The Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (HDCH) is a nationally ranked, freestanding, 241-bed, pediatric acute care
children's hospital located in downtown
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the ...
,
Michigan. It is affiliated with the
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and is a member of the
Spectrum health system
Beaumont Health is Southeast Michigan’s largest health care system (based on inpatient admissions and net patient revenue). The organization, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, has net revenue of $4.7 billion and consists of eight hospit ...
, the only children's hospital in the system. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–18 throughout Grand Rapids region and features an
ACS verified
level I pediatric trauma center. Its regional
pediatric intensive-care unit and
neonatal intensive care units serve the region. It is named for
Helen DeVos
Helen June DeVos (née Van Wesep; February 24, 1927 – October 18, 2017) was an American philanthropist and political donor. She was the wife of Richard DeVos, co-founder of Amway beauty and home care products company and owner of the Or ...
, wife of
Amway founder
Richard DeVos, a major donor.
Overview
The hospital offers 40 pediatric specialty services. The hospital received Magnet Recognition status by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center 2009. The hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplant program received the
American Society of Clinical Oncology
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a professional organization representing physicians of all oncology sub-specialties who care for people with cancer. Founded in 1964 by Fred Ansfield, Harry Bisel, Herman Freckman, Arnoldus G ...
Award for the program's work to improve cancer care through clinical research, one of eight hospitals in the U.S. to receive this recognition.
The hospital built a 14-story children's hospital at 100 Michigan St. NE in downtown Grand Rapids. The building opened January 11, 2011.
In 2008, the hospital implemented a collaborative program with Priority Health called the Children's Healthcare Access Program that provides children enrolled in Medicaid more access to primary care.
Awards
The hospital ranks in 8 pediatric specialties nationally, and ranks as the second best children's hospital in Michigan after
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital on the
U.S. News & World Report.
See also
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List of children's hospitals in the United States
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Grand Rapids Medical Mile
References
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Hospital buildings completed in 1970
Hospital buildings completed in 2011
Hospitals in Michigan
Children's hospitals in the United States
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1970 establishments in Michigan
DeVos family
Hospitals established in 1970
Pediatric trauma centers