Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has won two awards from Press Ganey,

 -Awards from Press Ganey spotlight care supplied by using the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and its Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit--

PHILADELPHIA, -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has received two awards from Press Ganey, a fitness care agency that works with more than 41,000 fitness care amenities and evaluates affected person satisfaction, recognizing the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment (CFDT) and the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit (SDU) for excellence in the journey they supply to sufferers and families.

The CFDT has gained the 2020 Pinnacle of Excellence Award®, recognizing the Center's potential to keep consistently excessive levels of excellence over more than one years. The Center was diagnosed based totally on its performance from May 2017 till April 2020, taking into consideration its performance on survey measures which includes a affected person or family's likelihood to suggest the CFDT, the Center's ordinary rating, and teamwork .

The SDU, the CFDT's inpatient delivery unit, has gained the 2020 Guardian of Excellence Award® for accomplishing the ninety fifth percentile for every reporting duration from July 2019 to April 2020. The award highlights the SDU's performance on survey measures related to affected person and household journey when in contrast to different organizations that additionally use Press Ganey .

"This is a first-rate honor for CHOP, and I am so grateful to our CFDT and SDU groups for their challenging work and dedication to our patients," stated CHOP President and CEO Madeline Bell.

Since 1995, the CFDT has cared for more than 26,000 expectant dad and mom from around the world and carried out more than 1,900 fetal surgeries, one of the few facilities in the world to provide open fetal surgical procedure for life-threatening conditions. The Center affords comprehensive, family-centered care, from superior diagnostic imaging and testing, prenatal administration and fetal surgical operation to a exceptional shipping unit, counseling and assist services, and specialist postnatal care.

"We are so honored to be identified by using Press Ganey and, with the aid of extension, our patients and families, who put their believe in us," stated Lori J. Howell, DNP, MS, RN, Executive Director of the CFDT. "Our crew works tirelessly to furnish the high-quality care for our patients and their families."

Located within the CFDT, the SDU opened in June 2008 and used to be the world's first birthing unit inside a free-standing pediatric clinic dedicated to healthy moms carrying kiddies with serious and life-threatening start defects. The SDU has delivered more than 4,500 babies, who undergo fetal surgical procedure to deal with the delivery defect before delivery or need immediately specialized care or surgical procedure quickly after birth. The setup allows moms to stay shut whilst their babies are handled immediately, enhancing the effects and well-being of both mom and child.

"This award highlights the hard work and compassion shown by our outstanding team, which has been diagnosed with the aid of our excellent patients," said Julie S. Moldenhauer, MD, Medical Director of the SDU and Director of Obstetrical Services in the CFDT. "It is satisfying to see the group honored in this way, and we are so grateful for these two awards."