What to Consider When Choosing a Liver Care Center
Choosing a liver care team for your child is an important decision. Here are some guidelines on what to consider when evaluating a pediatric liver care center:
- Services Offered. The Pediatric Liver Care team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provides care for children with all types of liver disease. We also offer all four phases of liver transplantation: pre-transplant, transplant surgery, transition and long-term follow-up care. We also care for children with liver disease not requiring a liver transplant.
- Commitment to Transparency. Cincinnati Children's is committed to being transparent, which means we're willing to talk about the bad as well as the good. Transparency is key to our vision to improve child health.
- Quality Measures / Outcomes. The Pediatric Liver Care Center at Cincinnati Children's continually strives to improve outcomes for our patients by integrating research with our care delivery system.
- Experience. Expertise. Reputation. The liver transplant surgeons at Cincinnati Children's are among the most experienced and skilled in the world, regularly performing procedures often considered to be too high-risk or complex for other programs. In its third decade together, the Pediatric Liver Care team at Cincinnati Children's is recognized nationally and internationally for its successes in treating pediatric liver problems.
- Nationally Recognized, Multidisciplinary Team. The reputation of our Pediatric Liver Care team members has attracted referrals from physicians around the world who are looking for the best care available for their patients. The team is composed of experts from many disciplines at Cincinnati Children's who are in their third decade of working together.
- Access to accurate, up-to-date medical data for families. Through a secure internet site called the Liver Care Portal, the Pediatric Liver Care Center at Cincinnati Children's provides families with online access to important health information about their child.
- High Patient Volume. The Pediatric Liver Care Center team at Cincinnati Children's has a high patient volume, with an average of 25 transplants per year.
- High Survival Rate. The Pediatric Liver Care Center team at Cincinnati Children's has a high survival rate for liver transplant procedures. At three years following transplant, our patient survival rate continues to be above the national average.
- Commitment to Research. The Pediatric Liver Care Center team is committed to ongoing research to continue to grow our knowledge and experience with treating children with liver diseases.
- Family-Centered Care. The Pediatric Liver Care Center team at Cincinnati Children's is committed to providing comprehensive, compassionate and respectful care to every patient and family. We believe that the patient, family and referring physician are integral parts of the health care team.
