The Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (HDCH) is a nationally ranked, freestanding, 241-bed, pediatric acute care

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located in downtown

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. It is affiliated with the

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and is a member of the Corewell Health system, 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

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and neonatal intensive care units serve the region. It is named for Helen DeVos, wife of

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, a major donor.

Overview

The hospital offers 40 pediatric specialty services. The hospital received Magnet Recognition status by the

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2009. The hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplant program received the

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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

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on the U.S. News & World Report.

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