Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

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CHEO
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Logo.svg
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The main entrance to CHEO
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Location in Ottawa
Geography
Location Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 45°24′04″N75°39′05″W / 45.40111°N 75.65139°W / 45.40111; -75.65139
Organization
Care system Medicare, OHIP
Funding Public hospital
Type Pediatric, teaching, specialist, research
Affiliated university University of Ottawa
Services
Emergency department Level I Trauma Centre
Beds167
Helipad TC LID: CPK7
History
Opened1974
Links
Website www.cheo.on.ca
Lists Hospitals in Canada

CHEO, formerly the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, is a globally renowned pediatric health-care institution located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. CHEO is also a tertiary trauma centre for children and youth in eastern Ontario, Nunavut, northern Ontario and the Outaouais region of Quebec and one of only seven Level I trauma centres for children in Canada (others being the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, the Montreal Children's Hospital in Montreal, the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal, IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, and the British Columbia Children's Hospital in Vancouver).

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CHEO first opened its doors on May 17, 1974 at 401 Smyth Road in Ottawa. The site includes a hospital, children's treatment centre, school and research institute, with satellite services located throughout eastern Ontario. CHEO, which is affiliated with the University of Ottawa, provides complex pediatric care, research and education. It is a partner of the Kids Come First Health team and a founding member of Kids Health Alliance, a network of partners.

In addition to its clinical mandate, CHEO is an academic health science centre. Each year, it provides education to 2,300 future pediatricians, nurses, and other health professionals.

In 2024, Forbes Magazine named CHEO the best place to work in Canadian health care. CHEO has also been recognized consistently as a National Capital Region Top Employer for more than a decade.

Funding

CHEO is funded by the Government of Ontario as well as by a variety of public donations. One of the hospital's major sources of funding is the CHEO Foundation, which was incorporated in 1974.

Hospital characteristics (2019-2020)

Timeline

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The back of the CHEO building

CHEO was formed in 1974 due to the efforts of the community requesting a bilingual healthcare centre for children and the approval by the provincial government. The timeline indicates the year major areas of the hospital were established. [2]

1966 - Ontario government approves construction of children's hospital in Ottawa
1974 - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is opened to patients
1975 - Pediatric Neurosurgery Program
1977 - Dental Clinic
1980 - 1st pediatric Burn Treatment Centre in eastern Ontario
1981 - Sports Injury Clinic, Pulmonary Function Lab, Poison Information Centre
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The emergency entrance to Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario
1983 - CTV CHEO Telethon is formed
1984 - Research Institute is launched
1985 - Community volunteers build a Child Activity Centre
1988 - The first two bone marrow transplants in Canada using unrelated HLA compatible donors are performed at CHEO
1989 - Neonatal Transport Team is launched
1991 - Cardiovascular Surgery Program opens
1992 - Heliport is built on hospital grounds for CHEO and The Ottawa Hospital
1994 - 1st Canadian hospital to adopt virtual program Epic for admissions, scheduling
1996 - Youthnet/Réseau Ado, a mental health promotion program for youth is launched
1998 - Care provided to patients from Baffin Island
2001 - First phase of redevelopment project begins, the Telehealth program is formed
2003 - Max Keeping Wing opens
2004 - Apoptosis Research Centre
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A helicopter landing at CHEO
2005 - New state-of-the-art cauterization laboratory
2006 - Lets Keep Kids Out Of The Hospital campaign, surgery virtual tour is created, Child Life Interactive Computers for Kids (CLICK) is introduced, Ontario's Newborn Screening Program begins, and Roger's House, a hospice for palliative pediatric care is opened
2007 - First Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR) in Ontario, eating disorders program is introduced
2008 - Parental Presence at Induction (PPI) is introduced, allowing parents to be with their children before and after surgery
2009 - Garry Cardiff Wing is opened, houses the emergency department, the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units and the medical day unit for children and youth afflicted with serious illnesses requiring outpatient treatments.
2009 - CHEO opens their off-site Centre for Healthy Active Living, with clinics focused on Obesity and Type II Diabetes
2014 - Child and Youth Protection Clinic launched with Children's Aid Society
2016 - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre officially becomes part of CHEO as Development & Rehab department
2017 - Kids Health Alliance launched along with SickKids and Holland Bloorview
2019 - The Children's Hospital rebranded with the name CHEO which no longer served as an abbreviation, Kids Come First health team launched, Aakuluk Clinic launched to optimize care for Inuit families
2020 - st Virtual Emergency Department in Canada offered during COVID-19 pandemic
2021 - Accepts adult ICU patients] for 1st time ever to help relieve pressure at adult hospitals, 1st pediatric palliative care residency program in Canada
2022 - Call1Click launched, On-demand interpretation service a 1st in Canada, New simulation lab opens, 2nd Pediatric Intensive Care Unit opens for viral season
2023 - French health provider designation, renderings of new Integrated Treatment Centre shared

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "CHEO Website: Facts and Figures". Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  2. "CHEO: Significant Milestones". Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-02-16.