Shriners Hospitals for Children
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Pediatric hospitals | |
Founded | 1922 |
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Headquarters | , US |
Revenue | 838,298,361 United States dollar (2017) |
Owner | Shriners International |
Website | www |
Shriners Children's is a network of non-profit medical facilities across North America. Children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients' ability to pay. Care for children is usually provided until age 18, although in some cases, it may be extended to age 21.
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, the hospitals are owned and operated by Shriners International, formally known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a Freemasonry-related organization whose members are known as Shriners. Patients are not required to have any familial affiliation with the Shriners order nor Freemasonry. The hospitals advertising campaign features the tagline, "Love to the Rescue."
History
In 1920, the Imperial Session of the Shriners was held in
Shriners Hospitals for Children worked closely with the
In 1962, the Shriners of North America allocated $10 million to establish three hospitals that specialized in the treatment and rehabilitation of burned children. After visiting 21 university-based medical institutions, the decision was made to build their first pediatric burn hospital on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.[4]
In 1994, the
In September 2008, the
In 2009, despite an endowment that declined from $8 billion to $5 billion in less than a year because of the poor economy, Douglas Maxwell, the hospitals' CEO said he and other Shriners are confident the hospital system will be able to remain solvent in the long term.[7] Maxwell stated in July 2009 that some of the facilities may become outpatient surgical centers, and will begin accepting insurance payments (for most care) for the first time in the hospitals' 87-year history. Maxwell said children with burns, orthopaedic conditions, spinal cord injuries and cleft palates will continue to be treated without charge to their families.[8]
In May 2015, Shriners Hospitals for Children became a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a national network of organizations committed to better serving patients and their families through physician collaboration.[9]
In the 2020s, Shriners Hospitals for Children rebranded as Shriners Children's, adapting to current nationwide trends in health care, especially the emphasis on outpatient care, and some locations becoming clinics or outpatient centers.[10]
Treatments
Treatment areas cover a wide range of pediatric orthopaedics, including
The hospital in Sacramento is the only hospital in the Shriners' system that focuses on all three areas of treatment (burns, orthopaedics, and spinal cord injuries), as well as research. The Sacramento hospital also houses its own orthotics and prosthetics lab and development facilities. Transportation to the hospitals is often provided free of charge for patients and their family by
While the main emphasis of the hospitals is to provide medical care to children regardless of the family's ability to pay, the mission of the hospitals also includes research on the conditions treated and the education of medical professionals, including
.Support
As of 2012[update], the Shriners Hospitals'
Facilities
United States
Shriners Hospitals: Locations by Specialty:[12]
- Shriners Children's Boston – Boston, Massachusetts– (acute burns, orthopaedics, cleft lip and palate)
- Shriners Children's Chicago – cleft lip and palate)
- Shriners Children's Erie – Erie, Pennsylvania – (orthopaedics)
- Shriners Children's Florida – Tampa, Florida – (orthopaedics)
- Shriners Children's Greenville – Greenville, South Carolina – (orthopaedics)
- Shriners Children's Hawaii – Honolulu, Hawaii – (orthopaedics, pediatric dentistry)
- Shriners Children's Lexington – Lexington, Kentucky – (orthopaedics)
- Shriners Children's New England – Springfield, Massachusetts – (orthopaedics, cleft lip and palate)
- Shriners Children's Northern California – Sacramento, California – (acute burns, orthopaedics, spinal cord injury) – successor facility to the former San Francisco hospital
- Shriners Children's Ohio – Dayton, Ohio – (acute burns, cleft lip and palate, pediatric plastic surgery) – consolidated with the former Cincinnati hospital [13]
- Shriners Children's Philadelphia – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania– (orthopaedics, spinal cord injury)
- Shriners Children's Portland – Portland, Oregon – (orthopaedics, scoliosis, cleft lip and palate, burns)
- A predecessor building from 1923, the Old Shriners Children's Hospitalalso called Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, but has since been demolished.
- A predecessor building from 1923, the
- Shriners Children's Salt Lake City – Salt Lake City, Utah– (orthopaedics)
- Shriners Children's Shreveport – Shreveport, Louisiana – (orthopaedics, scoliosis, cleft lip and palate) - the first Shriners Hospital
- Shriners Children's Southern California – Pasadena, California– (orthopaedics, cleft lip and palate)
- Shriners Children's Spokane – Spokane, Washington – (orthopaedics)
- Shriners Children's St. Louis – St. Louis, Missouri– (orthopaedics)
- Shriners Children's Texas – Galveston, Texas – (burn care, orthopaedics, spine and spinal cord, sports medicine) – consolidated with the former Houston hospital [14]
- Shriners Children's Twin Cities – Woodbury, Minnesota – (orthopaedics, pediatric surgery, craniofacial, rheumatic diseases) – successor facility to the former Minneapolis hospital
Satellite Clinics:
- Shriners Children's Bismarck Satellite Clinic – Bismarck, North Dakota – (orthopaedics, club foot, sports medicine, cerebral palsy)
- Shriners Children's Boys Town Satellite Clinic – Boys Town, Nebraska – (orthopaedics, club foot, sports medicine, cerebral palsy)
- Shriners Children's Downtown Los Angeles Satellite Clinic – Los Angeles, California
- Shriners Children's Doylestown Satellite Clinic – Doylestown, Pennsylvania
- Shriners Children's Rapid City Satellite Clinic – Rapid City, South Dakota – (orthopaedics, club foot, sports medicine, cerebral palsy)
Canada
- – (orthopaedics) - serving Canada and the northeast United States
Mexico
- Shriners Hospital for Children – Mexico City, Mexico – (orthopaedics)
See also
- Shriners, the fraternity that founded Shriners Hospitals
- Kosair Charities
- Old Scottish Rite Hospital
- Royal Masonic Hospital
- Masonic Children's Hospital
References
- ^ Potts, Florence J. "The Shriners' Hospitals: A General Outline of the History of the Founding of the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children." The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 26, No. 10 (Oct., 1926), pp. 745-46.
- Sunday Oregonian (June 20, 1920). Portland, Oregon: Vintage Portland @ WordPress. September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
At that event, members unanimously passed a resolution to establish the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children system.
- ^ "What we're up to". June 7, 2018. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved Aug 25, 2018.
Within 24 hours of the volcano eruption, Shriners Hospitals for Children sent an emergency medical "go team" of pediatric burn physicians and nurses [...]. This is an effort that has been deployed previously for other natural disasters.
- ^ Seaholm, Megan (2010-06-15). "Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, Galveston Burns Institute". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- ^ The Charities Americans Like Most And Least, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, December 13, 1996 And USA Today, December 20, 1994, "Charity begins with health", FINAL 01D
- ^ "Galveston Daily News: Shriners vote to keep Isle burns hospital open". Galvestondailynews.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Roberts, M. (2009). The Gaea Times :Shriners to keep serving 22 cities, but may downgrade some hospitals; will accept insurance Accessed 11 Jan, 2014
- ^ Roberts, M. (2009). Accessed 1-11-2014
- ^ Brown, Jo-Lynn. "Shriners Hospital joins Mayo Clinic network". Tampa Bay Business Journal. Tampa, Florida.
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- ^ "MSN - Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, Breaking News, and Latest Videos". Msn.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Shriners - Welcome". Shrinershq.org. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Shriners Hospitals for Children — Cincinnati announces potential move to Dayton Children's". Shrinershospitalsforchildren.org. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Shriners Hospital for Children in Texas Medical Center is closing and parents are shocked". KHOU. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
External links
- Media related to Shriners Hospitals for Children at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website