CHILDREN ’ S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY
“ WE DON ' T WANT TO HAVE ANY BORDERS WITH THE PATIENTS THAT WE SERVE - WE WANT TO SERVE ALL PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS - WHEREVER THEY LIVE ”
JOHN HENDERSON , VICE PRESIDENT & CIO , CHOC
“ This is just one example of parents working with the hospital ,” said Henderson . “ Our families play an integral and active role in their child ’ s care plan . These tools build upon that commitment and help families stay engaged and ask important questions .” The NicoBoard is a tablet-based app that translates a stream of numbers pulled from their baby ’ s EMR – data such as body temperature , weight gain and loss , feed volumes and more – into easily understood , simple sentences complemented by visual aids like graphs and charts . Coupled with curated education and research materials , this helps parents better analyse trends and track progress and enhance decision making .
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LEGACY OF WALT DISNEY FOR CHOC
Walt Disney ’ s legacy lives on for young in-patients at CHOC . From his early fundraising efforts before the hospital was built , to the resort ’ s $ 5 million gift toward construction of the new Bill Holmes Tower , CHOC and Disney have enjoyed a meaningful partnership .
Having a children ’ s hospital in the community was important to Walt Disney , who in 1960 sat on the hospital ’ s founding board . Early in CHOC ’ s history , Disneyland artist Bob Moore designed the CHOC mascot Choco Bear . Disney artists also helped create the child-friendly feel of the lobby of the new tower , which houses the interactive “ Turtle Talk with Crush ” show donated by Walt Disney Imagineering .
Adam Gold , Chief Technology Officer at CHOC enjoys stepping away from his desk and interacting with the patients . “ It ' s a nice reminder as to why we ' re here . We love interacting with the patients and working on tech projects that we know are going to benefit the patients ,” said Gold .
“ A few times a day we have our partners down the road at Disney interact with the kids in real time . So they get to talk to Nimo , Crush or their favourite Disney character . The kids really enjoy that . We also do a program called Tech Tuesday where we go out and we do a tech hands-on technology project with the kids in our resource centre which is cool and that seems to have got some good traction as well .”
The Disney Team of Heroes app unlocks stories , games , and other entertainment offerings on mobile devices that can be enjoyed in the hospital . The app interacts with special Disney , Pixar , Marvel , and Star Wars murals to bring their characters to life .
Disneyland Resort is CHOC ’ s largest corporate donor over the past 25 years . Last year ’ s annual CHOC Walk in the Park at the Disneyland Resort raised more than $ 2.1 million .
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