Advisory Network

Sharing our expertise with others to improve child health

As the leader in improving child health, Cincinnati Children's has the unique responsibility to share our knowledge, expertise and insights to enhance pediatric care across the world.

For years, we have advised organizations informally and now, through Advisory Network, we are formalizing this work, enhancing our capability for deeper and more widespread impact through bespoke, personalized project-based engagements.

No matter where you are on your journey to expand your pediatric care offerings, we can help. Cincinnati Children's Advisory Network allows you to collaborate with our internationally recognized experts to:

  • Develop new pediatric specialties aligned with global standards and local needs.
  • Strengthen and grow existing pediatric programs through evidence-based practices and operational excellence.
  • Achieve and maintain key accreditations by supporting quality, safety, compliance and skill development initiatives.
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Why Work With Us

Cincinnati Children's has a track record of being the best at getting better, and we are eager to be your partner in advancing pediatric care. With over 160 partners today across our learning and health networks, we have experience bringing together organizations and leaders that are invested in improving child health.

Some of our past work with other organizations include:

  • Helping an international public hospital network assess its facilities and processes to identify gaps for improvements to obtain a Center of Excellence designation from the Department of Health.
  • Supporting staff at a 500-bed hospital to design a performance improvement process for a pediatric trauma program and obtain Level II pediatric trauma certification.
  • Collaborating with clinical and business leaders at a regional children's hospital to improve their pediatric cardiology program and enable care of more complex cardiac patients.
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About Our Experts

Advisory Network teams are led by Cincinnati Children's experts who encounter the same challenges you do every day. Together we've received national and international recognition for excellence and we look forward to sharing our experience with you.

We have more than 200 clinical services and specialties treating families who come to us from down the street, all 50 states and dozens of countries for specialty care. For the 15th year in a row, Cincinnati Children's was ranked one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. We're also in the top 10 for all ranked pediatric specialties—one of only two hospitals nationwide to achieve this honor in 2024-25.

With over nineteen thousand employees we have experts available to help you no matter what challenge you face. Working with the Advisory Network gives you access to our experts in clinical care, research, professional education, operations, and all functional areas.

Let us know what areas you're interested in by filling out our inquiry form and we can pair you with the right expert for your needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Cincinnati Children’s project-based engagements are customized, time-bound, and objective-driven projects designed to transfer clinical or operational expertise to client organizations, typically spanning three phases:

  1. Assess 
  2. Design 
  3. Implement / Improve 

These engagements often begin with clinical topics and evolve into broader administrative support. We tailor each to meet the unique needs of pediatric healthcare settings, leveraging Cincinnati Children’s expertise to deliver impactful, system-level solutions.

Cincinnati Children’s experts are the original leaders of cutting-edge best practices in pediatric clinical care delivery, research and administrative shared services.. Regardless of the specific topic, if it is pediatrics-related, Cincinnati Children’s subject matter experts are well-equipped to provide guidance and partner peer-to-peer with teams (across clinical and business functions) to solve your identified challenges through a collaborative, expertise-backed approach.

Cincinnati Children’s Advisory Network is a pediatrics-specific hospital-to-hospital advisory service. Currently, we are the only children’s hospital engaged in formalized hospital-to-hospital advisory of this type.

Cincinnati Children’s Advisory Network mission is to elevate knowledge, capabilities, and outcomes for individuals or entities involved in the health paths of children around the globe. We do this by providing continuous access to relevant, trusted, and timely information as an authority in an ever-changing world.

To advance and accelerate our position as the leader in improving child health, we will extend our impact through intentional growth and innovation so that children in Cincinnati and around the world can reach their full potential.

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Contact us to begin working together to improve child health.

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