‘ Wonderful world ’ of telemedicine eases pressure on patients who access care through The CHOC Link at Children ’ s Hospital of Orange County
CHILDREN ’ S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY
‘ Wonderful world ’ of telemedicine eases pressure on patients who access care through The CHOC Link at Children ’ s Hospital of Orange County
The pledge by clinicians at the Children ’ s Hospital of Orange County ( CHOC ) to ‘ protect the magic of childhood ’ could not be more apt when you discover one of their founder ’ s was Walt Disney .
Disney provided financial support to open the first dedicated children ’ s hospital in California 55 years ago . Today , it ’ s undergoing a digital transformation - harnessing the power of intuitive technology - which is creating a smooth experience for patients and clinicians .
Since 1964 , CHOC has provided the highest quality medical care to children . Affiliated with the University of California , Irvine , the regional paediatric healthcare network includes a stateof-the-art 334-bed main hospital facility in the City of Orange and a hospital-within-a-hospital in Mission Viejo .
CHOC also offers many primary and specialty care clinics , more than 100 additional programs and services , a paediatric residency program , and four centres of excellence – The CHOC Heart , Neuroscience , Orthopaedic and Hyundai Cancer Institutes .
One side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a drop in the number of patients attending hospital appointments . This downtick has accelerated the need for healthcare providers , such as CHOC , to have a Digital Front Door ( DFD ) and offer telemedicine to their young patients . choc . org 5