When Akron Children’s Hospital opened the doors to its Beeghly campus in 2008, its goal was to fill the need left behind from the closing of Tod Children’s Hospital in 2007. But it quickly transformed into a catalyst for extraordinary growth in the Mahoning Valley. On Wednesday, Dec. 5, hospital and community leaders, staff, patients […]
There’s a lot going on at Akron Children’s and in pediatric healthcare, in general, and this section is designed to help keep you in the know.
Santa, donuts and bacon. Oh my!
It’s a lively, music-filled, child-friendly, party-like atmosphere to kick off the holiday season for many families, but at this Breakfast with Santa event it’s hard to determine who’s having more fun – the kids or the adults! “We come every year. We just love it!” said Nikkie Krut of Ellsworth. She brought seven kids with […]
Visitor restrictions in place during respiratory season
Keeping patients safe is a #1 priority at Akron Children’s and we accomplish this in a number of ways – from limiting our patients’ exposure to infectious illnesses to preventing falls and medication errors. With respiratory virus season upon us, the risk of spreading influenza and RSV to patients with other medical problems is a legitimate […]
Holiday Tree Festival now has a special meaning for the Boylen family
The holidays are usually a time spent celebrating with friends and family, but for Carl and Leslie Boylen the holidays took on an entirely new meaning when their son Logan was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. At the time of his diagnosis in 2016 Logan was 10 days away from his 14th birthday and about […]
Akron Children’s provides hands-on approach to researching food allergies
Research often starts by asking a single question, but for Dr. Timothy Richmond his started by experiencing the question, too. “I have a personal interest in food allergies because I have them myself,” said Dr. Richmond. “I was working in allergy as a resident alongside Dr. Jinzhu Li when I learned about an opportunity to […]
Akron Children’s recognized as a national leader in health IT
In 2010 Akron Children’s began its journey away from paper medical records to Epic, our electronic medical record system. Eight years later, we rank in the top 6% of hospitals nationally that have fully attained paperless EMR implementation. HIMSS Analytics, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, recently informed the hospital […]
