¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Children's Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Collaborating for Kids
Adult care may not be the best fit for children’s needs. That’s why ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Children’s collaborates with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to offer specialized pediatric expertise and equipment in Center City Philadelphia.
Combining Jefferson Health's distinguished reputation and central location with ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· advanced pediatric care demonstrates our shared belief that kids do better when we work together.
What ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Offers at This Location
¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· pediatric specialists are available around-the-clock at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for:
- Emergency Department (ED) care — Our pediatric specialists provide consultations for children and teens in the hospital’s ED, as needed. That means Jefferson Health's physicians consult with our pediatric specialists in order to give children the best possible care from doctors who treat kids every day.
- Newborn care — ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· pediatricians from ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Children's Health, Philadelphia provide daily well-baby examinations for newborns at the hospital's family-friendly, mother baby unit.
¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· neonatologist (newborn medicine specialists) also care for babies in the hospital's Level III Neonatal Inensive Care Unit (NICU). Level III means that we provide advanced care for premature, low birth weight and critically ill infants.
Additional Services
¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· and Jefferson also work together to:
- Collaborate on important research studies
- Collaborate on pediatric programs that include input from multiple medical specialties for chronic or complex medical conditions
- Coordinate care, when needed, with our specialists at ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Children's Health, Philadelphia and at ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Children’s Hospital, Delaware in Wilmington, Del.
- Facilitate the transfer of extremely ill patients to ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Children’s Hospital, Delaware
- Provide telehealth consults (specialty video consultations) in the emergency department at Jefferson Methodist Hospital, 2.5 miles away in South Philadelphia
Billing Information
You may be billed separately by the hospital and by ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· (for services provided by a ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· provider during your child's visit.)