DUKE CHILDREN HOSPITAL

Duke Children Hospital



Duke Children Hospital

Introduction

A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. Children's hospitals are characterized by greater attention to the psychosocial support of children and their families.

Duke Children Hospital: A Discussion

Meliones, et al (2001) mentions in addition to the psychosocial support of children and families, Children's Hospitals have the added benefit of being staffed by professionals who are trained in treating children. While many normal hospitals can treat children adequately, pediatric specialists may be a better choice when it comes to treating rare afflictions that may prove fatal or severely detrimental to young children, in some cases before birth. Also, many children's hospitals will continue to see children with rare illnesses into adulthood, allowing for a continuity of care.

Southern Indiana has trusted the Norton name for compassionate, dedicated healthcare with some of the most advanced equipment and techniques available. And the same holds true today. Now with more than 60 locations throughout Louisville and the surrounding area, Norton Healthcare is better equipped than ever to carry on this tradition. As a non-profit network of medical services, Norton Healthcare truly belongs to our community, bringing even greater value to our patients, to our economy and to our region (Meliones, et al, 2001).

Traditionally the primary concern of hospital has been focused on producing services, rather than servicing particular markets. The competition is increasing day by day in US hospitals industry and the market research has begun to explore the potential.

Every day, the people of Duke Children Hospital come together for one purpose: to provide the best possible care and treatment for every patient in their care.

Duke Children's Hospital is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its online users: patients, families, donors, the media, and others. We do not collect personally identifiable information about individuals, except when it is knowingly provided by such individuals. We do not share voluntarily provided, personally identifiable information for any purpose other than its intended use. The only exception is described under "Donations and Fundraising Events" (Meliones, et al, 2001).

Duke Children's Hospital believes that privacy on the Web is important, and we encourage you to read our privacy policy carefully, so that you will clearly understand our commitment and our method of collecting and using information. A link to our privacy policy can be found at the bottom of each page of our website.

We continuously try to improve the security of our information systems. While we have many security measures to protect electronically transmitted information and frequently review and try to improve the security of our site, we can't guarantee that a third party won't gain access to information provided to this Web site. This privacy statement, updated March 2007, describes the information we collect and how we use it (Meliones, et al, 2001).



Information Collection and Use

We collect some basic Web log file ...