Top 10 Child Care Hospitals in 2022

OSF Children’s
Hospital of Illinois
Providing Comprehensive Pediatric Care
As one might assume that working in the pediatrics
department of healthcare is easy and wonderful,
but it isn’t always like that. Despite the patient
population being all children, there are several challenges
that pediatricians face while working in a children’s
healthcare unit. These challenges range from managing the
family members to dealing with emotional trauma.
OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois is an
organization situated in Peoria, IL that understands these
critical challenges faced by the pediatrics department. As a
premier children’s hospital, it addresses all these challenges
and takes care of the spiritual, emotional, and physical
needs of the pediatric patients.
With an army of compassionate healthcare professionals,
the hospital is spearheaded by Michael Wells, the
President of OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of
Illinois.
In the following interview, Michael expresses how the
hospital has been delivering the highest quality of
healthcare services since its inception.
Please brief our audience about OSF HealthCare, its
values, and its Mission.
OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois is a 136-
bed, full-service children’s hospital. With more than 140
specialists representing more than 40 subspecialties, we
provide the highest level of care for newborns to young
adults with common and complex medical conditions.
Our Mission is to serve with the greatest care and love in a
community that celebrates the gift of life. Our vision at
Our mission is
to serve with the
greatest care and love
in a community that
celebrates the gift
of life.
OSF Children's Hospital is to lead pediatric health through
clinical excellence, innovation, research, education, and
family-focused care. Our core values are justice,
compassion, teamwork, integrity, employee wellbeing,
supportive work environment, trust, stewardship, and
leadership.
What is your opinion on the impact of the current
pandemic on the global healthcare sector, and what
challenges did your organization face during the
pandemic and subsequent lockdowns?
Relative to the adult population, the impact of the COVID-
19 pandemic on pediatric patients has been less severe in
terms of symptoms, the need for high-end inpatient care,
and death. As a result, we did not experience the severe
surge of COVID patients in our children's hospital and
related impact on bed and ventilator capacity, nor did we
experience the negative toll on the workforce that the adult
hospitals experienced.
However, there are a few areas that have significantly
impacted our organization. First, early in the pandemic,
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