Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital is a 202-bed pediatric acute care children's hospital located in New Haven, Connecticut. The hospital is affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric care to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0 to 21 in Connecticut and throughout New England. Yale New Haven Children's Hospital also features a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, one of two in the state.
U.S. News & World Report ranks YNHCH in seven pediatric specialties: diabetes and endocrinology ; neonatology ; nephrology ; gastroenterology and GI surgery ; pulmonology ; neurology and neurosurgery ; and cancer. The hospital is also the top-ranked children's hospital in Connecticut.
History
Before the current building, care of pediatric patients took place on a pediatric unit in the main hospital, which had opened one of the first neonatal intensive care units in the country. Initial plans for the new building were drawn up in 1987. Hospital officials cited the lack of space for ambulatory programs as the main reason for the new freestanding children's hospital. The hospital opened up six years later in 1993.In 2018, the hospital opened up a new two-floor neonatal intensive care unit that covers the entire tenth and eleventh floors. The new NICU debuted couplet rooms for mother and baby patients, a feature that is only in one other hospital nationwide. The new NICU has been seen as a model for other hospitals in the country. In 2018, the unit was rated as a Level 4 NICU by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
In 2018, the hospital renovated four floors of the hospital. Patient rooms and nurse stations were redesigned to better fit the needs of staff and patients.
About
Patient care units
In 1985, the hospital opened up the first inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric unit in the region. The hospital also has a 19 bed pediatric intensive care unit to treat critically ill infants, children, teens, and young adults.Services
The hospital hosts a wide range of pediatric specialties and subspecialties and also hosts the labor and delivery unit for the entire hospital.Awards
For its 2020-21 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked YNHCH in 7 out of 10 ranked pediatric specialties, a loss of 2 from the previous year.| Specialty | Rank | Score |
| Neonatology | #24 | 82.4 |
| Pediatric Cancer | #50 | 69.4 |
| Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology | #6 | 86.2 |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery | #37 | 73.0 |
| Pediatric Nephrology | #29 | 72.1 |
| Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery | #45 | 71.3 |
| Pediatric Pulmonology & Lung Surgery | #43 | 71.0 |