Quality Reports - Neonatology
Average Length of Stay
Why we measure it - We realize the importance of not having a child stay in the hospital any longer than necessary. The average time a child is in the hospital depends on many factors including the seriousness of the illness or injury. Medical therapies can have a significant impact on recovery and length of hospital stay.
What this means - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is able to provide the highest quality of care as demonstrated by our survival rates while keeping our average length of stay comparable or lower than the national average.
About the data - This data reflects the average number of days a baby stays in the hospital before going home, depending on the diagnosis compared to Pediatric Hospital Information System (PHIS) peers. PHIS hospitals represent other leading freestanding pediatric hospitals.
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What we're doing to provide the best care:
- Through the Fetal Concerns Program, we offer prenatal counseling to parents whose unborn baby is diagnosed with problems that may require surgery. This includes meetings with a perinatologist, a neonatologist and a pediatric surgeon. A tour of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit also is offered.
- Mothers are able to deliver at the Froedtert & Medical College Birth Center, which is located inside Children's Hospital. One of our neonatology specialists attends the delivery. Our pediatric surgeons always are available and see the baby immediately upon arrival at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Research shows outcomes improve when the delivery room and operating room are close together. This also offers families the added convenience of having mother and baby hospitalized near one another.
- Neonates receive speech, physical and occupational therapy while in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to make sure they learn how to grab, hold, suck, swallow and eat - skills even the sickest babies need to develop normally.
Patients/families:
- Be an advocate for your child. Participate in daily bedside clinical discussions, and provide any information about your child that may be helpful to staff.
- Follow medical instructions fully and carefully before and after surgery.
- Ask questions if you don't understand the plan of care or if you are not sure how to care for your child at home.
If you have questions about this data or information, e-mail us or call (414) 266-6726.
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