per year
ED visits
53,634
Per year
Daily census
269
Average
FT personnel
4,329
Staff count

Surgical volume

Inpatient surgeries
5,734
Per year
Outpatient surgeries
19,961
Per year

Services on site

MRI

Industry payments (2024)

Total
$117K
All industry payments
Research
$0
Research payments
Payments
60
Transaction count
  • Insulet Corporation$62K
  • Nuwellis, Inc.$25K
  • Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$13K
  • Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$5K
  • Novo Nordisk Inc$5K

Source: CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) — drug and device-maker payments to this teaching hospital.

On LinkedIn

Employees
3,490
LinkedIn
Followers
24,632
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Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
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Location

Birmingham, ALBirmingham, ALJefferson County

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