Driscoll Children's Hospital International Services
Driscoll Children's Hospital’s International Services is the point of contact for a wide variety of medical specialties, state-of-the-art medical technology, continuing medical education and assistance with all the needs for foreign families. Our goal is to provide the most pleasant and comfortable visit possible for our international patients and families. We continually offer hope and healing to foreign communities through innovation, advocacy, education, research, and medical excellence in pediatrics.
Driscoll Children's Hospital works in conjunction with healthcare professionals located outside the U.S., by beginning to offer Telemedicine sessions in different institutions abroad. Following this and if a referral is made, we will make any necessary recommendations for the transport of the patient to Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas and any specialized medical and/or surgical care that he or she will receive while here. This will ensure that your pediatric patient receives the most appropriate and expert treatment in their special situations.
International patients and families at Driscoll Children's Hospital are assisted throughout all the stages of their healthcare experience by International Services for Patients, which makes all the necessary arrangements prior to their arrival.
Services for International Patients include:
Evaluation
of the patient’s medical needs before his/her arrival- Financial estimates and counseling
- Arrangements made ahead of time for the family to be lodged conveniently within Driscoll Children's Hospital campus
- Interpreting Services for language assistance to families throughout their medical journey, medical consultations, exams, and medical or surgical procedures
- Assistance with making appointments with physicians, the admission process, medical record collections, and follow up appointments
- Follow up with future medical needs of the patients
- Facilitating and coordinating communication between the family, the physicians in their native country, and Driscoll Children's Hospital staff
Throughout their stay in Driscoll Children's Hospital, international patients can count on the support of the International Services staff, ensuring their health and continuous attention.
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LABORATORY
The
Laboratory is another vital department that provides services 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. They have 57 dedicated employees who have attained
various proficient certifications, including Masters degrees and certified
EMTs, all certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Some
of the services provided by the laboratory include Anatomical Pathology
Support, which consists of surgical, biopsies, or any analysis related to
tissues, and Clinical Services that includes analysis of blood, and bodily
fluids. Currently the Laboratory Services team is in the process of bringing
Renal Biopsy procedures in-house, to meet the needs of our patients and
doctors.
The dedicated professional team at Driscoll Children’s Hospital Laboratory
represents a full service Laboratory with an array of high quality testing
in all sections.
DCH Laboratory’s state-of-the art Flow Cytometry Department offers
rapid testing and concise diagnosis of leukemia/ lymphoma patients, DNA
analysis of solid tumors, and immunophenotyping of the peripheral blood
of HIV positive patients.
DCH Laboratory’s allergy testing encompasses over 100 individual IgE
specific allergens to include specific molds, grasses, weeds, trees, food,
contactants, feathers, dust, dust mites, epidermis and insects. As well
as individual testing, we offer four allergy profiles which are: The South
Texas Allergies Profile, The Food Allergies Profile, The Basic March Allergies
Profile and The Comprehensive March Allergies Profile.
RADIOLOGY
Driscoll
Children's Hospital counts on state-of-the-art Radiology equipment including
the new PACS - Picture Archiving and Communication System. This high-tech
equipment has many benefits for patients and physicians- one of them being
that it shortens distances among the territories of South Texas and Northern
Mexico. Our clinics in McAllen and Brownsville also have specialized personnel
to operate the PACS system which are connected to the network and available
for consultations with specialized Radiologists at Driscoll Children's Hospital
in Corpus Christi.
TELECOMUNICATIONS
Driscoll Children's Hospital has a telecommunications system that covers an extensive variety of services. Our aspiration is to offer pediatric specialty services to other healthcare facilities regardless of their location or limited access, so that patients and physicians in need can be reached. By doing this, we can also prevent unnecessary costs related to patient transport or travel because the patient can be examined from a remote distance through the interactive medical technology.
Some of the telecommunication services offered by Driscoll Children's Hospital are:
- Telemedicine
Teleradiology with PACS and a digital scanner that allows examination of the patient and imaging interpretation.
Telecardiology for digital echocardiograms.
- CME (Continuing Medical Education)
Grand Rounds takes place every Friday with content base for both physicians and nurses and a variety of topics in pediatrics and other components of pediatric subspecialties.
Archives
- Videoconferencing
Physician-to-physician consults
Educational content courses for patients, such as: “Weigh to Go” (an educational program for children suffering from obesity), diabetes courses, etc.
- Videoconferencing for administrative or business operations
- Virtual Family Visits for international inpatients at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi
The telemedicine system is connected to the telecommunications network, as well as the Driscoll subspecialty clinics in the Rio Grand Valley. In addition, Driscoll has the capacity to connect to a great variety of means that telemedicine and videoconferencing standards require.
Contact Information:
For Physician Referral, please call (361) 694-KIDS.
“Need an appointment?”
For more information about International Services please contact us at
1-888-DE-NIÑOS (336-4667) or send us a message to internationalservices@dchstx.orgDriscoll Children's Hospital
International Services
3533 South Alameda
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
internationalservices@dchstx.org
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