Annual Fire Truck Day for burn survivors fills hearts with new friendship

Fire Truck Day is all about celebrating the recovery of the campers, all burn survivors, at the Aluminum Cans for Burned Children (ACBC) Burn Camp. This annual event has been taking place since the mid ’80s, and from what we can tell, is unique to us. We’ve never heard of another event like ours. You… Read more…
Akron Children’s celebrates Air Bear’s 10th anniversary

The memory that sticks with Sarah Traw was the calming effect the Air Bear medical helicopter crew had on her after it arrived at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. Sarah’s 9-year-old child, Jocelyn, had been hit by a pickup truck July 1 while riding a bike in front of their house in Mineral Ridge,… Read more…
E-cigarettes are providing teens with a gateway to smoking – (VIDEO)

Developed to help adults quit smoking, Juuls and other e-cigarettes are finding an audience in teens who are experimenting with nicotine for the first time. In this Children’s Channel video, Crystal Cole, MD, an adolescent medicine specialist at Akron Children’s Hospital, shares the impact these devices may be having on young adults.
KeyBank Foundation awards $1 million to Akron Children’s Hospital nursing diversity program

KeyBank Foundation has awarded $1 million over five years to Akron Children’s Hospital’s Assuring Success with a Commitment to Enhance Nurse Diversity (ASCEND) Program. The ASCEND Program works to improve nursing diversity. A recent study from the National County of State Boards of Nursing found that 93% of Registered Nurses are female, and 83% are… Read more…
MyChart’s Share Everywhere improves continuity of care

Akron Children’s understands the importance of communication and information sharing between your doctors. Not only does it enable providers to get to the heart of the matter more quickly, but most importantly, it also results in improved health for patients. That’s why Akron Children’s recently released new functionality in MyChart called Share Everywhere. After all,… Read more…

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Annual Fire Truck Day for burn survivors fills hearts with new friendship

Akron Children’s celebrates Air Bear’s 10th anniversary

E-cigarettes are providing teens with a gateway to smoking – (VIDEO)

KeyBank Foundation awards $1 million to Akron Children’s Hospital nursing diversity program

MyChart’s Share Everywhere improves continuity of care

Annual kangaroo-a-thon encourages parents to use skin-to-skin contact with babies

Tyler Jordan’s bright outlook inspires other children with CP

Off the job: Nurse and children’s book author shares inspiration behind her canine-themed tale

Hope Lights the Way is chance to celebrate, honor, remember loved ones

Runner’s self-care routine strengthens her resolve, resiliency

The show must go on – and it does, thanks to Urgent Care!

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