Located
in our nation's capital, Children's National Medical Center is one of
the premier institutes in the development of innovative new treatments
for childhood illness and injury. Children´s nationally and internationally
recognized staff of pediatric healthcare professionals delivers sophisticated
care to thousands of families throughout the region and around the world.
Children's National Medical Center is consistently ranked among the
top Children´s Hospitals in America by U.S. News and World
Report.
In
addition to
treating childhood illness, Children's National Medical Center also
develops novel treatments through research. Through the Children´s
Research Institute (CRI), basic and clinical investigators utilize cutting-edge
technologies to fight childhood disease nationally and internationally.
The Children´s Research Institution mission is to develop and
maintain research programs that will lead to improved understanding,
treatment and prevention of the diseases of childhood and adolescence.
Children's
National Medical Center is also networked with pediatric healthcare
professionals throughout the Washington, DC region. The Children's National
Health Network (CNHN) is the largest dedicated pediatric provider network
in the area and one of the largest networks of its kind in the country.
Currently, CNHN numbers over 550 members, links more than 300 community-based
pediatricians in Maryland, Virginia, and the District as well as the
250 pediatricians and specialists based at Children's National Medical
Center in Washington, DC.
CNHN
works to improve overall regional pediatric care and collaboration through
initiatives that improve communication, Internet connectivity, group
purchase, and educational and quality improvement programs. CNHN is
able to take advantage of the active participation and shared "best
practices" of the many pediatricians and practice managers in a
regional network to develop highly successful programs and opportunities
for its membership and strategic partners.
Currently,
Children's National Medical Center is one of two sites for the Project
3 that investigates the relationship between early childhood caries
(ECC) and "failure to thrive" in toddlers and young children
through interventional treatment of ECC.
